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City of Secrets was an adventurous book full of treachery and danger. I believe the author’s purpose in writing this novel was to tell readers to be more confident in life and just be your self. Matt was a round character in the story. He changed from being an insecure dyslexia teen to being a confident young man striving to attend university or college in the future. I feel happy that Matt is enjoying his life and the Stravaganti are safe from the Di Chimichi’s. Even though Matt had dyslexia, he was able to move on through life with confidence. Matt’s experience has given me a strong impact on doing well throughout my life and never give up on reaching my own goals. One scene that gave me a tear in my eye was when Ayesha and Matt saved Jago in the hospital while Luciano unexpectedly bumped into his mother. I thought this was an emotional scene. Family relationships are important to me, so this scene I cannot forget. I believe it was unfinished work: Luciano had to tell his parents he was fine and healthy living a different life. On a scale of 1-10, I’ll rate this novel as a 7. If you ever read this novel, you’ll find it suspenseful and hard to put down. Overall this novel was really good, although it was extremely difficult to talk about due to it being taken place in two different time periods, four centuries apart. I would advise readers not to read this book unless they’ve read the first three books in the sequence. If they didn’t read the first 3 books, they’ll be in for a fit of confusion. Other books Mary Hoffman has written are City of Masks, City of Stars, City of Flowers, all from the Stravaganza series. City of Secrets is a cliff-hanging story and I’ll recommend this series to anyone who loves suspense on any night.