Mark of the Plague - Kevin Sands

⭐ 9.0/10

(Originally written by Beans)

Book number 2 in the Blackthorn Key Adventures series. We find our protagonist left to be the apprentice of a master-less apothecary shop. It’s late 1600s and a plague is ravaging London. Not the Black Plague, but London was hit with a series of plagues in the 1600s that killed around 100,000 people altogether. Food is scarce, money is nonexistent, and there’s a prophet that can predict who will die from the plague next.

Another really fun read! The author has like a few degrees in theoretical physics so you know he’s smart smart. The book also seemed really well researched.

Really fast paced, lost of puzzles and a grand tell-all towards the end. Again, amazing boy to boy friendships and a new friend joins the team! I legit shed a tear at the last chapter because it was so touching and heartfelt.

Was also too eerily similar to us living through a plague and thousands of people dying while no one can find a cure..