Enjoyed spending time with Yelena and her mini-mes!

Action-filled, just as you would expect from a Marvel story. Now the question is, will any of these characters play a role in the upcoming this next segment of the MCU?

I LOVE the insight into Natasha and her life. The cover of this book is so cool, and the story is easy to follow, but not so easy that it is a boring read.

A brisk read that hits the notes you would expect with a Marvel product. Sharpe does a good job capturing Pugh as Belova.

"White Widow: Secret Sisters" follows the still-in-training, teenage Yelena Belova as she takes part in an exchange visit to The Outpost, an American-based offshoot of the infamous, spy training facility the Red Room. Finding herself infinitely better trained than her American counterparts, Yelena is pressed into service to lead a fledgling team from the Outpost on a mission to eliminate a "package" in a secure penthouse -- only to discover the "package" is an eight-year-old girl who looks startlingly familiar. Suddenly, Yelena finds herself set against her former comrades from The Outpost and on the run with little support as she tries to determine the connection between the young girl, the Outpost, the Red Room, and herself -- a connection that will involve Yelena learning as much about herself as the mystery she has unearthed.

Tess Sharpe has done an amazing job in planting the seeds for the ruthless, but ultimately moral, Yelena of the Marvel universe. While the book is categorized as YA, it definitely leans on the lower end of that spectrum with the violence curbed to a point where it would be relatively safe for older tweens. It is a quick read with a relatively straight forward plot that nonetheless presents a picture of how even at sixteen, there is still a lot of room for growth and self discovery set against very well defined expectations. It is a fun read for anyone, whether a Marvel or Black/White Widow fan or not.

Great thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children's Books | Random House/Marvel for the opportunity to read this eARC.

I LOVED getting this look at a teenage Yelena. She’s become one of my favorite characters in the MCU, so getting this story that deals with her background was awesome. I also just loved the way that Tess wrote her - it felt very true to character! I was intrigued by the plot, but I just loved getting into Yelena’s head.

Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read the ARC!

I love the Black Widow character, so I was beyond excited to see this title. Yelena Belova is such a fantastic character and this book helped to build on that. Not an origin story, not a superhero story, but a story about finding your true self as well as the importance of sisters. Yelena's sassy attitude and ruthlessness was effectively shown throughout the book, as well as her good heart that she tries to hide. A fun read for Marvel fans, or anyone who enjoys a strong female character.

This reads much younger than Teen/YA, more middle grade. Everything is said plainly and obviously, and things are repeated multiple times ("You broke her leg in three places" three times in three pages). Not a bad story, but not what I would expect from a universe with so much more storytelling available.