Zeeta and her mother Layla have been traveling the world ever since her birth. They spend every year in a different country: Morocco, Thailand, amongst many others, and now at the beginning of The Indigo Notebook, they are on their way to Ecuador. Layla is a free-spirited, spontaneous woman that loves to quote spiritual mysticism and wake up at dawn to dance in waterfalls. Zeeta is the more practical of the two, always looking out and making sure they have the necessities of life to keep them going. All she has ever wanted is a normal life (à la American kids) and sometimes harbors secret resentments against Layla for the life they have lived.

The Indigo Notebook follows Zeeta and Layla in Ecuador as they both experience life-changing situations and adventures. Early in the novel, Layla has a life-threatening experience, which drastically changes her views on her own life, and Zeeta’s. Zeeta’s poit of view changes when she meets Wendell, an American teenager searching for his birth parents in the local villages. Both of their paths lead to a better understanding of their selves and what they want for their lives and their futures. The Indigo Notebook is set in the village town of Otavalo, and the cast of characters are unique and inspiring as the people of Resau’s last novel, Red Glass. She has a talent for weaving a story around descriptive characters with wonderful traits, yet they have flaws, as we all do.

For anyone with a love of traveling, or a love of a great story with heartfelt meaning and beautiful prose, I recommend The Indigo Notebook. This is the first in a series, and I absolutely cannot wait for more!

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