Why a Booktrail?
2023: Siblings Greta and Valdin have far too much in common. Unfortunately.
Greta and Valdin
What you need to know before your trail
Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much in common. They’re flatmates, beholden to the same near-unpronounceable surname, and both make questionable choices when it comes to love.
Valdin is in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who left the country because he thought he was making Valdin sad. Greta is in love with fellow English tutor Holly, who appears to be using her for admin support. But perhaps all is not lost. Valdin is coming to realize that he might not be so unlovable, and Greta, that she might be worth more than the papers she can mark.
Helping the siblings navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and the tendency of their love interests to flee, is the Vladisavljevic family: Maori-Russian-Catalonian, and as passionate as they are eccentric.
Locations
Reset- New Zealand - North Island- Auckland
- A: Queen Street
- B: High Street,
- C: The University of Auckland
- D: Grafton Bridge
Travel Guide
Auckland
The locations are vague but the overall setting of Auckland is important. The family in the novel are from the Māori-Russian-Catalonian cultures and the Aotearoa culture is evoked too.
Auckland is based around 2 large harbours.
Auckland Domain, the city’s oldest park, is based around an extinct volcano and home to the formal Wintergardens.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Greta and Valdin
Destination: Auckland Author/guide: Rebecca K Reilly Departure Time: 2023
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