The City of Rivers is what River Secrets was orginally going to be called.  But Shannon Hale (the fantastic writer of the book) changed it to River Secrets instead.  Even though the title was changed, I still call it City of Rivers in my head.  Sounds better. 

River Secrets is Shannon Hale's newest book, and she did not disapoint her readers with it.  It's finally Razo's turn to have a say in the series, and Hale portrays his feelings awesomely (is that a word?!).  I won't give too much away, because then you won't want to read it, and Shannon Hale is VERY particualar about spoiler's (which she has every right to be!), but the book is about Razo, Isi and Enna's friend, who goes to Tira to guard the ambassador.  He doesn't quite understand why, in his eyes and many other's he is just an average soldier.  But then he discovers something he is good at, and that something takes him to a new excitement and importance he never knew...

I was so surprised when I read this book at how well Shannon adapts to each of her charaters.  With Isi (in the Goose Girl), she shows a quiet very reserved girl.  With Enna (In Enna Burning), there is a firey (forgive the pun...), stubborn, head-strong girl, who never quite cools off.  And then finally there's Razo, a short average lovable guy, who thinks not too highly of himself.  I think it's a wonderful thing when an author can switch roles like that, and Shannon did a fantastic way of doing so. 

The picture above is of River Secrets.