My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary from GoodReads
A princess must find her place in a reborn world.
She flees on her wedding day.
She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection.
She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.
She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.
The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance.
Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love.
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REVIEW
A story of mystery, amazing worldbuilding and romance! Princess Lia escapes her life as a First Daughter, a title brd to her through tradition, and along with her trusted maid Pauline Lia escapes into a village.
But an assassin and the prince she was suppossed to marry trail after her. Who is who? And why Lia is hearing strange voices in the winds?
The fascination for this book began after I found it out on GoodReads. Eager to get my own, I waited a year! And luckily we are also close to the release of the second book! Let's begin with the basic:
We have six POVs: Lia, the assassin, the prince, Kaden, Raffe nd one for Pauline. There is no way for you to get trouble on the reading proccess. Instead the whole book is the puzzle you must solve if you want to know who is who and with whom Lia will end. There is also no love triangle which makes me extremly happy. At the same time there is a vast description, through poems and songs and traditions about the world and the 3 kingdoms which surround it. The map on the hardcover edition was quite helpful!
Lia is a girl with firey spirit and despite her closed life as a princess, she dares to explore the new and discover her own abilities. I cannot say much for the male characters, since I don't want to spoil you, but you should know that no one is who he seems!
Overall this is an amzing book, of which I expect to see even more after the cliffhanger I got!
2015 is the year of cliffhangers it seems.
About the author:
One time when I was about four years old, my parents were out shopping at Sears. They each thought the other had me by the hand when in fact I was exploring my own aisle (translation: I was lost!) Two salesladies found me and sat me on the counter, asking me my name so they could page my parents. I remember their consternation when I would only answer "Little Red Riding Hood." They couldn't shake my real name out of me no how, no way. I knew the value of persistence even then. My parents say they nearly fell over, when over the loud speaker they heard, "Would the parents of Little Red Riding Hood please come claim their child?" They knew exactly "who" was lost. These days I mostly wake up as myself, though I do seem to hang out with a lot of "characters" during the day.
Usually when people mention their education in their bios they only mention their college degrees, but to me, it is just as important what happened way before that. Wow--second grade! I will never forget Mrs. Alsenz. Boy, could she tell a great story! She would make them up and pretty soon have a classroom of wiggly kids exuberantly telling stories right along with her. And then there was Mrs. Bonsey in fourth grade. She always praised my writing and made a shy little girl feel like she might actually excel at something. And finally in twelfth grade came Mr. Kirk, crusty on the outside with a heart of gold on the inside, who loved the English language and taught his students to do the same. (Hey, Mr. Kirk, do you see me waving at ya?)
Later I went on to get a BFA from Long Beach State University in art. I worked for a time as an artist then started the most challenging job of my life--motherhood. Holy smokes, no one told me there would be no coffee breaks. But it is the most rewarding job I have ever had (watch out--I'll start dragging out the pictures)
Still later, I went to San Diego State University where I received my teaching credential. I went on to teach many different grades but it was my second grade students who pushed me back into writing. During Writing Workshop I would sit with them and write, loving the process, loving the stories, and lo and behold deciding I would love to return to my first love. That's a whole lot of lovin' going on and luckily for me I was able to do just that. Not that writing is easy. I have a huge stack of rejections to prove it, but I still have enough of that Little Red Riding Hood persistence in me to keep on going.
Now I write full time from my home in San Diego. My books to date are The Adoration of Jenna Fox, A Room on Lorelei Street, Scribbler of Dreams, and David v. God. More are definitely on the way.
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