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Asks crushing questions about right and wrong in horrible circumstances & ends with the personal changing the fate of two worlds.
When she‘s given the choice to die or to work for her people‘s conquerors to save her family, Ruying becomes an assassin for the Prince of Rome. Upon learning more about the horrors of Rome, will she make the same choice?
3.5/5 read to reconsider colonial history in a different way with many first book issues

I was really intrigued by this, but this story thinks it‘s important to repeat information five or six times in the first few chapters, and that kind of repetition is just irritating.

Leila, thank you so much for my #StuffedStockingSwap ! The mug and hot chocolate are perfect, and I don't even think I mentioned loving hazelnut but I do! I don't know how I haven't read either of these beautiful fantasy books yet but I'm so excited to have a good reason to now! Can't wait to use all the cute stickers in my journal, too. It's all perfect. Thank you so much @Catsandbooks and thank you @Avanders for putting this swap together!

After a fast start, & a very powerful author‘s note about the inspiration for the story, this YA fantasy, a tale of colonization, oppression, & rebellion never quite comes together even though it has many of the necessary ingredients—magic, technology, danger, romance. It‘s a book that evokes strong emotions—reading reviews on Goodreads is…something. This is the first in a series which I probably won‘t continue reading.

Started this one last night and so far, the story is as entertaining as the cover is gorgeous.

Nothing better than the arrival of a new book right before storms hit. The cover is awesome and the endpapers are something else! 😍