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A princess, trained to behave. An assassin, betrothed to her. A thief, whose eyes she dreams of at night. A kingdom at war, torn apart by the suppression of magic and truth, as well as family secrets that threaten to destroy decades of peace.
Questions of loyalty, of morality, and of free will culminate in a fantasy novel about forging one’s own path and choosing one’s own destiny.
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First let me say that I was gifted this book as an ARC before Sarah Daltry published it, I signed up to review because the synopsis of the book interested me. I loved Sarah Daltrys Flowering series (the original adult version) I started reading this book in July 2014! and got to 74% (I pushed on to read it for the release event) at this stage I was informed that Sarah informed readers that the book was to be picked up by a publisher. So I stopped reading as the book was just not engaging me. It has been a hard push to read and that's unusual for me. These are the issues I had with it:When the book begins it switches to POV of "then" and "now". I can say that I have beta read a manuscript with NO CHAPTER headings where the story switched from past to present and I FOLLOWED THAT WITH EASE...whereas with this book I didn't. I was lost trying to work out the world building details and characters and the dialogue that was happening in the scenes. As a reviewer and Blogger I have read numerous genres and only occasionally have I had to go back and re-read whole chapters and since this book is aimed at Teens they may also be as confused as myself.The Main Character is annoying, she just grated me and nothing she did up to the 74% mark made me like her any better.I skipped to the end and read the last pages and I must say that it was a predictable end.Maybe with the additional attention from the new Publisher then can sort out the issues and confusion as I can see that the storyline has the potential to be good. I made a decision to just give up. There are too many books out there that I will enjoy. - I hate doing a DNF and this is only my second book that I have done this with.I do read fantasy *I have read books like [a:Robin Hobb|25307|Robin Hobb|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1397885202p2/25307.jpg]Fools Assassin series and I thought maybe this might be similar but its not (for me at least) - I have seen lots of 5 star reviews and only a few that are in the same mind as me. So I will end by saying it will be up to the reader to choose what reviews they take to heart.