Karina challenges every stereotype about princesses who are expected to marry and accept their fates. One of the things I love most about this novel is how it makes room for important social issues.
Honestly, there’s a reason Brown’s debut has received three starred reviews (ALA Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher’s Weekly) and quickly earned a spot on the NYT Bestseller List. I was spellbound by Brown’s unique blend of fully realized, relentless mythology, gods, spirits, and grim folk. The twists and turns, vivid world-building, and rich setting will keep you flying through the pages. It contains all the inventiveness and transformative lore of Spirited Away set against a backdrop of West African myth and history. This is a story about refugees, rebel royals, and ungodly revenge. Malik knew from experience that the charms never worked and oftentimes left one’s skin itchy and green.” “Supernatural beings, known as the grim folk, were the stuff of stories whispered on dark nights, nothing more. Not knowing how to root for two opposing agendas or how both of your favorite characters can possibly get a happy ending is a singular, thrilling experience I want for each and every one of you. They will make you laugh but also stab you in the heart. If you enjoy characters that are at times sweeter than sweet, and sometimes deliciously diabolical, you will love every moment you spend with Karina and Malik. When these two characters cross paths, they are thrown into a nefarious plot where killing each other is the only way to get what they want. Karina is a fierce princess who intends to bring her mother back to life no matter the cost. Malik is a kind, protective brother who will do anything for his sisters. I’m a sucker for gentle boys and badass female leads. Princess or not, Malik wanted nothing to do with someone like that.” “Rumor had it that Princess Karina Alahari was a volatile, irresponsible girl. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death? The Characters When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a heart-pounding course to destroy each other. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic.
Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated her court threatens mutiny and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal-kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.īut Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran.
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