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Balzer Bray (2016), Edition: Reprint, 397 pages
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"Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile kingdoms. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire--a dangerous gift for the future queen of a land where magic is forbidden. Now Denna has to learn the ways of her new kingdom while trying to hide her growing magic. To make matters worse, she must learn to ride Mynaria's formidable warhorses before her coronation--and her teacher is the person who intimidates her most, the prickly and unconventional Princess Amaranthine, sister of her betrothed. When a shocking assassination leaves the kingdom reeling, Mare and Denna reluctantly join forces to search for the culprit. As the two work together, they discover there is more to one another than they thought--and soon their friendship is threatening to blossom into something more. But with dangerous conflict brewing that makes the alliance more important than ever, acting on their feelings could be deadly. Forced to choose between their duty and their hearts, Mare and Denna must find a way to save their kingdoms--and each other." --… (more)
User reviews
LibraryThing member senbei
So good! I couldn't put it down. Admittedly the design of the protagonists is painfully derivative of Elsanna, but if you can get passed that the story is lovely and wholly engrossing. I seriously couldn't get enough of Coulthurst's equine-love, so like my own. ;)
LibraryThing member emeraldreverie
Good queer magical wlw fantasy. Drama, earnestness, interesting world setting.
LibraryThing member Silvernfire
I wanted to love this book. I ended up finishing it simply because it fulfills two requirements for a book challenge I'm tackling. I liked Denna, and I was interested in the magic system in this world. But that was outweighed by not liking Mare (if you don't like one of the romantic leads in a
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romance, it's hard to like the book), and wishing the world-building and character development could be seriously revamped. Show Less
LibraryThing member VavaViolet
I like how diverse books are these days, there's literally something for everybody. I especially like how imaginative YA fiction are, hence the reason why I gravitate towards this genre. There's so many talented YA writers out there with fresh voices and perspectives, case in point author Audrey
Of Fire and Stars isn't the first LGBTQ novel I've read (check out my review of Carry On), and it certainty won't be the last. The story is told from alternating povs: Princess Dennaleia of Havemont, who is betrothed to Prince Thandilimon of Mynaria; and Princess Amaranthine, sister of Prince Thandilimon. Princess Dennaleia's marriage to Prince Thandilimon will ensure the alliance of their two kingdoms, and hopefully control rising hostilities from the outside.
However, as plans for their wedding is underway, the kingdom of Mynaria faces attacks from people they believe are part of the Recusants. The Recusants supports the use of magic and is against the alliance as it will block magic users from going to Havemont. What Prince Thandilimon and his kingdom doesn't know is that Princess Dennaleia herself is hiding a powerful secret - a fire affinity that is getting harder and harder to control.
Amidst the chaos surrounding the kingdom and Princess Dennaleia's struggles to keep her gift a secret, she finds an unlikely ally in Princess Amaranthine. As the days pass, their growing friendship blossoms into something more that will potentially endanger, not only themselves, but their kingdoms as well. In the end they must choose between duty and love.
My interest was piqued when I saw the cover of this book, and was further intrigued upon reading the synopsis. For the most part I did enjoy this book, however I found the story progression slow. There are also some points of the story that I felt needed clarification. Why is the Kingdom of Mynaria so against magic users? Was there a past event that warranted such negative feelings towards magic? Also, in the story it appears same sex relationships isn't taboo, so I don't understand why Princess Dennaleia and Princess Amaranthine have to deny their feelings towards each other. I get it that Princess Dennaleia is betrothed to Prince Thandilimon, but clearly the latter isn't even fond of her. It would've been more interesting and different if the two Princesses ended up uniting the kingdoms through their marriage. Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself, maybe there is a sequel? Nevertheless I liked how Princess Dennaleia and Princess Amaranthine's relationship developed, from animosity to friendship to love. The story started out slow, but it gained momentum towards the second half of the book.
I give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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Coulthurst who wrote Of Fire and Stars.Of Fire and Stars isn't the first LGBTQ novel I've read (check out my review of Carry On), and it certainty won't be the last. The story is told from alternating povs: Princess Dennaleia of Havemont, who is betrothed to Prince Thandilimon of Mynaria; and Princess Amaranthine, sister of Prince Thandilimon. Princess Dennaleia's marriage to Prince Thandilimon will ensure the alliance of their two kingdoms, and hopefully control rising hostilities from the outside.
However, as plans for their wedding is underway, the kingdom of Mynaria faces attacks from people they believe are part of the Recusants. The Recusants supports the use of magic and is against the alliance as it will block magic users from going to Havemont. What Prince Thandilimon and his kingdom doesn't know is that Princess Dennaleia herself is hiding a powerful secret - a fire affinity that is getting harder and harder to control.
Amidst the chaos surrounding the kingdom and Princess Dennaleia's struggles to keep her gift a secret, she finds an unlikely ally in Princess Amaranthine. As the days pass, their growing friendship blossoms into something more that will potentially endanger, not only themselves, but their kingdoms as well. In the end they must choose between duty and love.
My interest was piqued when I saw the cover of this book, and was further intrigued upon reading the synopsis. For the most part I did enjoy this book, however I found the story progression slow. There are also some points of the story that I felt needed clarification. Why is the Kingdom of Mynaria so against magic users? Was there a past event that warranted such negative feelings towards magic? Also, in the story it appears same sex relationships isn't taboo, so I don't understand why Princess Dennaleia and Princess Amaranthine have to deny their feelings towards each other. I get it that Princess Dennaleia is betrothed to Prince Thandilimon, but clearly the latter isn't even fond of her. It would've been more interesting and different if the two Princesses ended up uniting the kingdoms through their marriage. Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself, maybe there is a sequel? Nevertheless I liked how Princess Dennaleia and Princess Amaranthine's relationship developed, from animosity to friendship to love. The story started out slow, but it gained momentum towards the second half of the book.
I give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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LibraryThing member Gretchening
Queer princesses! And this is a delightfully well-wrought fantasy world, the characters feel like they're grappling with real problems, and I enjoyed the politics and mystery as well as the romance. This reminded me a lot of Bitterblue and Ash in a good way. Great story and I can't wait to
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LibraryThing member kaylaraeintheway
My youngest sister has long lamented the lack of LGBTQ romances in YA fiction (and in general), so when she came across this book a few months ago, she was super excited and read it in a day. I was touched that she wanted to lend it to me, since it meant so much to her. And while it wasn't my
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favorite thing that I have ever read, it was fun and exciting and had several well written characters. The story centers around Dennaleia, a princess who has been betrothed since infancy to the future king of a neighboring kingdom. There's just one small problem (or two, really). One, she has an Affinity, a magical ability to create fire, which is most inconvenient as magic users are being persecuted. And two...she starts to fall for her fiance's sister, the headstrong Mare. It was refreshing to read about a blossoming love between two strong females instead of the usual prince/princess, bad boy/good girl stuff that gets quite repetitive in YA fiction (and written by a LGBTQ author as well!) Representation is important in fiction, and I'm glad there has been a steady increase in diverse books. Show Less
LibraryThing member JanesList
I really enjoyed this book. The author does a good job of making it clear that lesbian or gay relationships are not considered unusual in the world in this book. It is refreshing to not have to have homophobia as a plot point. Other than that it was a typical fantasy-with-a-map-at-the-front type of
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book, with kingdom politics, sneaking out of castles, and trying to figure out how to work with magic. I'm dying for a sequel. Show Less
LibraryThing member DJLunchlady91404
I truly enjoyed reading this book. It is a breath of fresh air to read a story where a princess can also be a hero. This book has it all; love, action and fantasy delicately rolled into one. I will say that the storyline was slightly predictable but that did not take away from the overall
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LibraryThing member keristars
When I first read Of Fire and Stars in November 2016, I was so delighted by a book that wrapped up everything I wanted and loved reading about as a preteen that I felt like I was in the first rush of love and would be blinded to any unfortunate faults in the novel. I didn't want to write a review
It took a while, but I finally felt ready to reread the story and sure enough, I was right back in that utterly joyful reading space. There are some story quirks that might have been done better or plot threads that got a little lost, but for the most part, this book is everything I love.
A princess book: it takes all the tropes and clichés in the usual MG/YA princess stories and gives them to us in two main charaters: Dennaleia is the dutiful princess who desperately wants to fulfill her role and care for her people, except that she is hampered by secret magic and plotting against the crown. Amaranthine, "Mare", is the rebellious princess who hates the strictures placed upon her simply because of her birth (but definitely takes advantage of the privileges!) and who sneaks out of the castle disguised as a villager. There is intrigue and taverns where secret messages are passed and climbing out of castle windows and through forgotten passageways.
A horse book: raising and working with horses is central to the economy of Mare's country, especially for the highborn, and Mare is a Horse Girl. Plenty of scenes take place on horseback, and Denna plays the reader's part in learning about horses for the first time, though in not quite so much detail as a horse series.
A fantasy book: this is a world of magic, though not everyone possesses the ability. Magic users have an affinity to one or more of six elements, which informs their powers - only the kingdom of Mynaria is hostile to magic and Denna's own affinity becomes more than she hide once she arrives.
A f/f romance story: it's a forbidden romance - Denna was betrothed to Mare's younger brother when they were children, but when Denna arrives for the wedding, she finds herself falling in love with Mare. How can the young women be happy together if Denna must marry someone else for the entire country's sake? There is even kissing and some fade-to-black sex.
The princess-horse-magic part of the novel is very regular fare for a YA book, and the kind that I adored as a teenager (and, admittedly, as an adult). Many of the story elements are well-trod and completely predictable, especially if you've read more than a few books in the genre. The addition of the f/f romance plot is what I always craved, and it is what makes the book special. It feels like Audrey Coulthurst knew all of my favorite things and then put the book together just for me - though she says it's just the kind of book that she always wanted to read.
I won't pretend that it's a work of genius or has a perfect plot. It doesn't, but it doesn't need to and doesn't pretend to. It's a princess fantasy story (with horses) where the princesses fall in love with each other, and it's fluffy and sweet and that is something rare and charming.
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only to come back, embarrassed, after a reread opened my eyes to any terrible flaws.It took a while, but I finally felt ready to reread the story and sure enough, I was right back in that utterly joyful reading space. There are some story quirks that might have been done better or plot threads that got a little lost, but for the most part, this book is everything I love.
A princess book: it takes all the tropes and clichés in the usual MG/YA princess stories and gives them to us in two main charaters: Dennaleia is the dutiful princess who desperately wants to fulfill her role and care for her people, except that she is hampered by secret magic and plotting against the crown. Amaranthine, "Mare", is the rebellious princess who hates the strictures placed upon her simply because of her birth (but definitely takes advantage of the privileges!) and who sneaks out of the castle disguised as a villager. There is intrigue and taverns where secret messages are passed and climbing out of castle windows and through forgotten passageways.
A horse book: raising and working with horses is central to the economy of Mare's country, especially for the highborn, and Mare is a Horse Girl. Plenty of scenes take place on horseback, and Denna plays the reader's part in learning about horses for the first time, though in not quite so much detail as a horse series.
A fantasy book: this is a world of magic, though not everyone possesses the ability. Magic users have an affinity to one or more of six elements, which informs their powers - only the kingdom of Mynaria is hostile to magic and Denna's own affinity becomes more than she hide once she arrives.
A f/f romance story: it's a forbidden romance - Denna was betrothed to Mare's younger brother when they were children, but when Denna arrives for the wedding, she finds herself falling in love with Mare. How can the young women be happy together if Denna must marry someone else for the entire country's sake? There is even kissing and some fade-to-black sex.
The princess-horse-magic part of the novel is very regular fare for a YA book, and the kind that I adored as a teenager (and, admittedly, as an adult). Many of the story elements are well-trod and completely predictable, especially if you've read more than a few books in the genre. The addition of the f/f romance plot is what I always craved, and it is what makes the book special. It feels like Audrey Coulthurst knew all of my favorite things and then put the book together just for me - though she says it's just the kind of book that she always wanted to read.
I won't pretend that it's a work of genius or has a perfect plot. It doesn't, but it doesn't need to and doesn't pretend to. It's a princess fantasy story (with horses) where the princesses fall in love with each other, and it's fluffy and sweet and that is something rare and charming.
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LibraryThing member Brainannex
A "not all is as it seems" look at an arranged marriage and the love that comes from it.
LibraryThing member rivkat
Princess sent to marry a prince falls in love with the tomboy princess instead, in the midst of political intrigue and discrimination against magic users, which is a problem for our magic-user princess. It didn’t grab me.
LibraryThing member thebacklistbook
Alright! Let's do this. this book was really cute. I love Mare, girl after my own soul. seriously she felt like someone took my inner workings and spliced them with my ideal partner. The world building was spot on; perfect balance of explanation and holding back. Writing style was totally my thing.
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Nice and easy, flow wise. Got second hand embarrassment in certain spots. Show Less
LibraryThing member wagner.sarah35
I both loved the concept of this tale and was frustrated by the feeling that the writing was holding the story back at times. Centered around an unlikely and forbidden romance between two princesses, one of whom is also hiding magical abilities, this novel has all the makings of good fantasy and at
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times the tale felt epic, but the writing just didn't and I struggled to get into the story. To be fair, this is the author's first novel and the ending was both satisfying and intriguing enough that I might continue the series. Show Less
LibraryThing member Isana
Nils deserved better than that
Understatement of the century, Mare. Honestly.
To be honest, I felt that everyone who died in this book deserved better because there was literally no reason for any of it. Their deaths only pushed the plot forward in the weakest of ways. It felt like Coulthurst just
As so many people have already pointed out, the characters were flat. There was nothing. I expected to at least like Denna or Mare but they were both so freaking annoying. There was no depth to their characters. If it wasn't for the fact that I am always down for some women loving women, I would have given up. If you had told me I would read a book about wlw and would come away with a cishet white man as my favourite (Nils because a good friend always gets me) I would have called you a liar in no uncertain terms. But that's what happened and I am upset about it.
This book had so much promise: women in important positions and Mare being allowed to run wild with horses, except throughout the book, the women are never taken seriously (I mean supposedly women are capable but the eldest child isn't the heir for some wild reason) and Mare is allowed to run wild with horses because . . . literally no reason and her family seem to resent her for what they have allowed her to do? I guess the Directorate shows a more equal side but only because literally ALL of the Directorate have a negative amount of critical thinking skills and have taken leave of all of their senses. They want to go to war with a WHOLE nation based on one piece of forged evidence? Forged evidence that it took two teenagers all of a day to figure out was forged.
Do I even WANT to touch on the lack of black and brown people in this book? Hm? Maybe. We are presented with one person, Hilara who is said to be dark-skinned. Literally no one else in the entire book is dark-skinned yet we never hear Denna speculate about this dark-skinned woman who HAS to have some kind of foreign ancestry from some INCREDIBLY distant land unknown to everyone (because even the desert inhabiting former nomads are white apparently). So I guess she just materialised out of thin air or something. I don't know. But Hilara, remember the only dark-skinned person in this entire godforsaken book, is an antagonist throughout the entire thing. I mean, she does pose some opposition to the weird and nonsensical decisions of the Directorate BUT it's only because she is smarting over having her butt whooped in a vote over who to be allies with. Like it's not common sense at all, it's just a lingering hope that her political goals can still work out. And she's never redeemed in the eyes of the reader. She just stays this massive POS who would probably actually kill Denna if she was convinced that it would get her the alliance she wants but it won't so she just settles with being openly antagonistic towards her future queen.
I know some people were complaining about the magic but that is actually the one thing I am mostly willing to let slide because everyone is actually clueless about it. Supposedly magic works in some kind of elemental way (including stars and shadow (what the even?)) but that's clearly not true because apparently things can be magicked to do other things like an arrow magicked to home in on a target so that it kills them. I heard there is going to be a sequel so I'm assuming that will get explained. I said MOSTLY willing to let slide because what kind of actual mess would this have been if a sequel had not been agreed to. Would we have been left with a book where that magic makes less sense than a DT tweet? I think that kind of mess is irresponsible to say the least. But there will be a sequel so I can let this go.
My last disappointment was with the plot itself really. It was so predictable. Now I like some predictability when it comes to say my romance. For example, the book says that one or both of the characters are emotionally unavailable and will they be able to work past their issues to find love in each other. Well, the answer is pretty freaking OBVIOUSLY yes or the book would probably not exist. Now in fantasy, I feel like there should be things that people don't expect. Now I know (even though I have so many problems with her books) we all can't be Sarah J. Maas where the twists are actually just ridiculous so you never see them coming, but still I KNEW Kriantz was going to be the evil one from the moment he was introduced because it would be "surprising" or something. Maybe it was because he seemed to have an inkling of sense which the other "adults" in the books completely lacked and thus was only pretending to have have sense and be a decent person to the princesses.
I was really hoping that Thandi would end up being the evil one who was plotting a take over of the kingdom the whole time because that would have actually been fucking conniving and interesting and given him some character because he was also as bland as butterless untoasted white bread and had the intelligence of one. I mean, agreeing to let the now only surviving heir of your kingdom go completely alone to a hostile neighbour might be the most ridiculous thing about this entire book and this is a book where a girl brought down "stars" to kill people and managed not to kill someone literally in the middle of it all or destroy the entire country.
All right. Now I know it sounds like I really hated this book. It's not true, mostly because wlw. I love girls falling in love as much as I love most things and them going from (kinda) enemies to friends and lovers is so sweet to see. It was just incredibly disappointing in every other aspect.
Understatement of the century, Mare. Honestly.
To be honest, I felt that everyone who died in this book deserved better because there was literally no reason for any of it. Their deaths only pushed the plot forward in the weakest of ways. It felt like Coulthurst just
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wanted to kill some people hoping it would make this oo-la-la dramatic impact and it just was confusing and lacklustre instead. As so many people have already pointed out, the characters were flat. There was nothing. I expected to at least like Denna or Mare but they were both so freaking annoying. There was no depth to their characters. If it wasn't for the fact that I am always down for some women loving women, I would have given up. If you had told me I would read a book about wlw and would come away with a cishet white man as my favourite (Nils because a good friend always gets me) I would have called you a liar in no uncertain terms. But that's what happened and I am upset about it.
This book had so much promise: women in important positions and Mare being allowed to run wild with horses, except throughout the book, the women are never taken seriously (I mean supposedly women are capable but the eldest child isn't the heir for some wild reason) and Mare is allowed to run wild with horses because . . . literally no reason and her family seem to resent her for what they have allowed her to do? I guess the Directorate shows a more equal side but only because literally ALL of the Directorate have a negative amount of critical thinking skills and have taken leave of all of their senses. They want to go to war with a WHOLE nation based on one piece of forged evidence? Forged evidence that it took two teenagers all of a day to figure out was forged.
Do I even WANT to touch on the lack of black and brown people in this book? Hm? Maybe. We are presented with one person, Hilara who is said to be dark-skinned. Literally no one else in the entire book is dark-skinned yet we never hear Denna speculate about this dark-skinned woman who HAS to have some kind of foreign ancestry from some INCREDIBLY distant land unknown to everyone (because even the desert inhabiting former nomads are white apparently). So I guess she just materialised out of thin air or something. I don't know. But Hilara, remember the only dark-skinned person in this entire godforsaken book, is an antagonist throughout the entire thing. I mean, she does pose some opposition to the weird and nonsensical decisions of the Directorate BUT it's only because she is smarting over having her butt whooped in a vote over who to be allies with. Like it's not common sense at all, it's just a lingering hope that her political goals can still work out. And she's never redeemed in the eyes of the reader. She just stays this massive POS who would probably actually kill Denna if she was convinced that it would get her the alliance she wants but it won't so she just settles with being openly antagonistic towards her future queen.
I know some people were complaining about the magic but that is actually the one thing I am mostly willing to let slide because everyone is actually clueless about it. Supposedly magic works in some kind of elemental way (including stars and shadow (what the even?)) but that's clearly not true because apparently things can be magicked to do other things like an arrow magicked to home in on a target so that it kills them. I heard there is going to be a sequel so I'm assuming that will get explained. I said MOSTLY willing to let slide because what kind of actual mess would this have been if a sequel had not been agreed to. Would we have been left with a book where that magic makes less sense than a DT tweet? I think that kind of mess is irresponsible to say the least. But there will be a sequel so I can let this go.
My last disappointment was with the plot itself really. It was so predictable. Now I like some predictability when it comes to say my romance. For example, the book says that one or both of the characters are emotionally unavailable and will they be able to work past their issues to find love in each other. Well, the answer is pretty freaking OBVIOUSLY yes or the book would probably not exist. Now in fantasy, I feel like there should be things that people don't expect. Now I know (even though I have so many problems with her books) we all can't be Sarah J. Maas where the twists are actually just ridiculous so you never see them coming, but still I KNEW Kriantz was going to be the evil one from the moment he was introduced because it would be "surprising" or something. Maybe it was because he seemed to have an inkling of sense which the other "adults" in the books completely lacked and thus was only pretending to have have sense and be a decent person to the princesses.
I was really hoping that Thandi would end up being the evil one who was plotting a take over of the kingdom the whole time because that would have actually been fucking conniving and interesting and given him some character because he was also as bland as butterless untoasted white bread and had the intelligence of one. I mean, agreeing to let the now only surviving heir of your kingdom go completely alone to a hostile neighbour might be the most ridiculous thing about this entire book and this is a book where a girl brought down "stars" to kill people and managed not to kill someone literally in the middle of it all or destroy the entire country.
All right. Now I know it sounds like I really hated this book. It's not true, mostly because wlw. I love girls falling in love as much as I love most things and them going from (kinda) enemies to friends and lovers is so sweet to see. It was just incredibly disappointing in every other aspect.
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LibraryThing member Noeshia
This is a sweet ya fantasy romance that puts great emphasis on court intrigue. I especially enjoyed that in this world same sex marriage was just a thing that happened, and that women had far more agency than you usually find in your typical feudal fantasy. I'm definitely giving the sequel a try.
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Mare's earthy freedom and Denna's library loving wildness touched me. Show Less
LibraryThing member whatsmacksaid
It's long, but was so enjoyable that it reads like a much shorter book.
LibraryThing member reader1009
teen queer romance/adventure/suspense - a princess with magical powers falls for the prickly sister of her betrothed
the writing seems ok, I just wasn't that into the princess/fake medieval setting.
the writing seems ok, I just wasn't that into the princess/fake medieval setting.
LibraryThing member jennybeast
I've been sort of reluctantly contemplating reading this for a while -- I'd heard it was good, and also that there was girl romance in it, but I've been reading a little too much YA lately, and wasn't in the mood for high drama. To my delight, this is the sort of book that you read the first couple
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of pages and fall into. Solid fantasy, new worlds, excellent heroines (double narrative) and both magic and horses, which I have to admit that I find to be an appealing combination. I'm a bit bothered by the boneheaded stupidity of the leaders of Mynaria -- yes, I know that's the point, but it seems taken to extreme. I'm very happy to see them off, together, alone and out of the kingdom at the end. Poor Nils! Also, I mentioned the name (Of Fire and Stars) to a friend when she asked what I was reading. Her response -- you know those are the same thing, right? And I was deeply pleased when Denna pulls the stars down using her fire gift, so the author know those are the same thing, too -- although really, they would have had to be meteors or the whole planet would have gone, but... anyway. Good fun, and stands alone enough that I don't feel like I HAVE to read book 2 or nothing makes any sense/ cliffhanger story arc. I can contemplate book 2 with pleasure instead. Show Less
LibraryThing member admiralfinnegan
A simply plotted but charming fantasy romance. I really liked the main girls. The rest was serviceable. The author's structure and technique was solid.
LibraryThing member electrascaife
Denna has long been betrothed to a prince from another kingdom, and she’s been raised and trained to fulfill the role of future queen, but when she arrives in her new home, despite her royal fiancé being perfectly lovely to her, her secret magical abilities, which she’s fought hard to master
This one had so much potential and I was excited to read it, but boy, did it disappoint. I wanted to love it, but it’s just…boring. The characters are never developed – and the author *tells* us everything about their personalities without ever once *showing* us that those traits are there – and the plot is just as bland as the people inhabiting it. It’s a great idea for a story, but the execution is, sadly, sloppy and lazy.
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and conceal, start getting out of her control. It possibly has something to do with her soon-to-be sister-in-law, Mare, who is the mistress of the stables and a dab hand at fighting as well. When there’s a murder in the castle, Denna and Mare team up to find out who the culprit is, and they both must deal with their feelings toward one another.This one had so much potential and I was excited to read it, but boy, did it disappoint. I wanted to love it, but it’s just…boring. The characters are never developed – and the author *tells* us everything about their personalities without ever once *showing* us that those traits are there – and the plot is just as bland as the people inhabiting it. It’s a great idea for a story, but the execution is, sadly, sloppy and lazy.
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Original publication date
2016
ISBN
9780062433275
Local notes
Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire—a dangerous gift for the future queen of a kingdom where magic is forbidden.
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