This
week, what's really got my pages in a twist is...
(The Conquerors Saga #1)
Publication Date: June 28,
2016
Hardcover, 475 pages, Delacorte
Press
Genres: YA, Historical Fiction
NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL.
And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle
younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and
abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known
that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as
pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For
the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.
Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her
vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her
birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet
Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who’s expected to rule a
nation, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s
finally found someone worthy of her passion.
But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight
against—and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form
a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking
point.
My Thoughts
I’ve
read almost all of Kiersten White’s books and I’ve really enjoyed most of them.
(The Mind Games duology was a little
iffy for me.) But she does fantasy and paranormal really well, so I’m excited
to see how this one goes.
What
book are you waiting on this Wednesday?
I have an arc of this one and hope to get to it soon. I think it sounds fantastic. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteCarole @ Carole's Random Life
Ooo... Lucky. :)
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