Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. Fans of Shadow and Bone will devour this soaring fantasy. From the critically acclaimed author of Six Crimson Cranes comes the thrilling next adventure! A journey to the kingdom of dragons, a star-crossed love, and a cursed pearl with the power to mend the world or break it.If you loved this book and are looking for more, you may want to read our blog post on The Best YA Fantasy Books or take a look at series like Six of Crows, Legacy of Orisha, Red Queen or, by the same author, Her Radiant Curse.įly through the pages of this enchanted world, and join Shiori on the quest of a lifetime. You will fall in love with each and every character and root for them from start to finish, as they explore the enchanting East-Asian inspired fantastical world that the author builds. Her adventures will have her trusting paper birds and unexpected characters, embracing her own magic, travelling through a kingdom of dragons and even meeting a star-crossed lover.Įach page of this series is full of f airytale magic, quests and curses. A deathbed promise will leave her with a dragon's pearl. Her only hope is to seize her kingdom back and defeat her evil stepmother. And her powers are to remain a secret, for if a word of her gift escapes her, her stepmother's curse will kill her brothers, who have been conveniently transformed into cranes. Shiori is soon banished, left to live the life of a beggar on the streets.

While she frees herself from the marriage she never wanted, she also gains an enemy. And she has a secret, which, on the day of her wedding, escapes her and reveals to her everyone that she is MAGICAL.

A promised princess to a man she could not want to marry any less. This is a beautiful and immersive YA fantasy, set in an East-Asian inspired world, by Elizabeth Lim, the author of Spin the Dawn. Based on the Grimm brothers' The Six Swans fairytale, this amazing series will captivate you with its arranged marriage trope and dragons, curses and.quests! A princess in exile.

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