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Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Releases on: October 23rd 2018
Each year, eight
beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the
highest honor they could hope for...and the most cruel.
But this year, there's a ninth girl. And instead of paper, she's made of fire.
In this lush fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most oppressed class in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards still haunts her. Now, the guards are back, and this time it's Lei they're after--the girl whose golden eyes have piqued the king's interest.
Over weeks of training in the opulent but stifling palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit being a king's consort. But Lei isn't content to watch her fate consume her. Instead, she does the unthinkable--she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens the very foundation of Ikhara, and Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide just how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.
Presented by James Patterson, Natasha Ngan's lyrical, searing, visceral fantasy, Girls of Paper and Fire, will remind us how precious freedom is--and the price we must pay to achieve it.
But this year, there's a ninth girl. And instead of paper, she's made of fire.
In this lush fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most oppressed class in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards still haunts her. Now, the guards are back, and this time it's Lei they're after--the girl whose golden eyes have piqued the king's interest.
Over weeks of training in the opulent but stifling palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit being a king's consort. But Lei isn't content to watch her fate consume her. Instead, she does the unthinkable--she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens the very foundation of Ikhara, and Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide just how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.
Presented by James Patterson, Natasha Ngan's lyrical, searing, visceral fantasy, Girls of Paper and Fire, will remind us how precious freedom is--and the price we must pay to achieve it.
Thoughts:
I love that diversity is becoming such a big thing in the YA genre lately, both where race and sexual orientation is concerned. There isn't enough novels out there that cross racial borders and deal with homosexuality so I'm stoked that Girls of Paper and Fire seems to explore both....oh and it's an oriental fantasy too--score! It's release day is my birthday--guess I know what present I want!
I love that diversity is becoming such a big thing in the YA genre lately, both where race and sexual orientation is concerned. There isn't enough novels out there that cross racial borders and deal with homosexuality so I'm stoked that Girls of Paper and Fire seems to explore both....oh and it's an oriental fantasy too--score! It's release day is my birthday--guess I know what present I want!
What do you think of Girls of Paper and Fire? Do you want to read it?
And what are you waiting on this week?
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