Feeling rejected, Charlie, an artist, is drawn into a destructive new relationship with her sexy older co-worker, a "semifamous" local musician who's obviously a junkie alcoholic. But things don't go as planned in the Arizona desert, because sweet Mikey just wants to be friends.
After spending time in treatment with other young women like her-who cut, burn, poke, and otherwise hurt themselves-Charlie is released and takes a bus from the Twin Cities to Tucson to be closer to Mikey, a boy she "like-likes" but who had pined for Ellis instead.
Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. Maren’s mixed heritage gives her light-brown skin like most Zefedi, while Kaia has the darker skin of Verrans.ĭebut author Wells’ beautiful prose and compelling protagonist will leave readers eager for the sequel.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Still, Maren’s wins are satisfying and the rip-roaring conclusion, empowering her journey from viewing herself as second-best to someone with power and worth is particularly gratifying. One of the few plot twists is telegraphed from miles off. The pacing is methodical and perhaps too linear-much of the time, Maren announces her intentions and then executes them, mostly to plan. Maren’s world is at once familiar and inventive politics and dragon lore are deeply rooted and heavily inform the narrative. Hiding her origins and intentions, Maren becomes an apprentice to the Aromatory, who uses scented oils to control dragons, and befriends Sev, a fortress guard hiding secrets of his own. Maren hopes her heritage-Verrans have a special connection with dragons-will enable her to steal a dragon and use it to free Kaia. When the Aurati abscond with Maren’s heartmate, Kaia, Maren gathers her courage and travels to the fortress where dragons are trained for the emperor. His influence includes control of the Aurati seers, women who visit to share prophecies and take new initiates. A girl seeks the help of a dragon to save her heartmate.īisexual Maren lives in Ilvera, a mountaintop village ruled by the tyrannous emperor of Zefed.
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