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Bitterblue
Bitterblue became queen at 10 years old after her father Leck was killed. Now she is 18 years old and running her own kingdom. She spends most of her time in her tower office just signing papers all day long, with occasional court apprentices. One of her advisers Thiel brings up the topic of her marrying but Bitterblue refuses to marry. After a few days Bitterblue decides to go out and see her city. Which she has never even seen. Bitterblue ends up in a...
Fire
A monstrously beautiful young girl must come to terms with her powers, powers that her father used to cause chaos and death in the kingdom. This story is set on an alternate fantasy world where people and wild animals can be born with magical powers that can enthrall normal folk into doing their bidding. Part of this magic is linked to their unearthly beauty which is used by most ordinary people to recognize, avoid and hate these monsters. Having this po...
Graceling
Katsa lives in a world where people with different colored left and right eyes are people who have unnaturally enhanced skills and talents compared to ordinary folk. Such people are called Gracelings and are feared and avoided by regular folk and put into mandatory servitude by monarchs. Katsa is a noblewoman graced with the power to kill and often sent on dangerous missions by her tyrant of a uncle, King Randa of the Middluns. To make up for all the di...
