Language: PG (1 swear); Mature Content: PG (kissing): Violence: PG-13 (death and injuries from magical fire)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Ingrid has always been poor, but when her father was sent to prison for stealing magic, she ended up in an orphanage, as well. She decided then and there that she was going to do something different with her life, and she made a plan to get all the things she didn’t have: wealth, magic, power and influence. During her time at school she met Linken Holt, the son of a powerful Senator and ended up working for his campaign to be president. When she is introduced to the members of the opposing campaign, she is surprised that she really likes what they stand for and she thinks she may have found a place that feels like home. Unfortunately, she is still working for the Senator and doesn’t know how to get out of the agreement she made with him.
I always appreciate a stand alone story that has great closure, and overall this fantasy story will work for most readers. For me, I lost interest in the story, and I didn’t connect with it or the characters. I would have liked to see more depth to the story and more complex characters that didn’t always fit nicely in their boxes. The author describes her characters with a variety of skin color, genders and sexual orientation.
Reviewer: RB
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