Language: R (111 swears, 0 f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (kissing); Violence: R (bloody deaths)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: SEVERAL
17 yo Paedyn is on the run after killing the king. She’s hiding in the home of the resistance when 19yo Kai shows up with his guards. He sets the house on fire, throws a dagger and cuts Paedyn’s leg as she’s scrambling across the rooftops to escape. She heads to the desert and walks for days. Kai chases her even though he’s thoroughly conflicted about what he’s going to do if he catches her. He finds her disguised as a man, fighting to earn money and as the two of them fight each other, Paedyn rips Kai’s bandana off of his face so the crowd sees he’s the prince. They travel far to return Paedyn to the palace per King Kitt’s orders, facing danger the whole way while an unknown future looms over them.
Typos were here and there throughout the book. A large chunk of the book was spent on highlighting banter between Kai and Paedyn. Finally, on page 152, more characters arrived to help move the story along. The prose is nice, for example: “Wind combs its cool fingers across my scalp, and I almost sigh at the feeling. The open air is freeing, tempting me to stretch out my arms and embrace it.” The ending was a good cliffhanger.
Paedyn and Kai have fair skin. Residents of Dor have dark skin.
LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah
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