Author: Natasha Ngan
Series/Standalone: Girls of Paper and Fire Series (Book #1)
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBT
Pages: 385
Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Books
Year Published: 2018
Format: Hardcover Copy (Own It)
First Line: "There is a tradition in our kingdom, one all castes of demon and human follow."
"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 demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire.
In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after-- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest.
Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable-- she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge."
My Rating: 1.5/5
I really wish that I liked this story more but it just isn't what I'm looking for in my fantasy stories. I personally prefer a little more political intrigue or action-based scenes. It just didn't have either of those factors, it was more about the relationships between the characters and the beginning of a war. And while the war aspect was interesting, along with the world it didn't draw me in enough to want to continue with the series. I also found that while there appeared to be an idea of building up tension, but the follow-through just wasn't there for me.
Thanks for reading,
Sidny
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