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Elanna is from a noble house, but when she was a child her father was accused of treachery, and she has remained a hostage in the royal court ever since. She grew up in a strange state of combined privilege and suspicion, being treated as a noble one moment and a despised outsider the next. All she wants is to be left alone to study botany, but unfortunately the world has other plans for her. She is accused of murdering her only ally in the palace and flees into the arms of the one group she dis
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I wish I could make flowers grow and trees move like Elanna.
Alas...
I liked this book, but I felt like it I needed more world-building. There was a lot about the history of the places that I just didn't get. Battle history, who controlled what, and what is this empire versus this kingdom/country.
Again, I liked this book, but I felt like the main character's transformation from NO THIS ISN'T MY HOME to LET ME SAVE ALL THE THINGS was a little...fast. (Or maybe I was missing something about the ti ...more
Alas...
I liked this book, but I felt like it I needed more world-building. There was a lot about the history of the places that I just didn't get. Battle history, who controlled what, and what is this empire versus this kingdom/country.
Again, I liked this book, but I felt like the main character's transformation from NO THIS ISN'T MY HOME to LET ME SAVE ALL THE THINGS was a little...fast. (Or maybe I was missing something about the ti ...more
Jan 05, 2017
Kerry (The Roaming Librarian) O'Donnell
marked it as to-read
Aug 05, 2019
Clarissa
marked it as to-read
