Release Date: April 20, 2021
Series: Witches Steeped in Gold #1
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Description
Divided by their order. United by their vengeance.
Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom – and vengeance.
Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power.
Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain – except the lengths they will go to win this game.
My Thoughts
The nation of Aiyca may be at peace with its neighbors, but a revolution is building in backrooms and whispered conversations. The ruling Alumbrar seem mostly satisfied with the doyenne, but some are ready to remove her from her blood-covered throne and replace her with her daughter Jazmyne, a calmer and (seemingly) more compassionate leader. Ira, too, trails a revolution behind her, this one to dethrone the Alumbrar altogether and put the Obeah back in charge of Aiyca…
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Thanks to the publisher for sending me a review copy.
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