Title: Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire 1) Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Books
Release Date: November 6th, 2018
Rating: 5/5
Goodreads Summary:
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 father, 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 learns 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 Thoughts:
Yes for all the queer girls!!! I was so excited reading this book. Lei is strong and more than capable of kicking butt when she needs to and watching her discover her love for Wren made me extremely happy and Wren's character was one that I would want to read about time and time again.
Seeing how the girls navigated their new lives and kept themselves going in the face of the turmoil and changes that were brought upon them, kept me turning page after page, along with rooting for the girls to fight back and win their freedom. Getting themselves through the nights with the king and wanting to just be together without endangering their families and themselves. Oh and that ending. That ending left me wanting so much more, that was such a cliffhanger.
Until next time.
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