Evie starts working in the kitchen, but is also required to train as a gladiator. Not trusting anyone, she hides her identity and becomes Evie, with a personality that is opposite to how she’s lived for the last 15 years. Vasilia also attacks Everleigh, but her secret immunity to magic saves her life and she is able to escape.Įverleigh heeds the dying words of the queen and finds her way to a gladiator troup run by Serilda, the queens former personal guard. During a party attended by most of the royal family, her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen, as well as the entire royal family in attendance. She is assigned lowly, unwanted tasks that require a royal presence but are beneath other royals with magical skills. She is 17th in line to the throne and after it’s determined that she lacks any obvious magical skill, she is relegated to the shadows and basically forgotten. Lady Everleigh is orphaned at a young age and is sent to the palace to live with her cousins. The book is fairly long (480 pages) and I took it with me wherever I went so I could keep reading. The book grabs your attention from the start and doesn’t let up until the exciting ending. I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read the next book in the series, which is expected some time this year. A really good first book in a new fantasy series.
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