She steps foot on land for the first time, meets her betrothed (a children’s cartoon villain), and falls in love with someone else. Then, Zadie is maimed, and Nor goes in her place, disguising her scar to pass as her sister. Zadie and Nor are twins and considered the most beautiful, but a childhood accident marks Nor with a small scar, so it is accepted Zadie will be the one chosen. In a small pearl-diving village, the most beautiful girl each generation is sent away to marry a far-off prince, never to return to her ocean-top home again. The pitch is fantastic, and at first I thought I was getting into a solid 5, or 4.5, star book: the first 100 pages are slow moving, but also have fantastic writing, emotional beats, and story elements. It sounded interesting and the cover was gorgeous, but I didn’t know what I was stepping into.
This was a book I asked for and was semi-surprised I’d received. Dramatic, bold, and entirely unrelated to both the pitch and actual plot. I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Įven the tagline of this book is at war with its concept: Steal the crown, save the kingdom.
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