I am super excited about this week’s selection! The premise sounds like a cool mix of An Ember in the Ashes with the Grisha trilogy and it’s own unique elements and I am just already in love!
My pick for this week: The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
What it’s about:
Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchantersāthe only two in Russiaāand with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the Tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.
And so he initiates the Crownās Game, an ancient duel of magical skillāthe greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the Tsarās most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.
Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanterāeven when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?
For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crownās Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned withābeautiful, whip smart, imaginativeāand he canāt stop thinking about her.
And when Pasha, Nikolaiās best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.
As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crownās Game is not one to lose.
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I love this cover!
Yes, it is really beautiful!