Songbird of the Sorrows by Braidee Otto

Songbird of the Sorrows by Braidee Otto*The gorgeous first edition features stunning printed edges.* An outcast princess turned spy embarks on a mission to infiltrate a rival kingdom in the first book in an epic romantic fantasy series for readers of Throne of Glass, Trial of the Sun Queen and Spark of the Everflame. Ask no questions. Obey your orders. Respect your masters. But most of all, love no one. Spy. Thief. Princess. Songbird. Princess Aella was ousted from the Palace of Sorrows

In this deeply informed and moving book

might remind readers of Robert Jackson Bennett's or Neil Gaiman's horror/fantasies

we have to start somewhere

a social novel about race and power

timely and prismaticNabila Yasmeen is in her eighties

its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike

and she recalls happy days in the care of compassionate missionaries

it meant evangelising fruit juices and salads

One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for

then–ducks away

and among them the general's daughter - have come together to challenge the status quo

it's their values and good humour that allows them to laugh at what scares them