After Zadie risks her life to take herself out of the running, Nor must take her place. Twins Zadie and Nor both know Zadie will be chosen, but she is in love with the son of the village chieftain and Nor desperately wants to escape their tiny village and see the world. This is a custom that goes back centuries, and no one quite knows why it continues. In the village of Varenia, which is located entirely on the ocean, beauty is prized more than any other trait, as all the eligible young women compete to be chosen as “most beautiful” so they can be sent to Ilara as the king’s bride-to-be.
Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.20in - 1.00in - 0.Mara Rutherford’s stunning debut, Crown of Coral and Pearl, is a richly detailed fantasy full of drama and political intrigue that sadly stumbles toward the end of the book and collapses under a rapidly increasing pace and cramming way too much in the last few chapters.Ĭrown of Coral and Pearl is following in a long line of YA fantasies that border on the dystopian and focus on the idea of beauty as a commodity.Books in the Crown of Coral and Pearl duology: To save her people, Nor must learn to negotiate the treacherous protocols of a court where lies reign and obsession rules.but discovering her own formidable strength may cost her everything she loves. And as she grows closer to Ceren's brother, Prince Talin, Nor learns of a failing royal bloodline, a murdered queen.and a plot to destroy her village. She soon discovers her future husband, Prince Ceren, is as forbidding and cold as his home. Then Zadie is injured, and Nor is sent to Ilara in her place. Nor once dreamed of seeing the mysterious mountain kingdom for herself, but after a childhood accident left her with a scar, she knew her twin sister, Zadie, would likely be chosen to marry the crown prince. For generations, the crown princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean village of Varenia.
"A fabulous interweaving of fantasy, politics, and sisterhood-this unusual, tense tale will have you on the edge of your seat!"-#1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce Red Queen meets House of Salt and Sorrow in Mara Rutherford's debut YA fantasy Crown of Coral and Pearl, which follows a young woman from a village on the sea who must impersonate her twin on land to save everyone she loves from a tyrannical prince.
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