Snow White is the most boring princess story ever. So begins a game of cat and mouse between a girl with nothing to lose and a boy who has it all. The Prince’s honor has him quickly aiming for her throat. She’s inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood.

No one can challenge him – until the arrival of Lady Zera. Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a Prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy her heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles.Ĭrown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him – every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. Zera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch.

I swear on my bookshelf that this has not affected my opinion of the book. For example, I would much rather see a character teach the poor how they can advance financially and offer their support than see them steal from the rich.This book was provided to me by YA Bound Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. I’ve encountered so many Robin Hoods in my YA fantasy books/series and, in the beginning, the concept seemed really smart and original, but now I can’t help but wonder if there’s something else that can be explored that shows me that we are growing as a community of writers and readers. I don’t mind sarcasm at all, if it’s in a witty conversation, but when someone is talking to themselves – thinking – and they’re being sarcastic all the time, I’m just like, ”Who are you performing for and why? Those are supposed to be your intimate thoughts that we just so happen to have access to and yet you’re thinking like you know someone is there to read your mind.”Īlso, can we leave Robin Hood to rest for a couple of years, see forever, or must we resurrect him over and over in YA fiction? We mustn’t. It’s a lot of the main character talking about things and constantly being her sarcastic self. I finished the first hundred pages in no time, and yet when I pondered what I had actually read, I realized that there wasn’t much substance in those hundred pages. This is a pretty easy story to read, but maybe too easy. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Magic, Witches

Bring me their hearts sara wolf