The winding streets and narrow alleys of Karolene hide many secrets, and Hitomi is one of them. Orphaned at a young age, Hitomi has learned to hide her magical aptitude and who her parents really were. Most of all, she must conceal her role in the Shadow League, an underground movement working to undermine the powerful and corrupt Arch Mage Wilhelm Blackflame.
When the League gets word that Blackflame intends to detain—and execute—a leading political family, Hitomi volunteers to help the family escape. But there are more secrets at play than Hitomi’s, and much worse fates than execution. When Hitomi finds herself captured along with her charges, it will take everything she can summon to escape with her life.
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Book source ~ BBNYA
13 June 2013
Fantasy | YA
152 Pages
My Rating ~ 5 bites
Hitomi is an orphan living on the streets of Karolene. She has magic but has to hide the fact she does. She belongs to an underground movement called the Shadow League. They work against the Arch Mage Blackflame who is corrupt. When a mission goes wrong Hitomi finds herself captured and alone. She must use all of her wits to survive and escape. Can she do it?
I read this back in November as a judge for BBNYA2022 and I couldn’t put it down. I really should have written my review then, but things happen. In any case, what I remember is a lot of action, magic, and a badass in Hitomi. There were times I didn’t think she was going to pull off an escape yet she did and others where I thought, oh no. This is it. How could her story end here? But it didn’t! The pacing is quick, the characters great, and the world is so interesting! I look forward to book 2 which is out there waiting for me to pick it up and I’m itching to do so! I just need to find time. That’s such a me problem though. sigh
Intisar Khanani grew up a nomad and world traveler. Born in Wisconsin, she has lived in five different states as well as in Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea. She currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two young daughters. Prior to publishing her novels, Intisar worked as a public health consultant on projects relating to infant mortality and minority health, which was as close as she could get to saving the world. Now she focuses her time on her two passions: raising her family and writing fantasy.
Intisar is the author of the Dauntless Path books (Thorn, The Theft of Sunlight), and her indie epic fantasy series, The Sunbolt Chronicles.
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