Princess Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in all the five kingdoms. The spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her to flee his grasp. She escapes across enemy lines into the kingdom of Theoria, but her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and placed in the young king’s servitude.
Tarik has just taken over rulership of Theoria, and must now face a new plague sweeping through his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a troublesome servant vying for his attention. But Mistress Sepora will not be ignored. When the two finally meet face-to-face, they form an unlikely bond that complicates life in ways neither of them could have imagined.
Sepora's gift may be able to save Tarik’s kingdom. But should she risk exposing herself and her growing feelings for her nemesis?
Plot:
The story starts with a young girl, Sepora, fleeing her home country after her father abused her by using her power to create weapons and start a war. Princess Sepora from Serubel is the last known Forger in the 5 kingdoms. The Forgers are kept secrets and only the royal family of Serubel knows their existence. Thus, when Sepora flees, Serubel cannot trade spectorium anymore, which greatly affects all the kingdoms. Because of the secret identity of Forgers, Sepora cannot risk being caught Forging, which she has to do every day if she does not want spectorium to accumulate in her body.
As I make my way to the little conference room where Meg Cabot will meet all her fans, there is no one. A staff member let me know that I am the first one to arrive. Quite stunned (I mean, we are talking about Meg Cabot the writer who probably changed the life of hundreds - if not thousands - of girls), I take a sit on the front row (come on! I don't want to miss a single thing). Some girls around my age join me about 20 minutes later.
Meg Cabot finally joins us around 11:10 due to some delay with her train. She is absolutely amazing and beautiful inside and out. She is relax and funny, just like her characters. Here is the little interview we had with her. Try not to fall in love with her ;)
Allie, Olivia, Mia... All these stories are written like a diary. Why did you choose this format?
I had a diary myself since I was 9. Actually many ideas of my books come from my own diary, which explains why I have so many ideas and why the stories I write can be considered as very realistic as it is taken from my own diary. Except the part of being a princess I mean. So in a way, I am kind of cheating because I just go through my own diary to find some ideas.
What kind of teenager were you?
I think I was more like Suzanna from the Mediator with the leather jacket but I did not see ghosts. Like Samantha (heroine from another one of her series) I have an interest in art. The only thing is that I would have loved to find out that my father and mother are king and queen but it did not happen. I also loved theater and I really wanted to become an actress. But when I was on stage repeating the words of someone else, I realized that the real power is to be the writer.
Monday I received my second Owlcrate box (I may not continue counting them soon ;) ). I was pretty excited for this new content as the monthly theme was Wonderland. I could not wait to get my hands on it. As usual, the monthly plan and the shipping costs are quite expensive (if you live in Europe) but you will not regret it.
What is it?
Owlcrate is a YA book box with different themes every month. They adapt their content according to their monthly theme. You receive a book recently published along with some goodies. All the goodies are created by famous Instagrammers/Bookstagrammers.
Today I received my first Fairyloot box. I had seen quite some pictures passing by with this box and I was quite curious about what it was exactly. So I subscribed to a one-month box, just to see if I would like it or not.
What is it?
Fairyloot is a YA book box with different themes every month. November was Royals and Rogues and December is Sci-Fi Adventure. You have a book published the past month with different goodies related to the monthly theme.
Sooooo people who know me know how much I am in love with pretty much all the work Lauren Oliver has done. When I heard Delirium was supposed to be adapted in TV show, I was hectic. Then the project was abandoned and I was left heartbroken.
But when I heard that Before I Fall was adapted in a movie, I was back to being hectic. I loved the book so much and when I saw the trailer, I knew the wait for this movie will be awful! I hate waiting so long to watch a movie, haha!
Here is a the trailer for those who did not see it! ;)
I'm Victoria, a twenty-six year-old French woman who is passionate about books and travels. I am the writer of Hot Chocolate & Books, two things I would not be able to live without. This blog is my outlet for all things books related.
