Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books
Series: The Fallen Isles #1
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Source: Library
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Mira Minkoba is the Hopebearer. Since the day she was born, she’s been told she’s special. Important. Perfect. She’s known across the Fallen Isles not just for her beauty, but for the Mira Treaty named after her, a peace agreement which united the seven islands against their enemies on the mainland.
But Mira has never felt as perfect as everyone says. She counts compulsively. She struggles with crippling anxiety. And she’s far too interested in dragons for a girl of her station.
After
Then Mira discovers an explosive secret that challenges everything she and the Treaty stand for. Betrayed by the very people she spent her life serving, Mira is sentenced to the Pit–the deadliest prison in the Fallen Isles. There, a cruel guard would do anything to discover the secret she would die to protect.
No longer beholden to those who betrayed her, Mira must learn to survive on her own and unearth the dark truths about the Fallen Isles–and herself–before her very world begins to collapse.
This book was really hyped up before the release so I was pretty excited for it, only to find it just alright for me.
Most of the book was set in the prison where Mira was. She was struggling to survive all while falling for a fellow prisoner.
One of my issues with the book was Mira herself. She is very self absorbed and whiny. She had a very luxurious upbringing growing up and it seems that everyone around her was only concerned with her looks, including her. It just got tiresome hearing about how she didn't look pretty anymore. She was also a typical YA heroine with unexpected special abilities. That part was not surprising.
Her two best friends were
The plot also moved super slow. I was expecting way more action and adventure but it was just mostly Mira wasting away in prison. The last few chapters is when everything started picking up. I just wish it had moved faster earlier in the story.
The diversity and use of anxiety in the story was a good touch. It's nice to see flawed characters in YA, even if they are really self absorbed and whiny.
The ending redeemed the story for me so I might check out the sequel, only because of the cute dragons.
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