Intricately choreographed action sequences abound Frey’s unplanned adventure moves like a swift game of chess, but the fireworks take precedence over Frey and Col’s relationship, and they read more as pawns in war games than fully realized people. In a setting that seems like a parallel Europe, the Palafoxes speak Spanish, and race is not explicitly defined. Sent there instead, Frey’s world is turned upside down as she gets her first taste of freedom in a new city and quickly befriends Col, the Palafox heir-but her own duplicity turns out to be no match for those around her. But when their father strikes a business deal with the first family of a neighboring city, there’s a twist: The Palafoxes want Rafi as collateral to ensure there’s no funny business. Frey is a secret, enduring brutal training to ward off would-be assassins and taking her sister’s place when a setting is deemed too dangerous. Rafi was raised in the public eye as a diplomat, attending parties and currying favor. Sisters Rafi and Frey live under the shadow of their powerful father, leader of the city of Shreve. A twin raised as a body double for her famous sister is sent on her first solo mission.
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