The Girl of Fire and Thrones by Rae Carson

 

 

 

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       Lucero-Elisa's, aka "Elisa", life seems to be changing rapidly. 

      She was married to King Alejandro de Vega as a political agreement.  If the King of Orovalle, Hitzedar de Riqueza, gave men to Alejandro, then Alejandro would marry Elisa.  At least, that was what Elisa was told.  There was an ulterior motive, though.  Elisa bore the Godstone (a devine stone that God gives to a person he sees fit every four hundred years.)  She has always known she was meant for a service; that's the reason she has the Godstone.  What service?  Elisa hasn't the slightest clue. 

 

 

      Soon after arriving at the desert palace, Elisa is kidnapped by Cosme, Condensa Arina's lady's maid.  She is taken to a village in the hills, part of Alejandro's kingdom.  The village is full of orphaned children, injured soldiers, injured civilians, and a priest that left the monastery because of the corrupt ways.  Elisa becomes much more humble, and begins to help Cosme with the wounded and devises a plan against the Invierne and Animagi.  In that process of finding freedom for the hills' villages, she falls in love with Humberto, and they try and find a way to annul her marriage to Alejandro.

 

       Elisa returns to the palace a changed person.  She is no longer the child and she know where she stands in her opinion towards the war.  Elisa knows that the people that Alejandro has been governing need more protection.  Not only that, but they want to govern themselves.   As the attack moves towards the palace, Elisa does something unexpected- something she didn't know she could do.

 

 

      The Girl of Fire and Thrones was a brilliantly executed, well-written, and enthralling.  I couldn't put it down from the moment I picked it up.  She captures our attention with the wedding, then adds the real conflict in the plot with the kidnapping.  I feel like I could relate with Elisa, because it's known that teenage girls feel badly about their bodies and inferior to the surroundings.  She grows and prospers throughout the novel, and that's what really made me enjoy this book. 

      I recommend The Girl of Fire and Thrones to anyone.



 

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