![]() Sadly, the worldbuilding is also reductive as the backmatter makes clear, the values of the kingdoms are indistinguishable from the characteristics of the citizens. While the racial differences have some parallels to real-world power structures, the story never examines race in any meaningful way. Thia and her people are brown-skinned while her best friend is blonde and likes girls, something the text treats as unremarkable the wicked Illucians are also fair-skinned. There is diversity in this world the kingdoms vary in culture, values, and appearance. This gives her the strength to become angry and fight her depression, fomenting rebellion (and falling in love-but not with the prince). Months later, about to be married to the Illucian prince, Thia discovers one surviving crow egg. ![]() Princess Anthia has been depressed since the military might of neighboring kingdom Illucia destroyed her nation’s magical crows and killed her mother. ![]() ![]() A familiar premise enlivened by some surprises. ![]()
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