So what was so unexpected? No, not the girl who found herself in the position of being Chosen to save her people. I don’t mean that the story is particularly unique – there are definitely some derivative themes running through the narratives, but these themes were much smaller than I worried it would be after reading some ARC reviews (because boy I spent time reading ARC reviews and no, it is not a good thing for my review, but hey the controversy was how I discovered the book and for few days back in January or February I fell down the rabbit hole).

I had not just ordered an ebook, but I also ordered a hardcover, something I very rarely do these days, because I don’t have space for hardcovers and paperbacks anymore.įor me it was a strange book. I was annoyed when Amazon notified me that the publication was delayed and eventually we learned that it would be published in November. When I heard about your book and alleged controversy surrounding it when it was supposed to be published I think in February, I ordered it almost right away. I am more than happy to pick it up though when I think that story may interest me. Because in this story, the princess might be the most dangerous player of all. And there is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to its core: Ramson Quicktongue.Ī cunning crime lord of the Cyrilian underworld, Ramson has sinister plans-though he might have met his match in Ana. Corruption rules the land, and a greater conspiracy is at work-one that threatens the very balance of her world. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is far different from the one she thought she knew. And to clear her name, she must find her father’s murderer on her own. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. When Ana’s father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered.

Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural-dangerous. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. This hot debut is the first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father’s murder. Sirius Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews Fantasy / Magic / magic users / Russia / YA 7 Comments JanuREVIEW: Blood Heir (Blood Heir Trilogy #1) by Amelie Wen Zhao

The blood heir trilogy