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The Grass King's Concubine
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The Grass King's Concubine
Kari Sperring
Kari Sperring's first novel was a finalist for the Crawford Award, a Tiptree Award Honor Book, a LOCUS Recommended First Novel, and the winner of the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer. Now she returns to the same amazing and atmospheric world with an entirely new story set several hundred years after the earth-shaking events of Living With Ghosts.When a wealthy young woman, obsessed with a childhood vision of a magical Shining Palace, sets out with her true love to search for a legendary land, she discovers the devastated WorldBelow - the realm of the Grass King - and the terrifying Cadre, who take her prisoner, and demand she either restore the king's concubine... or replace her.
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Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fantasy

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
The Grass King's Concubine review by RHil0712
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RHil0712

The Grass King's Concubine is a descriptive fantasy, following the journey of wealthy Aude Pelerin des Puiz as she struggles to understand why some people in her nation are rich, while others are poor. As a young woman, she takes to wandering the streets of the dirty, dangerous Brass City, where she encounters and falls in love with Jehan Favre, a soldier who likewise questions the wealth inequities of their nation. Together, they travel to the original lands of Aude's family in order to discover the origins of her family's wealth.

Rating:
4
Content Rating:

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