The Girl of Fire and Thorns

There's something about a girl who overcomes self doubt and can handle herself in a male dominated world. Elisa is no different. She is a teenager given in marriage to a handsome king. He is in need of her father's troops to fend off attack from a warring country. Elisa is overweight and unsure of herself. She really wants Alejandro to love her, but she doesn't even know where to begin. One night she is kidnapped and dragged across the desert by her lady's maid and her brother as she is the chosen one. She possesses the Godstone in her naval and it is the source of great power. Only one bearer is chosen every hundred years. Everyone wants to get their hands on her. But the more time she spends with her kidnappers, the more she realizes they aren't the enemy and she uses her keen intelligence to begin a revolution of her own. Her new friends Cosme and Humberto show her that she can be more than she ever dreamed of. Loved even. But tragedy seems to follow them and when she finds herself reunited with her husband, her feelings aren't what they once were. She needs to be the Queen her country expects in order to save them all. With a great cast of characters, this was one quick read for me. I loved it!! Elisa shows that looks can be deceiving and that you shouldn't underestimate someone because of their outward appearance. And I love Hector, just sayin'. I sense a romance coming in future books, which thankfully are already out and sitting in my classroom waiting for me to grab them in the morning. If you love The Demon King series, any of Kristen Cashore's books or The Crown of Midnight Series, you will fall in love with this one too! Elisa fits right in with the heroines of those novels. She's one tough cookie, who actually enjoys a cookie every now and then! Happy reading my friends!