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A girl on the run must uncover the truth about her past in order to secure the future.Auris has just broken out of a Goblin prison. If recaptured, she faces certain, gruesome death. She doesnt know why Humans are penned up like animals, and she doesnt know how she herself ended up in the prison. She remembers having parents who loved her, but not who they were or where they lived. All she knows is that she has to keep moving to stay alive. When shes rescued by a strange young man with greenish skin who turns out to be Fae, shes quickly drawn to him and to the beauty of the Faerie city he shows her. She yearns to belong somewhere, and why not in this beautiful city in the trees? But in order to win a place with the Fae, she must recover her lost memories of her own past and prove shes not a danger to the community. The mystery of Auris past drives the plot forward, and secrets are revealed and new questions uncovered at an appealingly steady pace. Formal language, and the characters tendency to constantly and explicitly state how they feel (His hand is stroking my hair and I let him continue for a moment, comforted by the feeling it provides), keeps the reader at arms length. But Auris quest to understand herself and be accepted into a community is a compelling one.A fast-paced plot packed with secrets makes this an enjoyable read in a slightly old-fashioned high-fantasy style. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Kirkus
Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

A girl on the run must uncover the truth about her past in order to secure the future. Auris has just broken out of a Goblin prison. If recaptured, she faces certain, gruesome death. She doesn’t know why Humans are penned up like animals, and she doesn’t know how she herself ended up in the prison. She remembers having parents who loved her, but not who they were or where they lived. All she knows is that she has to keep moving to stay alive. When she’s rescued by a strange young man with greenish skin who turns out to be Fae, she’s quickly drawn to him and to the beauty of the Faerie city he shows her. She yearns to belong somewhere, and why not in this beautiful city in the trees? But in order to win a place with the Fae, she must recover her lost memories of her own past and prove she’s not a danger to the community. The mystery of Auris’ past drives the plot forward, and secrets are revealed and new questions uncovered at an appealingly steady pace. Formal language, and the characters’ tendency to constantly and explicitly state how they feel (“His hand is stroking my hair and I let him continue for a moment, comforted by the feeling it provides”), keeps the reader at arm’s length. But Auris’ quest to understand herself and be accepted into a community is a compelling one. A fast-paced plot packed with secrets makes this an enjoyable read in a slightly old-fashioned high-fantasy style. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.