The reader quickly learns that there are larger forces at work-Adraa’s light-giving invention is being scalped by a vicious gang, leaving the working poor of the land vulnerable, and it’s quickly established that the two will have much more to deal with than each other when they finally meet.Īdraa’s voice is consistently vivid and witty, a calamity of exclamations and exaggerated motions. In the next, much time has passed, with a 17-year-old Adraa, heir to Belwar, once again forced to reckon with her impending marriage to the person she’s been exchanging passive-aggressive letters with for the past 7 years. In this first chapter, Adraa’s stubborn indignance at her betrothal is the source for an entertaining, if a bit sad, inner dialogue, and it sets the tone for the rest of the novel. Rich with descriptions of magic and castles that brought me back to my first years of reading, Adraa’s story reminded me of when I’d find myself adrift in one fantastical setting or another, adventuring alongside wizards or fairies or demigods. Cast In Firelight by Dana Swift opens in front of a towering door of ice, with eight-year-old Adraa and her parents waiting to be let into the home of her future betrothed, the prince of Naupure.
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