![]() This premise is typical of high fantasy, but the language, pacing, and relentless imagery-black roses, writing quills, and the colors gold and green feature prominently-are of a different order. ![]() Thus, while Lysande seeks the defeat of the White Queen, she’s equally driven to protect everyday elementals. But no one suspects Lysande’s addiction to a magical potion, supplied by an elemental friend. Now the last elemental power player, the White Queen, is suspected of Sarelin’s assassination. Elira is ostensibly a post-magical realm, the land’s former rulers, the elementals, having been ousted by humans with magic-neutralizing handcuffs. When Lysande’s royal mentor, Queen Sarelin, is assassinated, Lysande, now 22, becomes the Councillor, tasked with selecting the next ruler of Elira. Beaton’s slow-moving fantasy debut follows a volume of poetry ( Unbroken Circle) and a PhD thesis on Shakespearean drama-and these influences manifest clearly throughout the saga of Lysande Prior, an orphan swept from indigence to be raised in the Eliran palace. ![]()
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