Silver is plunged into a strange new world of slums and dissidents, of secret splinter groups and deeply guarded secrets. As a ‘Red’ – an ethnic Chinese – Silver could never have dreamed of becoming an Elite, a guard of the city’s Council, yet she is now on the brink of her first major covert assignment.īut when Silver’s parents go missing, she is forced to confront the Outside – life beyond the walls of Neo-Babel. Hundreds of years into the future, only one city has survived: Neo-Babel, a melting pot of cultures and peoples – and fear and discrimination. From the look of the character to the rain effect, it mirrors the story so well. I know it doesn’t make sense, but I do like to savour things I believe I’m going to enjoy.īefore I go any further, can I just say, I love the cover! I know I said in a previous review, I should stop choosing books for the cover but, for me, this cover is near-perfect. Not because I didn’t want to it’s my usual dilemma - I really wanted to read it but once I read it, that would be it. And yes, it’s taken me this long to get around to reading it. Meanwhile, an evil plot to eliminate the rebel uprising is taking shape, fueled by dark magic and vengeance.Liam bought this for me back in 2015. The journey is made even more treacherous thanks to a heavy bounty on Lei's head, as well as insidious doubts that threaten to tear Lei and Wren apart from within. Now Lei and her warrior love Wren must travel the kingdom to gain support from the far-flung rebel clans. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn't the end of the plan - it's just the beginning.
Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. Ngan's writing is stunning' Young Adult Reads 'Beautiful and heart-breaking and meaningful. The Girls of Paper and Fire did the impossible.īut out in the unforgiving wild, hunted like prey, Lei and Wren learn that the most terrifying prisons have no walls.
The mesmerising sequel to the NYT bestselling GIRLS OF PAPER AND FIRE
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