The Chronicles of Ixia, Book 1
by Maria V. Snyder
appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
Choose: A quick death_x0085_ or slow poison...About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace_x0097_and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberat...
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appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
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“Assassin's Apprentice opens as a close, first-person coming-of-age set in a gritty royal court; much of the book is Fitz’s interior life, apprenticeship, and the secret Wit bond with animals. what works best is an immersive portrait of a lonely, flawed protagonist and slow-building moral complexity rather than plot fireworks. The most useful part is how it shows character through small domestic scenes and long training arcs. The main limitation is pace: scenes can linger on mood and repetition, which frustrates readers who want faster plotting.”
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