For thousands of years, there has been only one human every hundred of years that has magic. She is the Human Queen. She must marry the Elf King and sit on the throne to replenish the worlds. She is the only hope of both worlds from not being sick and dying. Usually by the age of 16, the Wardens know who the Human Queen is and takes her to the temple to learn and prepare to be Queen and to know the customs of the elves. This time around, the Human Queen is not found and the Elf King ends up coming to find his bride. A girl named Ella faints and Luella, the towns herbalist comes and helps the girl. The King instantly knows Luella is the Human Queen since she performed magic without knowing. Luella is nineteen and never expected she was the Human Queen since someone helped hide her powers without knowing. She is ripped away from her town and whisk away. She feels bad for leaving her town and decides to find a way to end the cycle of Queens. Will she be able to? Will she fall in love?
I really loved this book! I couldn’t put it down. I loved seeing how torn Luella was. I loved both Luella and Eldas’s character growth. I definitely recommend this book.