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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
5.0

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before

At the royal court of the Western land of Inys, Ead Duryan tolerates the impractical gowns and tedious society drama, concealing her true identity and the magic that flows through her veins. Her hidden goal? To safeguard the queen, a woman whose own blood is believed to keep an ancient enemy at bay.

A world away, in the Eastern nation of Seiiki, a warrior called Tane trains to commune with ocean dragons, hoping that a hasty decision will not come to haunt her.

Every sentence of Priory glows with wit, grace, and talent. This is an epic to lose oneself within: a story of love, loss, myth, sacrifice, power, womanhood, and dragons.