The story: Lia, on the brink of being forced to marry someone she's never even seen, takes her best friend Pauline and makes a run for it: fleeing for her life, her sanity, and a chance to live in a way that makes sense to her. She thinks she's gotten away with it, too; never dreaming that of the two handsome young men who show up in her new place over the coming weeks, one is the prince she jilted, and the other an assassin sent to kill her. She must make another choice that will mean either life or death...and she doesn't even know it.
June Cleaver's ratings: Language PG-13; Violence R; Sexual content PG-13; Nudity PG; substance abuse PG-13; magic and the occult PG; GLBT content G; adult themes (betrayal, murder, war) PG-13; overall rating PG-13.
Liz's comments: This is a fantasy that will appeal mostly to girls (although boy fans of fantasy will like it too, if they can get past the girly cover!). Because of the weightiness of the prose and the depth (and occasional slowness) of the world-building, this one will be better for really good 8th-grade readers on up into high school. Something very different from Pearson's earlier "The Adoration of Jenna Fox"--but equally good.
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