Book Talk 3/22/19 Nicki Pau Preto’s Crown of Feathers

Book
Talk 3/22/19 Nicki Pau Preto’s Crown of
Feathers

Traci
Kenworth

Crown
of Feathers
by Nicki Pau Preto Simon Pulse, Feb. 12, 2019. Netgalley.

Amazon
blurb: An Ember in the AshesmeetsThree Dark Crownsin
this lush debut fantasy novel about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to
join a secret group of warriors that ride phoenixes into battle.

I had a sister, once…

In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the
backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of
fire—until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart.

I promised her the throne would not come between us.

Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix
Rider from the stories of old. After a shocking betrayal from her controlling