When a man, Zan, comes insisting on purchasing the horse, Aurelia is unwilling to sell and he convinces her to go over the wall with him. One can only enter Achlev with a special spelled parchment which allows one to cross the wall. Penniless, alone, and desperate, Aurelia treks nearer Achlev with Kellan’s horse and her bracelet of gems, which she barters for a night’s rest. However, the man who was supposed to help protect her and has supposedly been working for the crown from within the Tribunal turns on her, killing her guard and confidante, Kellan, and taking her younger brother, the Renaltan crown prince- and even worse, convincing him that Aurelia has betrayed him. The Tribunal is determined to kill her, but she escapes with a small entourage. As such, her mother fears for her life.Īurelia is forced to flee Renalt when she attempts magic in front of her subjects at a banquet to save a man’s life. Due to the strange silvery color of her eyes (unrelated to her magic), people suspect her of magic and thus fear/dislike her. Aurelia has blood magic, which she has cultivated and studied in secret.
Renalt is really ruled by the Tribunal, a semi-religious organization that frequently kills witches, and witchcraft/magic is against the law. For some reason, her parents kept her, and she knows she will soon fulfill the treaty.Īurelia is not well-loved by her people, who have been taught to fear magic. This treaty has not been desirable and in the past, all females born to the family were sent away quietly in the night. Aurelia is princess of Renalt and has known since birth that she would be married to the Achlevan prince, Valentin, as part of a centuries-old peace treaty.
This YA fantasy is completely engrossing, thrilling, and absolutely amazing. Will she be forced to choose between the weight of the crown and the freedom of her new life?īLOODLEAF is a new favorite. But the ghosts that haunt Aurelia refuse to abandon her, and she finds herself succumbing to their call as they expose a nefarious plot that only she can defeat. As she forges new bonds and perfects her magic, she begins to fall for a man who is forbidden to rule beside her. To escape her fate, Aurelia disguises herself as a commoner in a new land and discovers a happiness her crown has never allowed. Surrounded by spirits and banned from using her blood-magic, Aurelia flees her country after a devastating assassination attempt. Princess Aurelia is a prisoner to her crown and the heir that nobody wants.
“Enchanting, visceral, and twisty”- New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess, Laura Sebastian “BLOODLEAF feels like a classic in the making.” – Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy that’s layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue-an absolutely wicked delight.
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