Author: Richelle Mead
Series: The Glittering Court (Book 2)
Publication: Razorbill (June 27, 2017)
Description: Mira is not like the other Glittering Court girls. She is a war refugee, cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where she has learned to fight against the many injustices around her. For some, the Glittering Court offers a chance at a life they’ve only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. But for Mira, it’s simply a means to an end. In the new world, she plans to earn off her marriage contract price, and finally be free.
Mira pitches herself as an asset to one of the passengers on board the ship: the sardonic and aloof Grant Elliot, whom she’s discovered is a spy for the prestigious McGraw Agency—and her ticket to buying her freedom. His cover blown, Grant has little choice but to take her on. Mira applies herself by day, learning the etiquette and customs that will help to earn her anonymity. By night, she dons a mask and slips into the city, fighting injustice and corruption on her own terms—and impressing Grant with her extraordinary abilities and insights into a brewing rebellion. But the rebellion isn’t all they’re fighting…
Neither of them can ignore the attraction burning between them—an attraction so powerful, it threatens to unravel everything Mira’s worked so hard for. With freedom finally within her grasp, can Mira risk it all for love?
My Thoughts: Mira has a good reason for joining the Glittering Court. It is not only for a chance of a good marriage like most of the other girls. As a refugee cast out of her home country and facing prejudice in her new, travel to a new land would give her a chance for a new beginning. It would also give her a chance to find and free her brother who was sold into bondage. However, marriage looks like it is the only way that she will ever earn enough money to accomplish her goals.
She notices one of the men on board the ship with her. She recognizes him as a man she has seen hanging around the school. She learns that he is good at disguises and works as an agent for the prestigious McGraw Agency who is investigating a complicated conspiracy in the new world. She pitches her ability to go where he can't and to spy for him in exchange for some of the gold she needs. But she also finds Grant Elliott to a be fascinating, though very annoying, man who threatens to ruin her plans for a loveless but lucrative marriage.
When she arrives, she continues spying for Grant but she also connects with Tom Shortsleeves who is a land pirate in the new world. He also offers her gold for her assistance with is plans. She is conflicted but sees that him as a sort of Robin Hood who steals from the rich and helps the poor in the new lawless colony where she lives.
This was an engaging fantasy romance. It is the companion to The Glittering Court which tells the same story from the viewpoint of one of the other girls who traveled as part of the Glittering Court. I am hoping that there is a third story focusing on the third of the girls who were roommates at the Glittering Court because Tamsin was an important character in each of the first two books.
Fans of fantasy, adventure and romance will enjoy this series.
Favorite Quote:
What would she say if she knew that I'd been breaking into the home of a respected citizen last night? That I'd kissed a man inside a tavern of ill repute? That said man was a spy with a dangerous past and an infuriating personality?I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.
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