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This book started off so strong. I even recommended it to some of my friends that like fantasy/magical systems type books, and I have now had to cross my fingers that they didn't pick it up before I got back to them. The romance element was a little too contrived, and I was really hoping it didn't go there, but it did. Also, I felt like there was some really cool stuff with the magical elements, but I wasn't a huge fan of the idea that this all rested on a ceremony every 100 years (or whatever i
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Zélie can remember her mother. She remembers how her mother could use magic, but more than anything, she remembers how her mother was taken from her and killed, for the crime of having magical abilities. Magic hasn’t existed in Orïsha for years, but the people who were born with the ability to control it, maji, still stand out with their white hair. “Maggots,” they’re called. Insulted and hated. So when Zélie finds a way to bring magic back to the land, she has to try. It may end her life, or he
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An important book, one that made me cry. I found it to be a bit long, but I’m glad I read it and looking forward to the sequel.
