Furyborn by Claire Legrand5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Agent: Victoria Marini, Irene Goodman Literary Agency. ![]() Legrand cleverly intertwines her protagonists’ seemingly discrete storylines, which unfold in alternating chapters, but her plot is overstuffed a conclusion lacking resolution or closure will leave invested readers eager for the next installment. ![]() ![]() Action and steamy romance abound, but character development takes a back seat to worldbuilding and an excessively complicated mythology. When her mother vanishes, Eliana offers tactical assistance in exchange for information, thus altering the course of her future. A millennium later and a continent away, assassin Eliana ponders the source of her preternatural healing abilities while hunting insurgents for the Empire. When Rielle reveals her talent by single-handedly saving the crown prince from invaders, the king imposes a series of deadly trials designed to test her strength and prove her loyalty. According to legend, this means she is either the Sun Queen, who can save the world, or the Blood Queen, who can destroy it. Many Celdarians are able to magically control a single element, but Rielle can secretly manipulate all seven. The first book in the instant New York Times bestselling series, the Empirium Trilogy Furyborn is an epic YA fantasy about two fiercely independent young women. This fantasy trilogy opener from Legrand ( Foxheart) introduces teenagers Rielle Dardenne, a Celdarian, and Eliana Ferracora, a Venteran. ![]()
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