NEW RELEASE: Book 1 of Astaris Series
Astaris: Ascension Trials
Kira has spent her entire life as an outlander, wingless in a society that measures your worth by the colour of your feathers. In the vertical city of Astaris, built into ancient cliffs beneath twin suns, she is nothing. Less than nothing.
So when she claws her way into the Ascension Trials, a brutal competition designed for the winged elite, nobody expects her to last a day. The other competitors want her out. The crowd wants blood. And Crown Prince Rynthian, cold-eyed and immaculate, looks at her like she's something stuck to his boot that he can't quite decide how to scrape off.
But Kira didn't fight her way out of the outlands to die quietly. She's faster than they expect, meaner than they'd like, and far too stubborn to give them the satisfaction of breaking.
The only problem? The prince who publicly despises her keeps showing up where he shouldn't. And the tension between them is becoming impossible to ignore, even when it might get them both killed.
Enemies-to-lovers. Slow burn. Found family forged in fire. For readers of Fourth Wing, ACOTAR, and The Serpent and the Wings of Night.
Tropes:
Enemies-to-lovers · Slow burn · Found family · Trials/competition romance · Class disparity · Forbidden attraction · "He fell first" · Cruel prince · Underdog heroine · "She's not supposed to be there" · "Touch her and die" · Forced proximity · One bed (eventually)Trigger warnings:
Violence and injury during trials, blood, class-based discrimination and oppression, near-death situations, bullying, emotional manipulation, open door romanceIf you liked...
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, Powerless by Lauren Roberts, or Direbound by J.S. Palphreyman, you need this book in your hands. Kira is the underdog heroine you'll want to scream at, fight for, and tattoo quotes from. Ryn is the kind of morally complex prince who'll have you highlighting every line he speaks and then throwing your Kindle across the room. This is romantasy with teeth.
