Zadie, who is selected by the elders to be betrothed to Prince Ceren of Ilara, is in love with the governor's son. To save her people, Nor must learn to negotiate the treacherous protocols of a court where lies reign and obsession rules…but discovering her own formidable strength may cost her everything she loves. Varenia's culture revolves around the once-in-a generation selection of the most beautiful girl to be sent to Ilara to be the crown prince's bride. And as she grows closer to Ceren’s brother, Prince Talin, Nor learns of a failing royal bloodline, a murdered queen…and a plot to destroy her village. She soon discovers her future husband, Prince Ceren, is as forbidding and cold as his home. A fabulous interweaving of fantasy, politics, and sisterhoodthis unusual, tense tale will have you on the edge of your seat1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce. Then Zadie is injured, and Nor is sent to Ilara in her place. CROWN OF CORAL AND PEARL Mara Rutherford. Nor once dreamed of seeing the mysterious mountain kingdom for herself, but after a childhood accident left her with a scar, she knew her twin sister, Zadie, would likely be chosen to marry the crown prince. For generations, the crown princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean village of Varenia. “A fabulous interweaving of fantasy, politics, and sisterhood–this unusual, tense tale will have you on the edge of your seat!”–#1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce Red Queen meets House of Salt and Sorrow in Mara Rutherford’s debut YA fantasy Crown of Coral and Pearl, which follows a young woman from a village on the sea who must impersonate her twin on land to save everyone she loves from a tyrannical prince.
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