Briana @ Pages Unbound
Written on Aug 19, 2017
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An obstinate girl who will not be married. A soldier desperate to prove himself. A kingdom on the brink of war. With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they d call a lady which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked with wrangling other young ladies to be married off for political alliances. She spies on the girls and on the soldiers escorting them.
We meet girl. She doesn't want to be married. Uncle says she must; sets up a meeting with a matchmaker. For reasons. She plans to run away. Girl's like "nah, that seems hard", meets with matchmaker. Pisses off matchmaker, who then asks her to BE a matchmaker. THEN, random switch to some RANDOM ASS DUDE who is not properly introduced. And a... war skirmish.
Then a time jump. And I still have NO FUCKING CLUE who this guy is, and why there have been 4 chapters in his POV. And why there is a war. Or why this matchmaking thing is so important. Or anything.
"I've noticed how some of the soldiers look at you. Especially that darker one you spend time with."
"I could never be happy pretending to be something I'm not. I just wish being myself didn't cause so much trouble."
"Kissing her had been like tasting sunshine."