Item: The Glass Spare
Rating: 5.00
Author: tweetybugshouse

by Lauren DeStefano

The first in a new fantasy duology, The Glass Spare is a gorgeously told tale of love, loss, and deadly power from Lauren DeStefano, the bestselling author of the Chemical Garden series. Perfect for fans of Shannon Hale and Renee Ahdieh.

Wilhelmina Heidle, the fourth child and only daughter of the king of the world’s wealthiest nation, has grown up in the shadows. Kept hidden from the world in order to serve as a spy for her father—whose obsession with building his empire is causing a war—Wil wants nothing more than to explore the world beyond her kingdom, if only her father would give her the chance.

Until one night Wil is attacked, and she discovers a dangerous secret. Her touch turns people into gemstone. At first Wil is horrified—but as she tests its limits, she’s drawn more and more to the strange and volatile ability. When it leads to tragedy, though, Wil is forced to face the destructive power within her and finally leave her home to seek the truth and a cure.

But finding the key to her redemption puts her in the path of a cursed prince who has his own ideas for what to do with Wil’s power.

With a world on the brink of war and a power of ultimate destruction, can Wil find a way to help the kingdom that’s turned its back on her, or will she betray her past and her family forever?

This is a fantastic up and coming fantasy, it got word building that is introduced in little pieces as you peel back each layer of this steampunk/medieval story. It's a kingdom with a castle, princes, gas lanterns, gears, machines, photographs, data goggles, trains, electric lights, cement mixers, gloomy stone hallways, telephones, alchemized bombs, and a whole other assortment of things that somehow totally worked together.

You got a princess who not really sure she wants to be a princess as her family in their own term of endearment call her little monster. She discovers she got this awful curse of being able to turn living into to precious stones. As she banished from her kingdom is off on this fantastic adventure to try and find Pahn who is her only hope to cure herself of this curse. Along the way she meets Loom who is in own way has been cursed as well but has no idea who Wil the banished princess is.

This book did a great job of keeping the romance nice and light, killing off characters where you least expected it to happen, and keeping bits and pieces a secret tell just the right moment. I have to say i am a fan and can not wait tell you guys check this out in October 2017.

The Glass Spare (Glass Spare, #1)

by Lauren DeStefano

Reviewed by tweetybugshouse on Aug 25, 2017

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