Sisters of Shadow and Light by Sara B. Larson

Sisters of Shadow and Light (Sisters of Shadow and Light, #1)

by Sara B. Larson

The night my sister was born, the stars died and were reborn in her eyes….

Zuhra and Inara have grown up in the Citadel of the Paladins, an abandoned fortress where legendary magical warriors once lived before disappearing from the world - including their Paladin father the night Inara was born.

On that same night, a massive enchanted hedge grew and imprisoned them within the citadel. Inara inherited their father’s Paladin power; her eyes glow blue and she is able to make plants grow at unbelievable rates, but she has been trapped in her own mind because of a “roar” that drowns everything else out - leaving Zuhra virtually alone with their emotionally broken human mother.

For fifteen years they have lived, trapped in the citadel, with little contact from the outside world… until the day a stranger passes through the hedge, and everything changes.

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DNF around 20% in. I just couldn't get behind the naive character Zuhra. I was interested in the unfolding Paladin storyline but those three chapters of Zuhra and Havlor discovering/explaining things about the hedge and Paladin magic and Zuhra's sheltered life thanks to her mother just didn't interest me enough. My library hold expired.
I received an ARC of the second book. I've requested another hold to hopefully finish this.

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