New York: Balzer & Bray, 2016 (416 pages)
Vika is an enchanter, raised and trained by her father in the forest. She can’t wait until the Tsar calls her to the capitol to become the Royal enchanter. But Vika doesn’t realize that there is another enchanter to contend with, a young man, Nikolai, who has grown up in the court, best friends to Pasha, the heir to the throne. Due to outside threats to Russian peace, the Tsar has determined to begin the Crown’s game, which will mean that each enchanter must outdo the other, and one will perish in order to contain the magic of Russia into one vessel instead of two. While Pasha knows that Vika is one of the enchanters, he has no idea that Nikolai is the other until it is almost too late. For who would have guessed that the magic inside them would draw the enchanters to one another? Each enchanter is given three attempts to outdo the other, and each attempt is more elaborate than the last. Pasha is falling for Vika, and so is Nikolai; the triangle is fraught with tension, suspicion and yearning.
Finished 2016
Tags: romance, historical fantasy, magic, sorcery, enchantment, friendship, trust
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