Sabine's sadness does not kill the young queen. But Sabine mistakenly sends Elodie away not with the poison she requests, but with a vial of her tears. Just a single tear added to one of her mother's potions enhances the brew tenfold. Desperate, Elodie slips away to the Midnight Market to purchase poison from an apothecary. To do so, she must eliminate the Third Daughter - her own sister. The only way to preserve her mother's legacy is to retake the throne. When her mother unexpectedly passes and her young sister takes the throne, Elodie's future in Velle is threatened by a vindictive chaplain and a church wielding ultimate power. When the fabled child is finally born to Velle's reigning queen, the only citizen who does not rejoice is Elodie: the queen's eldest daughter who has lost her claim to the crown. The prophecy tells not when, but how she will appear: as the third daughter of a third daughter. 'Subtly vicious and achingly tender' Allison SaftĪ sweeping YA fantasy about legacy, betrayal, sisterhood, and deadly quests for power, with a stunning, slow-burn sapphic romance.įor centuries, the country of Velle has waited for their highest deity, the New Maiden, to return.
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