Ones we burn, Mix, Rebecca

Feral and tender Chloe Gong

I am the monster. I am the shield. I am the knife in the dark.

** A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **

Ranka is tired of death.

All she wants now is to be left alone, living out her days in Witchiks wild north with the coven that raised her, attempting to forget the horrors of her past. But when she is named Bloodwinn, the next treaty bride to the human kingdom of Isodal, her coven sends her south with a single directive: kill him. Easy enough, for a blood-witch whose magic compels her to kill.

Except the prince is gentle, kind, and terrified of her.

He doesnt want to marry Ranka; he doesnt want to be king at all. And its his sister - the wickedly smart, infuriatingly beautiful Princess Aramis - who seems to be real threat.

But when witches start turning up dead, murdered by a mysterious, magical plague, Aramis makes Ranka an offer: help her develop a cure, and in return, shell teach Ranka to contain her deadly magic. But as the coup draws nearer and the plague spreads, Ranka is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her power, her past, and who shes meant to fight for.

Soon, she will have choose between the coven that raised her - and the princess who sees beyond the monster they shaped her to be. But as the bodies pile up, a monster may be exactly what they need.

PRAISE FOR THE ONES WE BURN

One of the freshest YA fantasies Ive read in years Natasha Ngan

Romantic, brutal, and hopeful Hannah Whitten

I love this book. Rebecca Mix is a writer to watch Adrienne Tooley

As beautiful as it is fierce Adalyn Grace