Books Details
Author : Alwyn Hamilton Pages : 320 pages Publisher : Viking Books for
Young Readers Language : eng ISBN-10 : B07ZN3JG71 ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
At sixteen, Honora "Nora" Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful
heiress in all of Walstad. Her family controls all the money--and all the
magic--in the entire country. But despite being the center of attention,
Nora has always felt like an outsider. When her mother is found dead in an
alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora
will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical
competition for power that determines the one family heir.But there's a
surprise contestant this time: Lotte, the illegitimate daughter of Nora's
aunt. When Lotte's absent mother retrieves her from the rural convent
she'd abandoned her to, Lotte goes from being an orphan to surrounded
by family. Unfortunately, most of them want her dead.And soon, Nora
discovers that her mother's death wasn't random--it was murder. And the
only person she can trust to uncover the truth of what happened is a
rakish young reporter who despises everything Nora and her
