Miri lives with her father and sister on Mount Eskel. Their small village has been mining the mountain quarries for generations, cutting blocks of precious, marbled linden. Miri, who is small for her age, has never been allowed to work and she feels useless in her community. One year, a delegate from the king announces that the priests have divined that their small town is the place where the prince heir's bride lives. All girls of the proper age are required to attend the princess academy where they will learn enough to make them 'fit' to marry the prince. At the end of a year, he will come to a ball at the academy and choose one of them. Miri's life is turned upside down, but she realizes, as she starts to do well in her lessons, that she might finally be good at something - and she starts to learn more about her heritage as well. But her lessons will all be more important than she thinks: when danger threatens, all of her skills will be put to the test.
I really enjoyed this book. The community where Miri lives has an oral tradition expressed in music - the language and story help to reproduce the lyricism for readers which adds to the feel throughout the book. The story itself is also rather unique and interesting, and the characters are realistic. Based on the characters, it might be more appealing to girls, but overall, I would recommend this book to fantasy fans.
- If this book sounds interesting, consider these: Annals of the Western Shore, Princess Nevermore, or East
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