The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon

My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Received: Bought
Publication Date: May 11th, 2016
Publisher: Indie
Point of View: 1st Person & Feminine
Recommended Age: 14+
Pacing: Very Slow
Genres &  Themes: New Adult, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Prophecy, Kings and Queens

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The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would trade his soul and lose his son to the sky.

My father has a claim to the throne, and he is waiting in the shadows for all of my mother’s words to come to pass. He wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free.

But freedom will require escape, and I’m a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. I can’t speak or make a sound, and I can’t wield a sword or beguile a king. In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left, and who could ever love . . . a bird? Continue reading →