This has a great premise and reminded me of Children of Blood and Bone. The only reason why I didn’t continue was it felt a bit tooooo much like a coming of age story. I’m too old for that vibe. It’ll be a great series to co-read with my daughter in 2-3 years.
I like how she hasn’t found her magic yet but we know she will be powerful and influential because she’s the heroine.
I wish this series was shown on social media more
Here’s the blurb.
Heir to two lines of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. Yet she fails at bone magic, fails to call upon her ancestors, and fails to live up to her family’s legacy. Under the disapproving eye of her mother, the Kingdom’s most powerful priestess and seer, she fears she may never be good enough.
But when the Kingdom’s children begin to disappear, Arrah is desperate enough to turn to a forbidden, dangerous ritual. If she has no magic of her own, she’ll have to buy it—by trading away years of her own life.
Arrah’s borrowed power reveals a nightmarish betrayal, and on its heels, a rising tide of darkness that threatens to consume her and all those she loves. She must race to unravel a twisted and deadly scheme… before the fight costs more than she can afford.
