The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence

The Girl and the Stars by Mark LawrenceIn the ice, east of the Black Rock, there is a hole into which broken children are thrown. On Abeth the vastness of the ice holds no room for individuals. Survival together is barely possible. No one survives alone. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night when even the air itself begins to freeze, requires a special breed. Variation is dangerous, difference is fatal. And Yaz is not the same. Yaz is torn from the only life shes ever known,

Zeus may have decided Helen is his to give away

and her doomed mortal son

a few weeks living under the same roof

From her place in the store

and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith

But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organization called the Guardians of Dawn

everyone disappears

my brother’s friend

It doesn’t help said ex is Rylie Cooper

Ganga and Devavrata are drawn together again and again

the ferryman of death

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband—but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuries—in this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver