While she is traveling to Achleva to meet her soon-to-be husband, there is an attempted assassination, which exposes Aurelia’s secret. The only way Aurelia can hope to escape the persecution her fellow witches face is to keep her magic hidden at all costs, something that isn’t always easy to do since Aurelia doesn’t really know how to control it yet. The Tribunal loathes magic and looks for every opportunity to execute a witch. In addition to being a Princess, however, Aurelia is also a witch who has been hiding her powers from everyone, especially the Tribunal, the ruling body in Renalt, for years. Their marriage is designed to serve a political agenda, to unite these two countries and ensure peace across the land. It is Smith’s debut, and with it, she has put her own creative spin on the Grimm fairy tale, “The Goose Girl.”īloodleaf follows Aurelia, who is the Princess of Renalt, and who is engaged to marry the Prince of Achleva, a young man she has never actually met. All opinions are my own.īloodleaf is the first book in an exciting and imaginative new fantasy series of the same name by Crystal Smith. Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on March 12, 2019įTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley.
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