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Ice Crown
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel by Kay L. Moody
Book 1 of the The Elements of Kamdaria Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Elemental Magic,
- Competition,
- Magic School,
- Class Conflict
This book is for you if you're into...
- Elemental magic battles with real stakes and deadly consequences
- Competition stories where privilege and survival collide
- Tough choices between ambition and loyalty to family
The competition could save her life...But only if she wins.
Talise can manipulate the elements with ease. Water, air, earth, and fire all bend to her will. As a citizen of the Storm—a crime-laden land where death is the only constant—her only chance for a better life is to become Master Shaper.
A competition for the position takes place at the end of her training years. If she wins, she would live in the palace, work for the emperor, and escape her inevitable death in the Storm. But she's not the only one with a chance to win.
Aaden is another talented student. As a citizen of the Crown, he was born with unlimited privilege and resources. When someone from the Crown wants to win, they do. End of story. And his shaping is unlike anything Talise has ever seen.
Complicating matters, Talise's loved one in the Storm gives her reason to abandon the competition altogether, forcing her to make an impossible choice.
Torn between duty and freedom, she must learn that clinging to the past, might destroy her future.
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