A Curse of Ash and Embers

My kidling picked this up, after a bookstore recommended it for 12-15 year olds, and the cover is pretty so I had a crack at it too.

It is actually pretty meaty for something aimed at the Y in YA (and I do think it sits in the 12+ range), and I enjoyed this particular re-telling of Young Person whisked away from their unhappy home life to discover a bigger world and their place within it.

I'm happy to leave this story as a stand-alone; I'm not in the mood for the next entry, Young Person apprentices to Crotchety Master.