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Girls of Paper and Fire

Girls of Paper and Fire, Book 1

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Girls of Paper and Fire

By: Natasha Ngan
Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
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The mesmerising New York Times best seller!

Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth.

And instead of paper, she's made of fire.

Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown. Now, the guards are back, and this time it's Lei they're after - the girl with the golden eyes, whose rumoured beauty has piqued the king's interest.

Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, Lei does the unthinkable - she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.

©2018 Natasha Ngan (P)2018 Hachette Audio Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Royalty Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"A timely reminder that, in the right hands, the fantasy genre has things to say about injustice and abuse of power in the real world." (Guardian)
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I enjoyed listening to this book but it felt like it was slow throughout and the narrator made many characters seem more feeble than I think they might have felt if I had read it instead. Overall it was good but a shame as the world building and characters were amazing but the story could have been so much more and so much less predictable.

Pretty good, could have been great.

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what a storyline! It's a frightening, beautiful, touching and horrifying journey, EPIC! 😱
Captivating from the beginning and I loved it. 💖
Excellent narration that is a pure joy to listen to.🎶

EXCELLENT. 💯

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The whole idea of the book is that the MC has to do what the king says to protect her father. Yet she is the only girl that doesn’t with no dire consequences...it just didn’t seem realistic? The other girls seemed braver to me?
I think I would have preferred the book from Wren’s perspective, but maybe that would have made it too adult in emotional content vs YA.

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I have to say i really enjoyed this book. It sure had some chapters i wasn’t really comfortable with. But the story was really good.

A really good book

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Very well written and the storyline be emotional at times was very good can’t wait to read book 2

I’m in love with this book

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