The Boy With Fire by Aparna Verma Review
I want to thank Net Galley for sending me a copy of The Boy with Fire by Aparna Verma. This story takes place in an Indian inspired fantastical world called Sayon. Throughout the story we spend most of our time in the kingdom of Ravence. We follow three characters, Leo Ravence, the king of Ravence, Elena Ravence, the princess of Ravence, and Yassen Knight, a former assassin who worked for a terrorist organization called the Arohassin. After getting an offer he can't refuse from his friend Samson, Yassen becomes Elena, the princess's guard in order to eventually gain his freedom. Leo, the king, is on the search for the Prophet, who he believes is destined to destroy Ravence and he will do whatever it takes to get what he wants. As I mentioned earlier, we get three points of view in this story and the author did a great job at giving them very distinct voices and struggles. I never mixed them up which is something that often happens when I pick up a...