After refusing to sacrifice herself (literally, by burning to death) for her brother's empire, Princess Malini is imprisoned in a former temple and pilgrimage site, which is also the site of her emperor brother's most heinous crime: the burning alive of the priests and children who served the temple. Malini's seclusion is broken, however, by regular visits from the local governor's housemaids, including Priya, who was one of the few temple children to escape the conflagration. Soon Priya and Malini band together in an attempt to fight the emperor's cruel reign.
This is a richly imagined world, full of all of the magic and majesty of high fantasy, with a LGBTQ and feminist twist. I loved the many facets of rebellion shown here, and I can't wait to see what Suri has in mind for the rest of this trilogy.
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