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Violence
Some
Violence in the context of occupation and uprising; some deaths
Language
Barely any
Clean language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
A romantic connection with real political stakes; no explicit content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological complexity of loving someone whose people your people have enslaved
What this book is about
Kestrel, the daughter of a Valorian general, impulsively buys a slave named Arin at auction—and falls into a relationship with him while her empire plots to use her marriage as a political tool. Marie Rutkoski's YA romance is smart about power dynamics and the politics of occupation and resistance.
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