![]() Like I said, realistic, and the real world ain’t always pretty. Women, of course, are married off for political advantage in arranged marriages. Amongst the women, there is sometimes camaraderie, but most often, there’s fierce competition. She lives among the harem, with her half-siblings and her father’s other spouses. Maya is the daughter (one of many) of the Raja. The world feels true to it source material, and it doesn’t shy away from the reality, which isn’t always pretty. ❧ The world-building was breathtakingly vivid and conjures up a world full of Indian culture and lore … the good and the bad. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most…including herself. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Desire…īut Akaran has its own secrets-thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. ![]() Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. ![]() Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of death and destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?
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