![]() Terrified of her powers being discovered, she runs after it and ends up jumping into a lake. But Shiori herself has magic in her and as she is walking towards the hall for the ceremony, a paper (origami) bird, Kiki, she has breathed life into suddenly escapes. ![]() She is deeply attached to her brothers and wishes (not unreasonably for she is little more than a child) life would remain unchanged. Magic is abhorred in the kingdom and anyone discovered to possess it is exiled or even executed.Īs our story opens, Shiori is heading to her betrothal ceremony, something she is dreading for her chosen husband is from the north, where she believes only barbarians reside. The children’s mother, beloved by the Emperor is dead, and the Emperor is now married to the beautiful, yet cold Raikama, who has snakes for pets. The first of (I think) a duology, it takes us to the kingdom of Kiata where the Emperor has six sons and a daughter, our ‘heroine’ Shiori. ![]() ![]() Six Crimson Cranes is a retelling of the Wild Swans fairy tale but set in (fantasy) East Asia and with its own spin. ![]() My thanks to Hodder and Stoughton and NetGalley for a review copy of this book. ![]()
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