Waiting On Wednesday
Title: The Star-Touched Queen
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Expected Publication Date: May 3, 2016
Goodreads Summary: Cursed with a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, sixteen-year-old Maya has only earned the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her world is upheaved when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. But when her wedding takes a fatal turn, Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Yet neither roles are what she expected. As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds friendship and warmth.
But Akaran has its own secrets – thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Beneath Akaran’s magic, Maya begins to suspect her life is in danger. When she ignores Amar’s plea for patience, her discoveries put more than new love at risk – it threatens the balance of all realms, human and Otherworldly.
Now, Maya must confront a secret that spans reincarnated lives and fight her way through the dangerous underbelly of the Otherworld if she wants to protect the people she loves.
THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN is a lush, beautifully written and vividly imagined fantasy inspired by Indian mythology.
This book looks so, so, sooo good, especially with the whole Indian mythology aspect of it! I can’t wait for it!
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I sooooo agree. I love everything about this book: the concept, the mythology, the magic, the cover(!). I’ve read a couple of short stories by Roshani Chokshi, too, and her writing is so beautiful and the world building is incredible. So much imagination.
oooh what short stories by her have you read?
Hmm…I’ll see if I can find the titles. I know one of them was published in Shimmer Magazine early last year.
I am SO with you on this one! I just…I can’t put into words my excitement for (and impatience over!) this book!
I am SO with you on this one! I just…I can’t put into words my excitement for (and impatience over!) this book!