![]() When the grandmother dies, Alliana's life seems even more hopeless, but magic is real in her world, and so are dragons. Her one hope is to be chosen for the Royal Academy, but her stepmother will stop at nothing to keep her from leaving.Īlliana does have one person who loves her-the grandmother who lives up at the top of the inn, sewing tapestries and always ready with stories of myths and legends. They are truly awful to her, and she is trapped by debts she'll never be able to pay off, no matter how hard she works in the family inn. Though I very much enjoyed Alliana's adventures, I can't quite call it delightful-it's a Japanese-infused Cinderella story, and it was hard for me to read about Alliana being tormented by her stepmother and stepbrother. ![]() ![]() Alliana, Girl of Dragons, by Julie Abe (August 2, 2022, Little Brown), is a prequel to the utterly delightful Eva Evergreen series. ![]()
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