When Gaspar Ruiz, a widowed nobleman from neighboring Domingo, comes to Kindred Orphanage and offers to adopt 17-year-old Cataleya Donant, she\u2019s hesitant\u2014until he says the magic word: revenge. Witches killed many people, including Ruiz\u2019s family, before being exiled from Domingo. And Cata wants to exact justice against the longtime friend who betrayed her; Sebastjan Arroyo helped the Domingan witches after they fled to Coventry, where they enacted a bloody takeover. Sebastjan is now close to the Domingan Prince Tom\u00e1s Castellan, and Ruiz\u2019s plan involves morpher witch Caya\u2019s transforming herself into Lady Marisol Vinyet, infiltrating the Domingan social season known as the Coronet, and finding the plants used to create potions, so Ruiz can create neutralizing counter-potions and restore the pre-magical world. During her mission, Caya forms attachments that may upend everything they\u2019ve set in motion. This tropical world, which centers on Black and brown leads, is hierarchical: If young people show signs of magical abilities, they\u2019re claimed by the High Houses (one for each of the three types of magic). Welks, who never develop magic, exist at the lowest level of society. In this simmering story, Cole explores themes of segregation, classism, and colorism. Twists abound, as do moments of manipulation, deception and betrayal. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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