TOUR / REVIEW: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

**I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you, Orbit Books!) and for this blog tour. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.**

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Book: The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire #1) by Andrea Stewart

Release Date: September 8, 2020

My Rating: 4.25 stars

Rep: ownvoices Chinese-inspired world and characters; lesbian protagonists

Summary: In an empire controlled by bone shard magic, Lin, the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her magic and her place on the throne. The Bone Shard Daughter marks the debut of a major new voice in epic fantasy.

The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s many islands.

Lin is the emperor’s daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.

Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright – and save her people.