Authors: Natasha Ngan
Published: November 2018
Pages: 416
Ikhara is trisected into three castes: the Moon caste—the demonic noblesse—the Steel caste—the half demon, half human in-betweens with middling in blood and stratum—and the Paper caste—the purely human, bottom dwellers of the plutocracy. Each year, the Moon King cherry picks eight of the most beautiful paper girls to be his mistresses—the highest and most dreadful honor. This year, he has elected nine. Lei—the golden eyed village girl—is his ninth. Entranced by the decades-old memory of her own mother being carried away for reasons she did not know at the time, her only aim—save for survival—is to find her. But this plan is upset when the improbable happens. She falls in love. And not with the King—with another courtesan. Her and Wren hatch a new scheme: arson. Will one girl made of fire burn the paper house to ashes?
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