The Girl of Fire and Thorns (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Elisa: A sixteen year-old princess who is the bearer of the Godstone, the Chosen One. She is described as chubby (well, fat), but clever and strong.
• Alejandro: Elisa's handsome husband, King of Joya.
• Ximena: Elisa's warm, loving nurse.
• Aleaxi: One of Elisa's caretakers and best friend.
• Alodia: Elisa's older sister. Regal, elegant and intelligent. Heir to the throne.
• Cosmé: Elisa's borrowed maid. Spy. Described as beautiful and graceful, but guarded and collected.
• Humberto: Cosmé's sixteen year-old brother. Easy-going and pleasant. A traveling escort.
• Lord Hector: Head of Alejandro's guard, man-at-arms. Calm, kind, and morally righteous.
• Lady Ariña: A beautiful noblewoman who is formidable and sly. Part of the Quorum.
• Belén: A traveling escort.
• Jacián: A quiet traveling escort. Nineteen years old.
• Rosario: Alejandro's young son. Cheeky and unruly. Ignored by his father.

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• “She looks like a doll, her eyes glassy within a sculpture of frozen contentment, lips slightly parted. Gently, I reach forward and close her eyes with my fingertips, hoping it will make her seem merely asleep. But the stillness of sleep is nothing at all like the stillness of death.”

  Elisa

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• “Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one that enables life.”

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• But the stillness of sleep is nothing at all like the stillness of death.

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• But that doesn’t matter, because God placing his stone in my belly was never about me.

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• He doesn’t love me yet, but in this place of death, in this precious moment of shared relief, he holds me.

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• But with Alejandro, I always dissolve into a pool of weak helplessness. He is a good man, I’m sure of it. And so beautiful as to be dazz-ling. But I don’t like the person I am when I’m around him.

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• “You, Cosmé, Hector, even little Rosario, were already willing to be heroes.” And Humberto, says a little voice in my head. “You didn’t need to be chosen. But I would have done nothing, become nothing, were it not for this thing inside me. So you see, God picked me because I was unworthy.”

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• He has the look of one with a mighty mind, whose thoughts spin hidden beneath the impassive surface.

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• God’s will. How many times have I heard someone declare their understanding of this thing I find so indefinable?

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• Cosmé is the most efficient maid I’ve ever had. I tell her so, frequently, and it gives me such a twist of pleasure to watch her react to praise from someone she despises. The Scriptura Sancta calls it “the fire of kindness.”

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• He has redeemed his people, given them new life abundant My soul glorifies God; let it rejoice in my Savior.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Joya d'Arena: Alejandro's kingdom in the desert.
• Orovalle: Elisa's home kingdom.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Crown of Embers.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Rae Carson (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• William C. Morris Debut Award (Finalist, January 2012)
• Nebula (Finalist, 2011: Andre Norton Award)

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
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