SuitabookFamily loyalty and sacrifice
Shiori undertakes repeated trials to save her brothers and is described as willing to sacrifice anything for her family.
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Elizabeth Lim - Author
A folklore-infused fantasy about a cursed princess undertaking dangerous trials to save her brothers. Its strongest threads are family loyalty, courage, sacrifice and repairing harm, while its trials include physical danger, death and bereavement.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA folklore-infused fantasy about a cursed princess undertaking dangerous trials to save her brothers. Its strongest threads are family loyalty, courage, sacrifice and repairing harm, while its trials include physical danger, death and bereavement.
Shiori undertakes repeated trials to save her brothers and is described as willing to sacrifice anything for her family.
Shiori is not permitted to speak aloud for much of the story, loses her identity under a curse and recognises that she has hurt someone.
The fantasy reworks Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Wild Cranes” and incorporates Chinese and Japanese myths and legends, including dragon folklore.
Prepare for repeated peril and grief, including physical attacks, imprisonment, deaths and threatened burning. Romance is limited to near-kisses; adults drink plum wine.
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