SuitabookA Crown of Wishes
Roshani Chokshi
- Reading
- Keep the folklore names and glossary nearby, and pause after major trials to separate what characters want from what helps them. If the romance or peril feels intense, discuss the characters’ choices rather than rushing ahead.
- Themes
- Desire and its consequences: The tournament promises a wish, while characters are warned that what they want may destroy them. Gauri and Vikram’s ambitions drive their partnership and trials. The story examines desire as powerful and potentially dangerous rather than presenting every wish as beneficial.
- Co-operation across enmity: Gauri and Vikram come from enemy kingdoms and must set aside their differences to compete together, with banter and gradual bonding. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Good and evil are not simple: Characters encounter magical beings initially understood as evil who later defy expectations, alongside riddles and situations where appearances mislead. The narrative invites reconsideration of quick moral judgements and treats apparent threat and nobility as potentially distinct.
- Worth knowing
- Expect imprisonment and threatened execution, battle memories, weapons, poisonous beings, perilous trials and magical danger. Romance includes kisses and implied celebrations without explicit detail; mild profanity is reported.