OLDER FICTION
Kolosov, Jacqueline

The Red Queen's Daughter

(4) YA Mary Seymour, orphaned daughter of Henry VIII's last wife, learns the white magic of herbs, gems, and aura interpretation before using her skills to safeguard queen and country as Elizabeth I's lady-in-waiting. The courtly intrigue is intricate and intelligent, but magical technobabble dilutes the plot, and a contrived adversarial romance isn't as angsty as it wants to be.

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