Huntress

Huntress by Malinda Lo is the story of a world out of balance.

Taisin is studying at the Academy. She has been there for six years and she is advancing in her powers. When she starts having visions of herself and another student, Kaede, she goes to the Sages.

Kaede has also been at the Academy for six years. Her studies are not advancing. However, her father's position as the King's Chancellor has kept her there where other students might have been asked to leave.

The King has received an invitation to the Fairy Queen's castle. While the King cannot go due to unrest, he will send his son along with Kaede and Taisin -as Taisin's visions proclaimed.

As they leave for the unmapped parts of the North - a place no human has gone for centuries - Taisin is uneasy. What she saw in her vision makes her think that their journey will be more than just a long walk. The decisions they make will change the course of history.

Lo has created a world that readers will sink into with ease. Her characters struggle to find their place in the world while also changing that world. Huntress takes place in the same world as her book Ash.

Lo, Malinda. (2011). Huntress. New York: Little, Brown & Company.