Meira begs to go and Sir William eventually allows her to prove herself. When they finally have a lead on where one half of this source of Winter's lost power may be, Meira's mentor Sir William intends to send someone else to sneak into Spring and retrieve it. They are the only Winterians not enslaved by Spring's evil King Angra and the only ones who have a chance to reclaim a magical amulet Angra stole and split in two pieces.

She's been hiding out with seven others, including their future king, Mather, for 16 years. Meira wants to help save the kingdom of Winter more than anything. But the book was still written very well, so I liked it a lot. I was kind of disappointed when Meira was revealed to be the true heir of Winter, with magic inside of her because this is basically what happens in every YA book it seems. Sir and Mather secretly arrange for Meira to be married to Prince Theron for an alliance of their kingdoms, which of course makes Meira very upset. And so he and Meira can never be together, no matter how much they want to be. Mather is her best friend, but he is also the only heir to the throne of Winter, and therefore the future king.

And so her weapon of choice is a chakram, which she uses instead of pretending she is good at swordplay. She hasn't beaten her best friend, Mather, in a fight once. Yes, Meira has grown up with sword fighting lessons, but she is awful at it. Yet despite this, Sara Raasch does not make her a heroine with unlimited skills and capabilities. She was raised by the commander of the Winter army and has been learning to fight for years.

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