The Chalice and the Crown

By Kassandra Flamouri

Book Overview

All Sasha ever wanted to do is dance. But just when she lands a role that could launch her career, she finds herself trapped in a nightmare kingdom where the wealthy harvest labor and magic from their mute and-supposedly-mindless servants.

Sasha is one such servant, a thrall. The family she serves has no idea she's anything more than what she appears to be: a living doll enchanted to do their bidding. But the slavers who stole Sasha away from her own world know the truth, and one misstep in her fight for freedom could cost Sasha her life...or her soul.

Even as she endures the pain and indignity of captivity, Sasha can't help being drawn to the beauty of her nightmare world and the underground rebels who offer her friendship, shelter, even love. Before Sasha can break her chains for good, she'll need choose between the life waiting for her at home and the countless lives she could save if she stays.

To choose a nightmare over her real life, her future, would be madness...but maybe a little madness is just what it takes to change the fate of a kingdom built on lies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1963867041
• ISBN13: 9781963867046
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Willow Root Books, a Division of Lykaena LLC
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 15 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

What Is Real?

I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This story put a nice twist on madness and magic. It is a fairly dark fantasy with the main character, Sasha following in the footsteps of her mother with ballet and then a quick descent into what looks like madness/illness. But it turns out that not is all as is it seems, or is it? Sasha's dreams/visions turn into another life as a thrall in a kingdom that uses them for Light sources. It was a really interesting book and though it was dark at times, I really wanted Sasha to be okay. I liked how it was all wrapped up (very sweet ending) and that it is a standalone.