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Legacy

Legacy, June 2011
Legacy #1
by Cayla Kluver

Harlequin Teen
496 pages
ISBN: 0373210345
EAN: 9780373210343
Paperback
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"Should duty rule over the heart?"

Fresh Fiction Review

Legacy
Cayla Kluver

Reviewed by Jaime Zalinski
Posted July 5, 2011

Fantasy | Young Adult Romance

Some people strive for greatness and power. Others are born in a position where power is at their fingertips along with duty, even if they like it or not. Alera, the Princess of Hytanica, her father's heir has difficult choices to make based on what is best for her country. Even if they are the opposite of what her heart wishes to happen. LEGACY is a wonderfully descriptive Historical Fantasy that follows seventeen year-old Alera through the important milestone of declaring who her husband will be on her eighteenth birthday. This young man will not only marry a princess but in turn will become the King of their country. Since women are meant to be seen, not heard, her choice of a husband has higher implication then just who makes her happy. He must meet all the requirements her father and countrymen require within a King. There is a perfect candidate who also has the knack of making all the ladies swoon. Too bad the thought of him makes Alera aggravated and annoyed. The hard choices come to light when a mysterious stranger is hurled into Hytanica's elite society. He is intelligent, rugged, and devilishly handsome. He teaches Alera that women are worth more then just an ornament that is to hang on a gentleman's arm. He is not, however, the type of man the country would accept as King. The theme of this novel is the right to choose. Every choice a person makes has the ability to affect those around them. Does a person choose for the good of the public or for their personal happiness? Having to make such difficult choices at the young age of seventeen takes its toll on the young princess. She stumbles at times when her need to be young and adventurous overtakes the desire to show her father that she will indeed make a respectful queen in the future. It does not help that her beloved country is trying to defend itself from a neighboring country that would like nothing other then Hytancia to crumble into nothing. With a country on the brink of war, will she choose the man who holds her heart or the kingdom?

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SUMMARY

I noticed his eyes. They were blue, sharp and intense. Despite the youthful glow of his suntanned face, his eyes were cold and unfriendly, suggesting he had great experience in the world and was now expecting the worst. A CROWN PRINCESS A SCANDALOUS SECRET CRUSH A KINGDOM ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER In her seventeenth year, Princess Alera of Hytanica faces one duty: to marry the man who will be king. But her father’s choice of suitor fills her with despair. When the palace guard captures an intruder—a boy her age with steel-blue eyes, hailing from her kingdom’s greatest enemy—Alera is alarmed…and intrigued. But she could not have guessed that their clandestine meetings would unveil the dark legacy shadowing both their lands. In this mystical world of court conspiracies and blood magic, loyalties will be tested. Courage won’t be enough. And as the battle begins for everything Alera holds dear, love may be the downfall of a kingdom.


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