Then war breaks out in the land.I enjoyed this story. Lady Crier tries to rely on Ayla to who she is feeling an attraction towards which should not be happening but Lady Crier is under illusions and now has to decide whom to trust. There is much treachery occurring in the palace by Lady Crier's father, fiancé, and members of the Council. She ends in the palace as Lady Crier's handmaiden which is not what she expected. Her plan is to work her way up so she can work in the palace, close enough to kill Lady Crier. Read moreĪyla, a human, wants revenge on Lady Crier's, a made one, family who was responsible for the death of her family. Now, with growing human unrest across the land, pressures from a foreign queen, and an evil new leader on the rise, Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war. But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn’t the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla.

Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family’s death…by killing the sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier.Ĭrier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father’s legacy.

Īfter the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will. Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld. From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls-one human, one Made-whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution.

Crier's War by Nina Varela