Royal Airs (Hardcover) by Sharon Shinn

from jennybeast

I love a good fantasy adventure romance, and Sharon Shinn never fails to draw me in. So glad to see another book in this series, as I enjoyed Troubled Waters very much as well. Really delighted by the mingling of tech and elemental powers and with the weird, clever court intricacies.

from lyrrael

Josetta is a princess of one of the Five Families. But she is far from the throne, so she is free to spend her days working in the poorest sections of the city. Rafe Adova, an outcast since he was born, lives the life of a career gambler in those slums. He has no ambition other than cheating at t...

from soraki

Josetta is the oldest princess but the third in line to the throne of Welce. Relieved to be so far out of the line of succession, she spends her days running a homeless shelter in the slums. Rafe is a professional gambler in the slums living on his wits and luck. They meet when Rafe rescues Joset...

from cissa

This is the second book in This series by Shinn, and it lives up to the promise of the first one. The characters are well drawn. The plot, while somewhat preposterous when one sits back and thinks about it, nonetheless works well in the context of the novel. And I love the magical system here! It...

from lexilewords

This was...ok is the best I can muster. Josetta is kind of bland and the plot that they kept talking about (Rafe being the secret Prince) didn't pick up steam til around chapter 20ish I suppose (there's 29 chapters) and even then it all just HAPPENED. In between we also had the mystery of the Pr...