Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)

by Zen Cho

The world was brilliant with colour and light, and everything looked strange, but truer than it had ever been.

The woman leant forward, her eyes flashing, a smile both triumphant and tender curving her mouth. “You are my daughter,” she said. “Can there be any doubt that you will be brilliant—audacious—and free?”