What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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The Rising Wave
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SOLVED. Adult Fantasy Trilogy- Heroine imprisoned for sorcery skills, can sew enchantments into cloth. Partners with rebel army leader against tyrannical king (her cousin). [s]
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Also makes me think of The Twelve Kingoms Series (Jeffe Kennedy). If I remember correctly the cover may be something like Tauren Soul (CL Wilson). I remember my impression being more of a fantasy book than romance cover (not girl or guy on cover). Could be remembering wrong.
Could it be the Unraveled Kingdom by Rowenna Miller? Book 1 is Torn, Book 2 is Fray, Book 3 is Rule?
Oh wow- Mindy that is so close but not it!! I might end up reading that series though as it sounds interesting!
I thought of another “read alike” - Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn. (They are similar in the sense a pseudo-princess with a semblance of power meets a military leader & they pair up against an unjust kingdom…)
I found it!!! Trilogy: The Rising Wave by Michelle Diener
Book 0.5 The Rising Wave
Book 1 The Turncoat King
Book 2 The Threadbare Queen
Link for The Turncoat King (book 1) by Michelle Diener. "The Rising Wave" series - https://www.goodreads.com/series/3080...
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Leading up to prologue: (book 0.5?)
Heroine’s parents are ambushed and “murdered” on a trade route. Heroine goes to seek the truth and figures out her cousin kidnapped her mom. (Can’t remember if her dad is alive). Mom was imprisoned secretly and forced to sew enchantments into cousin’s cloak to give him power. Cousin able to control his mother (hero’s aunt, a good person) until he is practically ruling. Aunt does not know of sister in laws imprisonment. Heroines mother sews traps into his enchanted jacket. She ends up refusing to continue to help him around the time heroine is kidnapped by him and imprisoned. Mother left to starve and dies in prison. Heroine imprisoned for 2-4 years? Maybe 6? She is stubborn but realises later her stubbornness may have only turned attentions onto mother until mothers death.
Heroine ended up sewing enchantment into her cloak with hair, so hair was shorn off. Craftily collects any thread or hair she can over the years and saves. Set up trap above door for eventual escape.
Book begins:
Hero is the legendary leader of rebel army. Captured and thrown in same cell as heroine, injured. Heroine uses thread she snagged off of guard to sew his wounds shut (while sewing an enchantment into it). The wound heals quickly with no scar as if never there (he noticed this and begins to suspect heroine is more than she seems). Hero has a nickname like “wolf” or “destroyer” or something like that. A call sign per se that the kingdom knows him by. Heroine knows how to fight (hand to hand, using a staff? Or knives? Bow and arrow? Can’t remember the exact tool. Just know she was trained growing up to defend herself by a woman from the THIRD COUNTRY, not her mothers magical country and not her fathers magicless country. The third country, from the mountains? Is well revered for its warriors and assassins. Her fight tutor/instructor teaches her some of the language as well).
The hero and heroine eventually launch their escape. Hero taken away to interrogation room by cruel guard and beaten further. Heroine lures compassionate guard to cell for food/water and launches trap (stone propped over door) to knock him out. Locks him in cell and rushes to rescue hero. Uses enchanted cloak to make herself invisible. Sneaks into Interrogation room and breaks him out. Leaves door unlocked to indicate someone took the prisoner away. They travel further through tunnels (away from returning guards) and find her mother’s bones (next to her mom’s enchanted cloak that she had been forced to pick out all the enchantments from). Figures cousin while away forgot to have a guard feed mom and mom starved since her presence deep in forgotten prison tunnelling was not know other than to cousin. Hero and heroine snag weapons from a forgotten stash and sneak out to stables. Steal two horses and bolt, to be chased by cruel guard, his crew and hunting dogs (track by smell very effectively). Heroine stitches enchanted cloths as riding away and throws dogs off scent. Split up from hero, him riding away and heroine hiding in creek. Hero captured. Overnight heroine stitches sleep enchantment into all tents and knocks out guard on duty with enchanted hankerchief. Frees hero and they escape. She befriends hounds/has them follow her and they come to her grandmas house (they’d be killed if returned to castle because misled the guards). She goes to grandmothers house where she is ambushed by own people and flees. Hero returns to army. She meets up with a recruiting contingent of his army and joins as a new recruit. Scrawny and shorn hair but an effectively scrappy fighter. Does not reveal herself and bides time until can meet up with main contingent.
Book 2?
Suspects is being followed or spied on. Enchanted tent prevents anyone from finding it. Invisible so can sleep well at night.
Meets up with main contingent. Hero encounters her fighting a trained skilled monk-like fighter from the third kingdom (Tatooed face/neck/arms). Some connection there can’t remember. Holds her own until hero steals her from fight to reunite with her in tall grass.
Return to main camp. She maintains her tent. Grows closer to hero. Attacks on life- traitor in midst using magic. Try to catch her. She prevails.
Hero’s close friend had been enchanted to hate heroine. He attacks her and hero’s other close friend/member of elite guard (female) stops the fight. Hero livid.
Heroine In healers tent with one of the elite soldiers (the one that hates her, injured). The soldier’s lover comes in and touches his chest leaving oil residue behind. Soldier starts to die rapidly. Then heroine Sees hand reach in and cast fire enchantment burning tent down. Heroine gets soldier out and helps save his life by removing oil and helping with remedy. She had suspected lover up to this point but now believes lover is like her with power and casted enchantment over soldier. (She is right, lover was working for enemy forces who had allied with her cousin’s kingdom).
Book 3?
At one point they go to purchase materials and goods from travelling caravan. She enchants a tradesman to give her secret message meant for cousin. Alters it to change meaning. checks and finds enchanted shirts that she planted with seller (through grandma) to sell only to cousin (golden eagle or something?). Discover wine being sold there was poisoned.
Long story short there is a grand battle involving explosives set up that once exploded start burning and don’t stop- spreading endlessly and consuming endlessly. She and elite warriors and hero go and foil trap. She enchants cloaks and battle armor for elite team’s protection. Two faces to battle. One is stealing all explosives the other is infiltrating town where the town leader was being controlled by beaded bracelet to alllow enemy army to hide in tunnels. Lock them in and burn them (heroines ides?).
Defeat forces in town and overcome ambush. Last explosive stolen. I think they set it off to destroy enemy and heroine survives because of enchantment.
Last part of battle - heroine captured and taken to cousin in capital city. Aunt realised what happened but helpless. Heroine and hero defeat cousin publicly before heroine’s hanging and aunt realeased from enchantment. Regains control of kingdom. Makes amends with heroine.