What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
SOLVED: Children's/YA
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SOLVED. YA Fantasy novel with a bit of romance about a girl who has painful shadow veins under her skin that she can use to hurt people and a boy who has the power to cancel out her power to give her peace whenever touch. Spoilers.
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Found it!! Thank you so much! Book title: Carve the MarkAuthor: Veronica Roth
Plot - The girl I daughter of an evil man that rules a sovereign nation on a planet he partially took over. She has the power of shadows that run veiny lines under her arms that almost incapacitates her with how painful it is. One time when she was young she killed her mom by accidentally pushing the shadows into her, it give the girl peace for a second but kills her mom. When she is older, they find a boy from the other side of the planet that can cancel out her power and give her peace. He’s also the only one she can touch because she would accidentally hurt others by pushing the shadows into them but he’s immune. He starts off as a slave to her but they eventually become romantically involved. At the end of the book she is caught going against her nation so the brother publicly skins half her head and replaces it with silver skin as a lesson
Other random info - they go on yearly voyages to follow the current around the universe each year where they also go to scavenge and loot other planets / the brother is also evil and was basically forced into being that way cause of his dad, the girl is also forced to hurt people as a means of getting information out of people / the father ends up dead at some point / the brother uses another boy who’s power is to take and replace memories to the point that they become a connected person with both personalities / at some point the girl learns to put the shadows outside her skin so she can still use them to attack but they won’t hurt her anymore
Year range - maybe 2020 - 2024? I think it came out before then though / she is the daughter of an evil man that took over half the country by force and forces the daughter to use her power to torture other people
Pretty sure the girls last name was Novak
It is a two book series