SOLVED. YA Fantasy. Read in 2019-2022 in book club. The plot is very similar o Fourth Wing. The cover is gold and had some round maze like symbol. Main character is a girl name starts with V and there is a male character whose name starts with X.

[pavvvi]

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The main character is a girl whose name starts with V I believe it was violet. There are these games that they must train for and whoever wins gets money and moves up the ranking system they have in the book. The girl trains a lot and her dad sends her off. I remember this one part where she is practicing and training and the higher level people are watching her and are impressed. During the games if you can die and get killed while trying o play the games. I believe it was like a quadrant structure and there was a center area where they have to reach in order to win after going through all of the obstacles. She ends up winning and I remember towards the end of the book or far into the book there is this boy whose name starts with an X. He is talking to violet and is telling her how his dad is sending him off to war. The book kind of leaves off at that and left me wondering if there is a second book and what happens. The father of the boy X he owns the games and is the king I believe. That’s all I can remember of the plot it sounds very similar to Fourth Wing but I read some of that and it’s not it.

[Bridget]

Sounds a bit like Court of Fives by Kate Elliot. The cover definitely resembles your description and it has a game that the main character competes in.

[pavvvi]

SOLVED, Thank you so much that was the book