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The Bird and the Sword
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2016-05-06
- Rating
- ★ 3.8 · 77 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
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Set in a high-fantasy realm where enchantment has been purged, the story centers on a young woman subjected to a curse by her dying mother that leaves her unable to speak, wield a sword, or practice magic. Her father, who holds a claim to the throne, plots to fulfill his mother-in-law’s prophecies to become king, trapping the protagonist between the curse and his greed as she fights for her freedom, with love framed as the only remaining magic in the land.
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- Curse: “The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn't speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too.” source
- High Fantasy: “In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left” source
- Prophecy: “Then she predicted the king would trade his soul and lose his son to the sky.” source
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