Ravensburger One True Queen, Band 1: Von Sternen gekrönt

In this world, queens die young. Darkness. The feeling of falling. And then: nothing. Just moments ago, Mailin was standing in her Irish hometown, and suddenly she wakes up in another world. Here, in the kingdom of Lyaskye, everything and everyone is after her life – except for the mysterious stranger who saves Mailin from a deadly trap. He seems so dangerous yet protects her. And he doesn’t reveal who he truly is. Only when he brings her to the royal court does Mailin realize that she is in Lyaskye for a very specific reason: she is meant to become queen. And in this world, that is a death sentence. Book 1 of the new fantasy series by Jennifer Benkau. Heart-wrenching. Epic. Breathtaking.

He kisses my forehead, and something in my chest explodes. I lift my head, and suddenly my lips are close to his. He hesitates. “You’re hesitating,” I whisper. “You can’t hesitate in Lyaskye, you must never…” I don’t know if he kisses me or I kiss him. The kiss has none of the qualities that define first kisses; there’s no hint of caution, no gentle exploration. And gentle and tender? This kiss is the opposite. It tastes like a decision; a wild decision, perhaps made for the wrong reasons, but nonetheless inevitable, here and now. And what matters besides the here and now, in a world where one wrong step could be your last?.