![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareila posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
kareila_booksSurprise: even fairytale monarchies aren't perfect!
Miri and her fellow academy students are invited to journey to the palace and attend the royal wedding. Since the ceremony is still a while off, the girls occupy themselves with various pursuits in the capital city. Miri aspires to become a scholar and attends university, where she falls in with an idealistic society that has dangerous ideas about government reform. Miri wants fairer treatment for the populace, but she is also loyal to the prince's bride, who finds herself in the crosshairs of the city's malcontents.
Luckily for them, the royal palace is made from the same stone that is found in Miri's mountain village, which means that they can use quarry-speech within its walls. The gifts of the stone combine with Miri's determination in order to save the day once again. But as before, there's no happily ever after, just the promise of a better future ahead if they are willing to work together for it.
Miri and her fellow academy students are invited to journey to the palace and attend the royal wedding. Since the ceremony is still a while off, the girls occupy themselves with various pursuits in the capital city. Miri aspires to become a scholar and attends university, where she falls in with an idealistic society that has dangerous ideas about government reform. Miri wants fairer treatment for the populace, but she is also loyal to the prince's bride, who finds herself in the crosshairs of the city's malcontents.
Luckily for them, the royal palace is made from the same stone that is found in Miri's mountain village, which means that they can use quarry-speech within its walls. The gifts of the stone combine with Miri's determination in order to save the day once again. But as before, there's no happily ever after, just the promise of a better future ahead if they are willing to work together for it.
