If he is to thwart the attackers from killing her entire family, Izzy needs to cure the ailment that took away his voice. But to shift into a beast, Fray must be able to speak the words to do so. Fray agrees to help, but not before Isabelle discovers the servant boy harbors a secret the king has tried to bury-that he is a Gwylis, people of the old Kingdom who made a pact with the demons of the underworld for the power to transform into giant ferocious wolves.

Soon after she discovers her rescuer is a Voiceless servant in the castle named Fray, she befriends him to seek out the magic users who tried to kill her. When Izzy witnesses the use of forbidden magic in the woods outside the palace, she is attacked, and saved by an unknown man. “My father said that magic died long ago. As the only remaining child of the king and queen, she is to be married off by her eighteenth birthday. She spends her time hunting for the poverty-stricken Voiceless-people of the Old Kingdom who warred with her kingdom and ultimately lost-and dreaming of a world beyond the walls of her home. Princess Isabelle of The New Kingdom has lived her entire life in the confines of her palace. Set in a kingdom of warring lands, demon curses, and hidden magic, UNSPOKEN is a fantasy for fans of Maggie Stiefvater’s Mercy Falls Series and Sarah J Maas’ Throne of Glass.

Night Warden by Amber R. Duell