by Elly Blake
First published 2017
Ruby has spent seventeen years hiding her Fireblood powers from the Frostblood aristocrats who rule with cruelty and ice. When soldiers kill her mother during a raid, everything changes. Rebel Frostbloods approach Ruby with a plan to topple their murderous king, and she agrees to join them, driven by grief and fury. She trains alongside Arcus, a maddening Frostblood warrior who treats her like a tool rather than a person, even as attraction sparks between them. Before the rebels can strike, Ruby falls into enemy hands. The king forces her into his brutal tournaments, where Fireblood captives fight Frostblood champions for the crowd's entertainment. Trapped in the arena, Ruby faces a terrible choice. She can try to survive the games, or she can risk everything in a single desperate gamble to kill the tyrant who destroyed her family and break the heart of the cold young man she has learned to love.
Genres: romance, adventure, fantasy, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Frostblood
376 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown
Content warnings: violence