Allow a day for the adult coming-of-age tale of Kiya Everglade, trapped by King Julius into being his Princess at age 14, then handed over to Merrick Umbra when she is 23 so Merrick will deal with the brigands terrorizing Aurum, as Julius sees that as the cheapest way to handle the problem. I had an ARC via Bookfunnel and this is my voluntary review. 4 1/2* because it is a cliffhanger. ( )