A Child of Winter by Joanna Li (paperback)

My mark designates me as the heir to the Winterian throne. The mark my mother illusions onto herself every day. The origin of my truth magic. It’s just one of the many reasons she hates me.

Raised in a foreign kingdom, Vialynn Winters has been taught to ignore the crown promised to her at birth. To instead live out her days in a peaceful life of luxury. But peace is yet another illusion.

As whispers of discontent rise up to an undeniable roar, the safe life she built is stripped away. Vialynn faces a dilemma: Protect the only home she’s ever known or align herself with her mother’s revolution. Forced into an uneasy alliance with a staunch rebel, Vialynn must step out of the shadows to join the fight.

The throne awaits.

And only one can claim it.