How did the Blood Heir controversy begin?
Some of them receive Advanced Readers Copies, or ARCs, so that they can preview books similar to professional critics before they’re published. They’re YA authors and fans with substantial followings who are attuned to trends in young adult fiction and often push for better representation and diversity within the genre. Hold on, what is a “YA influencer,” exactly? This led to both a Twitterstorm and one-star Goodreads reviews, including one in particular that accused the novel of “anti-blackness”. In a nutshell, some YA influencers in the Twitterverse accused Zhao of racial insensitivity, among other things.
"Zhao shines in the fast-paced and vivid combat scenes, which lend a cinematic quality that pulls readers in.Why are so people so mad about it online? "Cinematic storytelling at its best." (Adrienne Young, New York Times best-selling author of Sky in the Deep and The Girl the Sea Gave Back)
Because in this story, the princess might be the most dangerous player of all. And there is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to its core: Ramson Quicktongue.Ī cunning crime lord of the Cyrilian underworld, Ramson has sinister plans - though he might have met his match in Ana. Corruption rules the land, and a greater conspiracy is at work - one that threatens the very balance of her world. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is far different from the one she thought she knew. And to clear her name, she must find her father's murderer on her own. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. When Ana's father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural - dangerous. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. The first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father's murder.
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