Star Eater Av Kerstin Hall

<p><b>From Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall comes </b>¿<b>a layered and incisive examination of power.¿¿Rory Power, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of </b><i><b>Wilder Girls</b></i><br><br><b><i>All martyrdoms are difficult.</i></b><br><br>Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she¿s able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium¿s magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost.<br><br>So when a shadowy faction approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood, and enters a glittering world of opulent parties, subtle deceptions, and unexpected bloodshed.<br><br>A phantasmagorical indictment of hereditary power, <i>Star Eater</i> takes readers deep into a perilous and uncanny world where even the most powerful women are forced to choose what sacrific