I bought this at a Barnes and Nobles that was going out of business years ago. I thought the cover was just beautiful. While it sounds like it's the story of a princess, it's really the story of a thief that goes on a quest to save the princess and I think this the first thing that threw me off...
Set in India, this book contains two interwoven stories that gradually come together. In the first, a young woman tells the second story to a young man as she awaits her death at the hands of her new husband. The second story is a fantastic adventure in which a young thief finds himself face-to...
This book was beautiful, and sucked me in fairly quickly. To be honest, I wasn't sure about it when I started reading. I picked it up at the library on a whim (and because of a slight obsession with India) and I am so very glad I did. It tells the story of Safia and Lalit, both trapped in the own...
I would travel thousands of miles—but in what direction? And how would I get so far? I pulled the old toy dog Lucas close. “Lucas,” I whispered. “Do you know what the worst part is? It’s no use thinking about it. The key’s not something that you can...