Waiting on Wednesday: Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie
Title: Burning Glass (Burning Glass #1) Author : Kathryn Purdie Pages: 512 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: March 1, 2016 Summary (Goodreads) Sonya was born with the rare gift to feel what those around her feel—both physically and emotionally—a gift she’s kept hidden from the empire for seventeen long years. After a reckless mistake wipes out all the other girls with similar abilities, Sonya is hauled off to the palace and forced to serve the emperor as his sovereign Auraseer. Tasked with sensing the intentions of would-be assassins, Sonya is under constant pressure to protect the emperor. One mistake, one small failure, will cost her own life and the lives of the few people left in the world who still trust her. But Sonya’s power is untamed and reckless, her feelings easily usurped, and she sometimes can’t decipher when other people’s impulses end and her own begin. In a palace full of warring emotions and loom...