Waiting on Wednesday: The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Title: The Star-Touched Queen Author: Roshani Chokshi Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Raincoast Books/St. Martins Griffin Release Date: May 3, 2016 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary (Goodreads) Cursed with a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, sixteen-year-old Maya has only earned the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her world is upheaved when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. But when her wedding takes a fatal turn, Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Yet neither roles are what she expected. As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds friendship and warmth. But Akaran has its own secrets - thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Beneath Akaran's magic, Maya begins to suspect her life is in...