Mira Minkoba, the Hopebearer. Mira Minkoba, the same Mira the Mira Treaty was named for because of her beauty as a baby. Mira Minkoba, the girl raised to be a beacon of hope and light for the Luminary Council, has suddenly found herself sentenced to The Pit by that very same council after discovering startling secrets about the dragons on her home island.

There has been unrest brewing in the Fallen Isles, and while many have their theories as to the cause and how to fix it, no one knows what Mira and her two friends Ilina and Hristo know. Grateful to have kept her friends out of implication and out of the Pit, Mira must learn to adapt to prison life or wind up dead very quickly. Telling people who she is, who she really is, is not an option in a place like this.

One guard knows her identity and is very keen on finding out what she knows about the dragons, and he will do whatever it takes to make her spill her secrets.

You can check out my full review over on The Little Bookwitch.

This is a book about a girl finding her voice. A girl trying to change the world and using her position of authority to do it. It is also about that same teenage girl not succeeding, which, while unfortunate, is also realistic.

This books portrays a character that has anxiety in one of the most honest portrayals I've ever read.

I have nothing to complain about with this book, although I’m sure some individuals who may read this book might complain of it being “liberally biased” because of the stances characters take on issues allegorically related to our current situation, and a casual mention of a lesbian couple. Which, also, thank you again, Jodie Meadows! The only other complaint might be in regards to a torture scene, that I will not spoil, but only say that I think it was written with as much care as the rest of the book, and is not there to shock or horrify the reader just for fun.