This is book 1 in the Girls of Paper and Fire series.
Every year, eight beautiful girls, known as the Paper Girls, are chosen as concubines for the demon king. It is meant to be a honour, but it isn’t much more than human trafficking. This year, a ninth girl is chosen: golden-eyed Lei. She is abducted from her home and is brought to the king’s palace where she joins the other eight girls.
The country’s citizens are made up of three castes, at the bottom you have the Paper Caste: the humans, then there’s the Steel Caste: humans with part animal/demon characteristics, physically and abilities, and lastly there is the Moon Caste: fully demon with animal features on a human frame and complete demon capabilities.
When I first picked this book up, I wasn’t sure what to expect – all I had been told was that it was a fabulous book. I wasn’t expecting human trafficking, nor a lesbian relationship and neither of these things put me off. This is a very original story, and the romance is important to the storyline.
This is a re-read for me, and I’ve loved it as much this time as the first time I read it.
Read for the Read Between the Lines Reading Challenge 2024.
Prompt 10: A Book You Would Reread (And Now Have).
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
