The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas  496 pages

Just before the start of Summer Half, in April 1883, a very minor event took place at Eton College, that venerable and illustrious English public school for boys. A sixteen-year-old pupil named Archer Fairfax returned from a three-month absence, caused by a fractured femur, to resume his education.

Almost every word in the preceding sentence is false. Archer Fairfax had not suffered a broken limb. He had never before set foot in Eton. His name was not Archer Fairfax. And he was not, in fact, even a he.

This is the story of a girl who fooled a thousand boys, a boy who fooled an entire country, a partnership that would change the fate of realms, and a power to challenge the greatest tyrant the world had ever known.

Expect magic.

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas -- 449 pages

Iolanthe Seabourne was only trying to cure a light elixir. She had no clue that by bringing down a bolt of lighting, she would mark herself as the greatest elemental mage of her time and set Atlantis on her trail. It's too late now, but at least she has an ally, a friend, someone prepared to help her....at least, that's what she thought. Prince Titus has his own motives for keeping her safe. 

This is book 1 of the Elemental Trilogy. I had to go back to listen to the first two books again so that I could read the third, but I didn't mind. It's an exciting story. 

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas -- 464 pages

Iolanthe Seabourne didn't realize that calling forth a bolt of lightning would mark her as the greatest elemental mage of her time and set the Atlantians on her trail. Suddenly she finds that her life and destiny have been planned, not only by a prophecy, but by a Prince, who has been waiting his whole life for a mage--but not a girl. He is not only unprepared, but determined to have his plans realized, and that includes Iolanthe confronting and defeating the greatest mage ever known.