This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom #1) by Tahereh Mafi, 512 p.

"To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight.The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can’t put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom—and the world."--Goodreads blurb

This was a reread in preparation for reading the second book. This is one of my favorite books from last year, and it held up upon this reread. Alizeh is a great MC. Cool world, magic system, and characters. Looking forward to book 2.

 

Life Below Stair, True Lives of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney

Life Below Stairs, True Lives of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney, 192 pages

This was a fascinating book of a look behind the walls of being a servant in England in the early 1900s.  If you like Downton Abby, you will love this book.  This book has quite a bit of detail and a lot of insight into the life of a servant.  One thing that was really interesting, was a chart of the household structure, who is at the bottom of the servant list and who is at the top.  Another fact I found interesting was how each servant was assigned an amount of beer they were limited too.  This was a very fascinating read!!