Excited to read this
I love Asian fantasy and this excerpt was beautiful. This little bit that we got was a great set-up to the story. I'm very excited to see what happens when Ning gets to the palace. Her tussle with the mysterious Shadow was rather abrupt, but we can see it will be a source of her anger, encouraging her throughout the competition. And the cover to this book is just gorgeous. Definitely must add to the TBR list!