{"id":1486,"date":"2009-05-28T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T16:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2009-05-28T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T16:43:06","slug":"cast-in-courtlight-michelle-sagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"Cast in Courtlight ~ Michelle Sagara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1487 alignleft\" title=\"cast in courtlight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cast-in-courtlight.jpg\" alt=\"cast in courtlight\" width=\"177\" height=\"280\" \/>In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. So after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin Neya goes before the Barrani High Court, where a misspoken word brings sure death. Kaylin&#8217;s never been known for her grace or manners, but the High Lord&#8217;s heir is suspiciously ill, and Kaylin&#8217;s healing magic is the only shot at saving him\u2014if she can dodge the traps laid for her.\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Remember how much <a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/14\/cast-in-shadow-michelle-sagara\/\" target=\"_blank\">I enjoyed<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Cast-In-Shadow\/Michelle-Sagara\/e\/9780373802548\/?itm=3\" target=\"_blank\">first book<\/a> in the Chronicles of Elantra series? Well, I liked the second book even more.<\/p>\n<p>Political intrigue steps up in <em>Cast in Courtlight<\/em> and what&#8217;s better, it&#8217;s Barrani politics. That may not mean a lot if you haven&#8217;t read the first book, but trust me, once you do you&#8217;ll understand. Because it&#8217;s fascinating. The Barrani culture that Sagara has cultivated in this series is intriguing and, man, the obstacles that the Barrani court threw in Kaylin&#8217;s path really moved the story along at a fast clip. I couldn&#8217;t stop turning the pages. This installment in the series also introduced a few new characters that were compelling, characters that I absolutely want more of.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is <em>Cast in Secret<\/em> and I can&#8217;t wait to dig in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. So after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin Neya goes before the Barrani High Court, where a misspoken word brings sure death. Kaylin&#8217;s never been known for her grace or manners, but the High Lord&#8217;s heir is suspiciously ill, and Kaylin&#8217;s healing magic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V6sR-nY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}