The Stars Would Curse Us - Stephanie Combs

\nThe Iris were sent to us from the stars, but their rule is controlling and oppressive. Every season, we send our brothers and sisters to the marriage drafts . . . but the selected never return.\n \n \n\n \nAella\n \nMy world falls apart when my best friend and I are drafted to compete for the hand of Esterra's most eligible bachelor, the devastatingly handsome Iris prince. As an elemental fae, it should be the greatest honor, but the competition is filled with violence. I question my true purpose as we fight to survive in games rigged against us. \n \n \n\n \nArianwen\n \nLife should be simple-go on my rite and return to marry a man I've never met-but when a handsome stranger falls from the sky, everything is turned upside down. Secrets and lies unravel, leading me to question everything as I find myself pulled into a rebellion. My heart longs for a better world, but am I willing to forsake duty in pursuit of it? \n \n \n\n \nWe both face choices: \n \nLove or duty? \n \nLoyalty or adventure?\n \nFight or surrender? \n \n \n\n \nIs fate truly written in the stars, or have they abandoned us?\n \n \n\n \n \n\n