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Cover of The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy)

The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy)

Marie Rutkoski (2001)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age14
Goodreads3.94/5 (115157)
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

SlaveryWarViolenceClass StruggleColonization

Positive tags

Forbidden LoveRedemption ArcSelf-DiscoveryHigh Angst

Hero archetypes

Slave / Bondsman (Escaping)Rebel / RevolutionaryAristocrat

Heroine archetypes

Morally Gray Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Tropes

Forbidden LoveEnemies to LoversRebellionEmpireColonizationPolitical IntrigueMorally Gray ProtagonistFish out of WaterSlow Burn

Themes

Love vs DutyClass StruggleColonialismMoral ComplexityIdentityFreedom and OppressionLoyalty and Betrayal

Synopsis

An aristocratic girl who is a member of a warmongering and enslaving empire purchases a slave, an act that sets in motion a rebellion that might overthrow her world as well as her heart.

Tags

Historical FantasyRomantic FantasyPolitical Fantasy