Veronyka pretends to be a boy and joins the Riders, claiming that it was her sister who spoke to them the other day.They overhear some Riders in the village and Veronyka tries to join them but is rejected. Veronyka bumps into a young girl called Sparrow and her bird, Chirp.Veronyka tries to ressurect her but it doesn’t seem to work so Veronyka leaves. He’s only with the empire because he was facing murder charges, and this was the best option for him. Sev, a young soldier and secret animage bumps into Veronyka and lets her go.They don’t find anything worth taking and Veronyka and Xephyra are, thankfully, out of the house. One day Val is out getting food when empire soldiers arrive at the cottage.She starts telling Veronyka to command Xephyra rather than befriend her.

Val is very bitter about the whole thing.

Only one egg hatches and the phoenix bonds with Veronyka.

Additionally, the girls also have Shadow Mage powers and are able to enter and manipulate minds.

Riders are all animages and fought the empire using their phoenix bonds.

Her plan is to hatch them and for the girls, who are animages, to become phoenix riders. Their parents died fighting the empire, and their grandmother died more recently.

Val and Veronyka only have each other.

Here is a spoiler summary of what happened in Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto to help refresh your memory before you read the sequel. And meanwhile, the new empire has learned of the Riders’ return and intends to destroy them once and for all. Just as Veronyka finally feels like she belongs, her sister turns up and reveals a tangled web of lies between them that will change everything. After a shocking betrayal from her controlling sister, Veronyka strikes out alone to find the Riders-even if that means disguising herself as a boy to join their ranks.īut it is a fact of life that one must kill or be killed. Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old. I promised her the throne would not come between us. In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders-legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire-until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart. Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: I had a sister, once…

Crown of feathers by nicki pau preto