She studies hard and manages to ace the exam, securing a place for herself at Sinegard, the most prestigious military academy in the empire.įrom the moment she arrives at Sinegard, Rin realizes the next several years of her life won’t be easy. Rin has always known she’s smart, so the Keju seems like the perfect way out of an untenable existence. Each year, young people are invited to take the Keju, a notoriously difficult exam that was created to discover the best and brightest citizens and train them as soldiers. But she can’t bear the thought of marrying the elderly man her guardians consider suitable.įortunately, Rin is a resourceful and extremely intelligent young woman, and she’s pretty sure she’s come up with a stellar plan for the rest of her life. As a war orphan of unknown origin, she’s grown up feeling like a burden to the family who has reluctantly cared for her for as long as she can remember, and she knows they’re more than ready for her to move on. Sixteen-year-old Rin is desperate to find a way out of the marriage her guardians have arranged for her. Kuang’s The Poppy War is a little different in that it appears to be a standalone novel, so readers won’t be forced to commit to an ongoing series. The world is being inundated with young adult fantasy series, and while I’ve loved quite a few of those I’ve read over the past couple of years, I can definitely understand why some people are growing weary of them.
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