Series: Book 1 in the Poppy War series
Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Summary
When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find
the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was
a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn't
believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without
cheating; to Rin's guardians, who believed they'd finally be
able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise;
and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the
servitude and despair that had made up her...