Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Girls of Paper and Fire
- Girls of Paper and Fire, Book 1
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Girls of Paper and Fire
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
The mesmerising New York Times best seller!
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth.
And instead of paper, she's made of fire.
Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown. Now, the guards are back, and this time it's Lei they're after - the girl with the golden eyes, whose rumoured beauty has piqued the king's interest.
Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, Lei does the unthinkable - she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.
Critic reviews
"A timely reminder that, in the right hands, the fantasy genre has things to say about injustice and abuse of power in the real world." (Guardian)
More from the same
What listeners say about Girls of Paper and Fire
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Sofia Eriksson
- 24-07-23
A really good book
I have to say i really enjoyed this book. It sure had some chapters i wasn’t really comfortable with. But the story was really good.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Tam Izzett
- 19-01-23
Pretty good, could have been great.
I enjoyed listening to this book but it felt like it was slow throughout and the narrator made many characters seem more feeble than I think they might have felt if I had read it instead. Overall it was good but a shame as the world building and characters were amazing but the story could have been so much more and so much less predictable.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 26-01-23
I’m in love with this book
Very well written and the storyline be emotional at times was very good can’t wait to read book 2
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Leena
- 19-09-21
Unsure
The whole idea of the book is that the MC has to do what the king says to protect her father. Yet she is the only girl that doesn’t with no dire consequences...it just didn’t seem realistic? The other girls seemed braver to me?
I think I would have preferred the book from Wren’s perspective, but maybe that would have made it too adult in emotional content vs YA.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful