Because of the differences, you could actually start the series here if you really wanted to. Also, this was an adult fantasy book, not YA like the first. As you might be able to guess by the series title Tales of Inthya, this book was quite different than the first with new characters.

I actually liked this better than the first book. This is the second book in the Tales of Inthya series. But the decision might not be hers after all, because their actions have not gone unnoticed by Aelia’s siblings.Ĥ.25 Stars. Aelia plans to use Orsina as protection as she hunts down the magical relic that will free her from her mortal body.Īs Aelia and Orsina grow closer to one another, Aelia wrestles with her own desire to tell Orsina the truth about who she is, and her fear that Orsina will turn on her if she does. So Aelia pretends to be a mortal woman who is fleeing an abusive family. During a run-in with Orsina, she is trapped in a mortal body, rendering her unable to leave Inthya.Īelia is found by Orsina again, but this time Orsina does not recognize her in her new body. The Order of the Sun has classified her as a chaos goddess, meaning that her worship has been outlawed. But after two years of fighting monsters and demons and evil gods, she does not seem to be any closer to her goal-or ever returning home.Īelia is the Goddess of Caprice, the personification of poor decision-making. She has been ordered to leave her home and travel around Vesolda in search of a great evil she is supposedly destined to destroy. Orsina of Melidrie is a paladin of the Order of the Sun, sworn to drive out corruption and chaos wherever she finds it.

Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin