A review by theangrystackrat
In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This was a odd little tale of a teacher who is sold off to a dragon. Yen's world is broken, left in tatters after a race known as the vanisher's destroyed it for their own pleasure. When her healer mother calls on the dragon to heal the head villager's daughter - the dragon does but there is a cost. Yen is given to the dragon to die or to serve and yet what she finds in the palace is not what she expects. I needed a bit more plot in this story and better pacing. It's not awful just needed more polishing.