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So I’m going to do my two favorite of Kendra E. Ardnek’s books. One of them, by the way, The Worth of a King, is just releasing this week, and y’all should check it out.

The story conflict in The Worth of a King is Delaney, Adrian, and Obsidia attempting to remove a corrupt usurper from the throne. It’s a good conflict because it really examines what makes someone worthy or not worthy of kingship and what makes a good ruler in general.

The story conflict of Lady Dragon, Tela Du is somewhat similar; the heroes are trying to free Rizkaland from the grip of the titular Lady Dragon, who’s taken it over. But what makes it unique is, for one thing, the fact that it has pretty interesting ideas about prophecies and how to interact with them and that, in the end, it’s really about trying to save as many people as possible, not just about trying to defeat the villain.