The Sorting

In the dystopian kingdom of Neolina, sometimes your future isn't chosen-it's forced upon you. For Jayra Baker, graduating her apprenticeship marks the end of freedom. Her choices are to submit to the Sorting-a mysterious magical ceremony that finds soulmates-or to be coerced into an arranged marriage by the ruling elite.

Jayra refuses both.

When the mayor's ruthless son targets her, Jayra's dream of becoming an independent healer begins to collapse. Her only unlikely ally is Arin, a powerful ...