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The Guidal: Discovering Puracordis
The Guidal: Discovering Puracordis | Roxy Eloise
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In a future where the mention of magic is banned, one paranoid man rules the entire country. Adopting children to become his private bodyguards, they are raised together in a strict institute where sixteen-year-old Aurora struggles to follow the rules. Finding herself disciplined often, she doesn't particularly like her endless life of servitude. Soon, she will have to take part in the institute's annual Unity ceremony where she could end up engaged to a complete stranger! Aurora's fears of being different are realised when she discovers something about herself, something which will make most fear her, and her adoptive father will want her killed for. Friends, bullies, and a touch of something magical, Aurora's first year in the grown-ups' quarter is far from ordinary. **************************************** Pitch Wars Winner Incipere Award Finalist **************************************** "I really enjoyed it and would've read for another 100 pages." (Desiree B.) "There were times I almost teared up right along with Aurora. The emotions were very believable." (Julie T.)
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Told from 1st person POV. Aurora has a memory from someone else‘s pov of when she was captured as a toddler. 1/3 of the way in. Starts off well but now is losing its polish; things are left unexplained, it‘s started jumping between events leaving gaps and the tone is a bit young.
In 2119 she lives in a domed institute where they train to be Young Enforcers of sunset curfew in the city of Vencen. Magic is abhored & has been stamped out

humouress At 16 she‘s just moved to the adult section. Some of them are betrothed so they get interconnected rooms and are paired or duties and marry when they leave at 30 but if they do anything before that they‘re sent to prison for 30 years and any baby is taken by the institute 2w
humouress It‘s a lot like ‘Fourth Wing‘ but without the dragons or (thankfully) the explicitness. Ch 10; starting to get intriguing (edited) 2w
humouress Aagh! Ends just as it gets going. Wish I had the next book to see where it goes. 2w
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This book is set in a futuristic boarding school where the students train to become enforcers. Aurora gets coupled with Pax. Things get heated until they discover something that drives Pax to attempt getting uncoupled. Meanwhile, the cocky juvie Aurora has been allocated seems to know her better than herself. As Aurora uncovers secrets about herself, she will discover there‘s more to her than just being an enforcer.