Heir to the Hollow Crown (The Hollow Crown Series)

They wanted a queen.She wanted to be wanted.Mallory Nerezza has spent her life on the margins—unchosen, unrooted, and quietly aching for something more. When a mysterious boy draws her into the long-forgotten kingdom of Nalara, she learns the truth: she is the prophesied heir to the Hollow Crown.To claim it, Mallory must survive an ancient rite of passage alongside the boy and his disgraced royal advisor father—trials steeped in blood, magic, and memory. But Nalara does not crown its rulers lightly. Every test demands a price, and the deeper Mallory goes, the harder it becomes to tell whether the kingdom is shaping her… or revealing what has always been there.As the Hollow Crown stirs and old powers awaken, Mallory is forced to confront an unsettling question:Is she becoming the ruler Nalara needs—or the one it deserves? Read more