Today, I read the next sixty pages of Fairest. Since my last blog, Aza has been made Ivi's lady-in-waiting. This means that Aza's family gets land, and she gets a large salary. She saw Ivi in the garden, and helped her hide from her voice teacher. In the process, she got herself stuck in a window. Ivi didn't care. She left to have a good time with the rest of the royal family. Will she abandon her subject's needs as well?

At the lunch performance, the king is hit in the head with a metal ring. He receives a concussion that causes a coma. This means that Ivi is now the ruler. She begins to make changes immediately. The government council (the peasants fought a civil war to get it) is permanently disbanded. She cares only for herself. Queen Ivi even thinks about marrying the king's nephew, Prince Ijori. She then forces Aza to illuse for her. Every time she has to sing, she uses Aza's voice. I believe that Ivi will get more controlling throughout the book. So far, this book is pretty good. It is imaginative which makes it an easy read.