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Songbroken

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She sang a vow to learn to heal, but the person she needed to save was herself.

Nils is a healer's apprentice faced with a difficult choice. Only men are allowed to be healers. But if Nils denies her heart and chooses that path, neither a healer's status nor the balm of study will make up for losing a chance at marriage with the person she loves.

Instead, concealing her true self from everyone she knows, Nils risks an dangerous journey to the distant city, desperate to find a balance between life's passion and heart's life. But always, the question remains—can a healer's songs truly work for a woman? And should Nils's deception be discovered, she will be songbroken: shunned by her family, dismissed by her master, and denied any contract, vow, or relationship.

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      March 1, 2022
      In the world of Osborne's debut, biological sex and gender are not linked, and people are able to choose their gender when they come of age. Strict gender norms still exist, however, and every aspect of people's lives--whom they can marry, how they can dress, and what profession they are able to pursue--is determined by that one choice. Nils, an apprentice healer reeling from the shock of unexpected loss, and Kell, a trader who is determined to forge their own path and not marry to satisfy a contract's demands, chafe at the constraints put upon them by their rural community. Together, they leave their isolated home for the city in the hopes of finding like-minded people, breaking free of the enforced restraints on every facet of their lives and living wholly as themselves. Readers may be left unsatisfied by the underdevelopment of certain fantasy elements and a wavering connection to the main characters but will find much to love in a premise that explores transcending established gender constructs and living life fully on one's own terms.

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