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Belle Revolte – Linsey Miller

Linsey Miller’s new novel Belle Revolte is a classic fantasy tale of two young women trading places – but it’s not at all the story you expect.

Rather than competing or changing places to catch a man, this is the story of two women who want control over their own lives and futures. Emilie is a noble girl who wants nothing more than to be a physician, but her position in society dictates that she must stay above such gruesome and bloody work. Annette wants to learn magic, but her less than aristocratic birth means such things are beyond her reach.

You see where this is going, yeah? The two girls swap lives to chase their dreams.

Belle Revolte is, at its heart, a story of ambition. Of wanting to be something more than our families or society has told us is possible. But it is also a story of growth, as each of the girls learns of the ills and challenges in communities they’ve previously only known through others.

Oh and also there’s a dark conspiracy, the looming threat of war and many dark secrets to be revealed. In case you didn’t think this YA fantasy was going to be fantastical enough for you.

The official synopsis has a deeper explanation of the story.

"Emilie des Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work. Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts. Emilie and Annette swap lives—Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician’s assistant, using her natural magical talent to save lives. But when their nation instigates a frivolous war, Emilie and Annette must work together to help the rebellion end a war that is based on lies."

Belle Revolte is now available everywhere.