The Gilded Cage

"The Gilded Cage" by Lynette Noni is a thrilling and dark Young Adult story about Kiva, a young woman who finally gets to reunite with her family after ten years. In the meantime, however, the people and the places she thought she knew have changed for the worse. Every decision turns out to be far less clean-cut than she thought and now she is forced to question the trustworthiness of everyone around her - even her family.

Kiva Meridan has recently escaped Zalindov where she survived the unbeatable Trial by Ordeal. With her newfound freedom Kiva sets her sights on getting revenge on the people that ruined her family's lives. 

Kiva is getting used to her new life outside Zalindov but living in the capital with her family isn't quite what she expected. She quickly discovers that she wasn't alone in her suffering during the ten years they spent apart. Her siblings have changed and so have their beliefs. Now Kiva is uncertain about who she can trust and is starting to question where her allegiances truly lie.

"The Gilded Cage" by Lynette Noni is the sequel to "The Prison Healer" and the second book in the popular Prison Healer-series.