Kayla knows she’s adopted, but it’s a shock when a masked man walks up to her (and her mom and brother) at the state fair. He announces she’s the heir to his deceased dark lord, who he’s been searching for for years, and whisks the three of them off to Zaradwin.
This book is a lot of fun. Kayla’s been raised right, and with her Mom along for the ride, makes some really good choices about how to be the new Dark Lady. (Don’t worry, she doesn’t try to turn them to good – I liked how it was pointed out several times that the Light side just might be a little bit too much of a stickler for rules.)
I do like the balance of fun and seriousness in this book. It could be totally played for laughs, but this will clearly become Kayla’s life, and she takes it all very seriously.