When Madeline isn’t suffocating in taffeta, she appears destined to become a courageous champion of the underclass, though she makes little progress in this trilogy opener. Madeline resists all suitors until she meets dashing David Dana, who flirts shamelessly but escorts Madeline’s archrival to her debut. Her father is a powerful figure whose main goal is keeping the lower-class Rootless under his thumb. A member of the privileged gentry, Madeline is subject to frequent teas, formal debuts, and a constant stream of suitors. Madeline Landry, 17, is heir to the vast Landry Park estate in Kansas City, built by a revered ancestor, Jacob, who invented the “Cherenkov lantern” that now powers the world. Hagen’s debut has ambitious goals-forecasting a world reliant on nuclear power, commenting on social oppression, and delivering a romance filled with longing-but falls a little short.
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