I've read a number of books where there are tournaments for some prize, often tournaments to the death. And there are books where people compete to marry royalty. The Selection comes to mind with gorgeous dresses and a bachelor-style tournament.

Of Cages and Crowns combines the prize of marrying a prince with a tournament where magically gifted women will battle to the death. The survivor gets the prince's hand and the title of queen.

This is a strange combination that works and pulled me into a world where the goddess-gifted women are sentenced to battle.

I enjoyed the world, the confliccts, and the palace broght to life.

An action-packed, magical read.

It makes m think about the power of combining various story aspects to create something new.