My Sterling Sun

Street scum with no family, education, or hope, An Liya was born with nothing, and was sure she would die with nothing. This changes when one bizarre day, she meets the elvish princess of Okhane on her grime-caked streets, and discovers a prodigious talent for magecraft. Finally, she has a tool she can use to crawl out of the hellhole she thought she’d never leave. Finally, she has power. Finally, she has proof of dignity. But the higher she climbs, the more she realizes how tall the mountain looming above her is, and the more she realizes how little of her world she actually controls. WHAT TO EXPECT - Unreliable narrator: MC gets herself very entangled in A Greater Plot At Hand, but does not quite realize for much of the story - MC is talented but not overpowered. Very much weak -> strong progression - High fantasy with a big focus on worldbuilding - Toxic AND doomed yuri