The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier
Trei came to his uncle on the Floating Islands as an orphan after a volcanic eruption destroyed his home town. He is immediately mad with the need to be a kajuraihi, flying through Island skies with dragon magic, but only full-blooded Islanders can audition. His cousin, Araené, is a talented chef with magic in her blood who will never be anything more than a wife and mother if society has its way. While the two join forces to pursue their ambitions, political matters boil over and the cousins are swept up in a deadly conflict that will decide the fate of the Islands.
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