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2	[[caption-width-right:200:The cover of the Paperback edition]]
3	''The Cup of the World'' is a novel by John Dickinson first published in 2004. It is set in a unnamed fantasy world that bears a resemblance to medieval Europe...with magic. The protagonist is a 15 year old girl named Phaedra who has reached marrying age but is unwilling to accept any of the candidates her father proposes. As the pressure on her to marry increases, she turns to a man whom she has only ever met in her dreams, who appears to have supernatural powers and offers to rescue her. This decision turns her life upside down and causes consequences that threaten the stability of the entire kingdom. However, war seems to be just the start of Phaedra's problems, as it becomes apparent that her saviour may not be as benevolent as she first thought.
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5	Has two sequels (''The Widow and the King'' and ''The Fatal Child'').
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9	!!The Cup of the World contains examples of:
10	* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness
11	* AntiHero: Ulfin.
12	* ArrangedMarriage: Subverted with Phaedra. Played straight with Evalia.
13	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor
14	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Ulfin does a lot of brooding in the novel. The latter half of the trope is partially averted later in the novel as Phaedra actively begins to uncover what Ulfin has been hiding from her.
15	* ChessMotifs
16	* DealWithTheDevil
17	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: The Grey Priest.
18	* DreamLand
19	* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Phaedra eventually discovers that Ulfin is this to her]].
20	* FaustianRebellion: Ulfin.
21	* GenerationalSaga: The story is carried on with Phaedra's son in the sequels.
22	* GirlOfMyDreams: Subverted, in that Ulfin sets out to encounter Phaedra through his dreams.
23	* HopelessSuitor: Phaedra has many of these.
24	* InnocenceLost
25	* LadyAndKnight: Literally, given the medieval setting.
26	* LongDistanceRelationship: Phaedra and Ulfin for much of the novel.
27	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Love leads Phaedra to make some very questionable and foolhardy decisions
28	** [[spoiler:When Phaedra learns that her father has been killed during an escape attempt, her first reaction is relief that Ulfin is safe rather than grief.]]
29	*** [[spoiler:To be fair, she does do plenty of grieving afterwards]]
30	* LoveRuinsTheRealm
31	* MarryForLove
32	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
33	* NobodyThinksItWillWork
34	->"Did you wish me to bless your marriage, or to annul it for you?"
35	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Ulfin.
36	* ThePlan: [[spoiler:Paigan.]]
37	* RebelliousPrincess: Phaedra.
38	* RelationshipSabotage: Phaedra's father and Prince Septimus.
39	* SecretRelationship: Ulfin and Phaedra in the beginning.
40	* SexlessMarriage: Evalia and Adam DiManey.
41	* SmittenTeenageGirl

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