I have been really struggling to remember the name of this book so any help would be much appreciated.What I can remember is that it was a YA Fantasy and the Heroine lived in a tribe in the desert (I think). She ends up leaving for some reason and joins a group of rebels??? that are living in caves in a mountain. The rebels all fly these giant birds. I think she also had some kind of magic powers but I can't remember what these were. (view spoiler)[There is a big battle scene at the end of the book and it's revealed that the heroines love interest (one of the rebels) is actually a villain. (hide spoiler)]That's all I can remember and it's been bugging me for ages.
Attention Dune Fans!For nine months of the year, the sands of the Sharani Desert are safe. The genesauri—giant, flying, serpentine monsters who hunt across the desert in enormous packs—lie dormant. The smallest of their kind is able to take down a single man with ease, and the largest is able to swallow entire clans. The people of the desert have always been able to predic Attention Dune Fans!For nine months of the year, the sands of the Sharani Desert are safe. The genesauri—giant, flying, serpentine monsters who hunt across the desert in enormous packs—lie dormant. The smallest of their kind is able to take down a single man with ease, and the largest is able to swallow entire clans. The people of the desert have always been able to predict the creatures’ appearance, but this year, the genesauri have stopped following the rules.  When the genesauri suddenly attack her clan, seventeen-year-old Lhaurel draws a sword in her people’s defense—a forbidden practice for women of any clan—and is sentenced to death by her own people. Chained to a rock and left to be eaten by the next wave of genesauri, Lhaurel is rescued by a mysterious, elusive clan said to curse children at a glance, work unexplainable terrors, and disappear into the sands without a trace.  With the fate of the clans hanging in the balance, Lhaurel discovers she possesses a rare and uncontrollable power—one that will be tested as the next deadly genesauri attack looms on the horizon and the clash between clans grows more inevitable by the hour.   ...more