Book: The Kiss of
Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1)
Author: Mary E.
Pearson
Publisher: Henry
Holt & Co.
Genre: Young Adult
Romance; Fantasy; Fiction
“Deliberate deception is not a mistake. It's calculating and cold. Especially when aimed at the one you
profess to love. and if one can’t
be trusted in love, one can’t be trusted in anything.”- Lia
Blurb via Goodreads:
In this
timeless new trilogy about love and sacrifice, a princess must find her place in a reborn
world.
In a society
steeped in tradition,
Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is
expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating
a sham when they
arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met.
On the
morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two
mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted
prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself
on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.
My Synopsis:
Princess Arabella Celestine Idris Jezelia of Morrighan is not resigned to her
fate. She does not bow to
tradition. Her name alone,
the name she chooses to call herself, Lia, makes her different from the Queens
of past. As the only
daughter, the first daughter of Morrighan, she is expected to fulfill her duty
and marry the prince of Dalbreck.
A man she has never met. This to forge a strong alliance both kingdoms desperately
need to survive outside forces, Barbarians who want to destroy them all.
Wanting a life of her own choosing, Lia runs away on her wedding day
with her most trusted friend and servant, Pauline. They end up in Terravin, Pauline’s
childhood home, where they begin a new life as barmaids at an Inn. Soon after, two handsome strangers
enter the Inn with eyes only for Lia.
One of them is the jilted Prince, the other is an assassin meant to find
and kill Lia to permanently end the alliance between Morrighan and Dalbreck.
Lia innocently trusts both and falls in love with one. The question is, does she fall for her
prince or the one sent to end her life once and for all?
My Review:
Tears of heartbreak and hope
fell from my eyes as I devoured this lovely book. Beautifully written by Mary Pearson, I could not put it down, even for a second.
The rich plot and romance caught
me. I was riveted
throughout the hours I spent consuming the new world that is
Lia’s and the Prince. The Kiss Of Deception is written in 5 different POVs: those of Lia, the Prince, the
Assassin, Kaden and Rafe.
The beauty here is that you would never know which
man is which until it’s too late. Until you find yourself attached to one
and realize it’s probably the wrong one. But then again, he could be right too
given a different circumstance. I
know I’m being cryptic, but I refuse to ruin this book for any reader. It is good. So
very very good.
But be warned, your heart will bleed, especially for my other favorite character, Walther. A soldier so brave and strong yet so loving to his only sister.
His
life and loss will break your heart. I should know because I’m still healing as I write.
Read this book and prepare to fall in love with Lia and her
brave Prince.
Expect Book two of The Remnant
Chronicles: The Heart of Betrayal, in 2015.
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