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" NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull,nbsp, darkly enchanting fantasy about a lying witch, a cursed prince, and a sinister prophecy that ignites their doomed destinies&mdash,erfect for fans of The Cruel Prince . &ldquo,verything you want from an enemies-to-lovers fantasy starring morally gray characters.&rdquo,mdash,i〉BuzzFeed Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased&mdash,nd not always true&mdash,ivinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so- not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he&rsquo, crowned at the end of the summer&mdash,nless Violet does something about it. But when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus's love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom&mdash,ll depending on the prince&rsquo, choice of future bride. Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that&rsquo, growing between her and Cyrus. Violet&rsquo, wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can't change her fate. And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdom&mdash,r doom them all."
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Biographisches: "A self-taught artist with a degree in Computer Science, Gina Chen generates creative nonsense in all forms of media and always has a project stewing. She has particular fondness for fairy tales, demon tales, romantic comedies, and quiz shows. Currently, she resides in Southern California, where the sun is as plentiful as its tea shops. Violet Made of Thorns is her debut novel." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: May 30, 2022 Chen’s searing duology-opening debut introduces 18-year-old Violet Lune, one of nine known Seers who has prophetic dreams and can glimpse people’s pasts and futures by holding their hands. As a child, Violet used her Sight to avert the death of Auveny Kingdom’s Prince Cyrus, an act that elevated her from living in the streets to being King Emilius’s official Seer. Now she manipulates public opinion by delivering carefully worded predictions, many of which Emilius fabricates. Following the king’s previous Seer’s unfinished final missive—which prophesied a curse, a war, and Cyrus and his bride’s potential to ruin or save Auveny—Violet is unable to See the end of the prophecy. But Cyrus, 19, remains unmarried, and the kingdom is getting anxious. Per Emilius’s orders, Violet foretells a politically advantageous match with neighboring leader Raya. Shortly thereafter, however, attraction sparks between Violet and Cyrus, and to further complicate matters, Violet has a vision warning that Cyrus must die, or Violet will burn. Employing evocative prose, passionately antagonistic romance, and a snarky first-person narration, Chen borrows familiar fairy tale elements and crafts them into a uniquely dark fantasy. Cyrus is white,Violet cues as Asian,Raya has brown skin. Ages 14–up. Agent: Elana Roth Parker, Laura Dail Literary. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: May 15, 2022 A disillusioned seer and a privileged prince: the stuff of fairy tales. After an encounter with the prince and princess of Auveny, 18-year-old Violet Lune is plucked from the slums and brought to the palace, where she quickly becomes the kingdom's new Seer. Taken under the wing of King Emilius, she becomes a favorite at court and eventually a trusted player in the king's schemes, often setting her at odds with his son, Prince Cyrus. With a curse threatening both Cyrus' life and the kingdom's future, there is more scheming than ever before: Violet must maintain her precarious position as Seer, doing the king's bidding and sorting out her constant feuding with Cyrus. At the same time, her dreams are becoming stranger: Ultimately, fate may force her to choose between the prince and herself. As the kingdom is threatened from within and without, with beasts massing on the borders and internal instability, everything comes down to the heart of the prince and the unlikely girl who might claim it. Chen draws pleasingly upon fairy-tale motifs, juxtaposing the rosy glow of stories with the real possibility of ugly, mundane realities. The Kingdom of Auveny evokes medieval Europe,Violet's mother was exiled from the Kingdom of Yuenen, which is coded as a fantasy-world equivalent of China, making for a refreshing change from typical high-fantasy settings. Deeper worldbuilding and explorations of certain characters' motivations would have expanded the story beyond the central romance. Diverting and atmospheric. (map) (Fantasy. 14-18) COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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