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. The Kiss of Deception is the first book in Mary E. Pearson's Remnant Chronicles, published in 2014 by Henry Holt. Summary via Amazon So going into this novel, I had no idea what to expect. The summary had sounded very intriguing and I thought that I would give it a try--after all, I adore romances and royalty. I'm glad to say that I wasn't disappointed at all. In fact, I was pleasantly pleased and love the way the plot was set out. For me, it worked out to my advantage but for others (like my friends) it ended up confusing them. Mary tells the story in a specific way-- we know there's an assassin out to kill Lia, and there's the stunted prince who's out to find Lia. We meet both these men at the same time, but are never told who is who, only their names and descriptions. I adored this part of the story line and although I had made a guess as to who was who and hoped I was right (I was), I almost changed my mind multiple times because of Mary's very, very specific wording. As for the characters, I really liked both of the male leads (until a certain point and I definitely had my favorite a quarter of the way into the book) and I actually really liked Lia. Normally, I would have considered her a coward for running away from her wedding--in the end, I couldn't think of her as one. It takes a certain kind of bravery to follow your own heart after all. Lia did end up having character development (oh thank you so much) and I loved her interaction with the boys. I couldn't end up hating her and her willingness to drop her princess status and work for something actually made me like her even more. She was so determined to do a good job, but still managed to stand up for herself like the princess she was. She was contradicting at times, but it worked for her. Once we hit the second half of the novel, things really start to get heated and pave the way for the second book. Overall, this was an enjoyable novel and I'm really looking forward to reading Heart of Betrayal, which comes out in July 2015. Some spoilers below the cut. Continue reading and then discuss with me what you thought about this book! -Talia Spoilers Below!
I have to say, I'm glad I love cliches. I almost jumped ship and said that Kaden was the prince, but I was glad that I stuck to my gut and continued to hope that Rafe was the prince. Although that one scene where Rafe gets rid of the body... I was totally convinced he was the assassin for a moment. I can't believe Kaden kidnapped her. I mean of course he did, plot and all, but I really just wanted Rafe to tell her who he was. Well, before he gave himself up. I have to admit, I absolutely loved how Lia handled it. She was like crap, he's the prince. I want to hate him but... I can't. And he did come for me. How sweet. I just loved how she ended up accepting the fact that he was the prince she was supposed to marry and that instead of ignoring him and stuff she just goes well I still have feelings for you, nothing I can do. It was really refreshing to read that, unlike other books where the lead girl freaks out and ignores the guy completely. Like, did you really love him at all? AND WOAH HER SIGHT. I liked how it was all because of her mom that she had forced herself to ignore it. Had she not ignored it, she might have no doubted herself, or that the marriage was a sham. And the marriage tattoo thing on her back--that was so cool. I was trying to envision it and in my mind it looked totally gorgeous. Can we do that here? The part with the people in the tents (was it caravans? I can't remember and I forgot to mark it on my kindle) but the old lady was pretty great and I liked how she had started teaching Lia to feel her sight/magic. The people there in general were really great and I liked how they were leaving and the girl cussed at them and Kaden had to translate :) that was perfect Rafe and Lia's relationship was really nice and I enjoyed reading about the petty battles between him and Kaden--I couldn't help but laugh. I liked being able to see Rafe as a princeling (kind of) and how he acted with his men. Although I missed some stuff that I had wanted to go over, I hit most of the main parts that I wanted to get out. I'm really excited to read Heart of Betrayal (that cover is gorgeous and the blurb--oh my stars I am so pumped to read it) and I plan on buying a hard back copy to sticky note everything. Comments? Who did you guess was the assassin and the prince? Did you guess right? Tell me below and let's discuss!
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