ISBN: 9781250794055
Editorial: Wednesday Books
Autor: Thiede, Emily
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 448
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: About the AuthorEMILY THIEDE spent her childhood daydreaming and reading in trees. A former public school teacher, she serves on the board of Writer House, a local writing nonprofit, and has mentored aspiring writers through the Pitch Wars mentorship program. Emily enjoys fostering rescue kittens and getting lost in the woods of central Virginia, where she lives with her family. She is the author of This Vicious Grace and This Cursed Light. Find her across social media and at ekthiede.com."One of the best fantasies of the year." - Buzzfeed"Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger." ―Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling authorEmily Thiede's exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace, will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more!Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches.Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her.Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante’s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all?"Remixing all the best parts of a dark fantasy and a romantic comedy, This Vicious Grace is a wonderfully fun time from start to finish, with lush, complex worldbuilding, intensely relatable characters, and relationships that are easy to root for." ―Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For The WolfReviewA Summer 2022 Kids’ Indie Next PickSeventeen, "Best YA Books of 2022"Epic Reads, "The 21 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in June"Frolic, "Our Top 10 YA Reads for June"Goodreads, "The 68 Most Anticipated YA Novels of 2022" and "The Can't-Hardly-Wait Young Adult Books of June"Gizmodo, "58 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for Your Summer Reading Pleasure"Nerd Daily, " Upcoming YA Book Releases to Add to Your TBR" and "24 Debut Releases To Get Your Hands On In 2022"PopSugar, "Books by Women Writers Are Absolute Must Reads in 2022"Nerdist, "13 Brilliant Books to Bring You Joy This June"United by Pop, "Exciting New YA Reads For June 2022""One of the best fantasies of the year." - Buzzfeed“With masterful world-building and endearing characters, This Vicious Grace is a stunning YA fantasy that will leave the reader breathless. Highly recommend for fans of Dance of Thieves, The Tiger at Midnight, and The Shadows Between Us.” -Young Adult Books Central“This Vicious Grace melds two of our favorite things: slow burn romance and mythological reimaginings. Flipping through the pages feels like a sweltering European vacation and that’s before we get to the bodyguard trope in the form of hunky love interest Dante. [A] delightful debut.” - Nerdist"Readers will be drawn to Alessa’s kind and independent spirit as she grapples with duty versus agency, love and betrayal―all situated within a well-crafted world. An eerie, magic-infused debut." - Booklist"...a near-perfect blend of fantasy romance magic, one that will leave readers both thoroughly satisfied and eager for a sequel...A lush setting sprinkled with an irresistible Italian flavor and worldbuilding that hints at much more historical and political depth than we’re allowed to see on the page, This Vicious Grace is effortlessly romantic, thrillingly immersive, and more than worth your time this summer." - Paste Magazine"Quick witted and action packed with a bodyguard romance that’s equally as supportive and warm as it is angsty and fun,
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- Envío: Desde EE. UU.
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