![]() ![]() ![]() Darkling fans will latch swiftly onto Rowan, and mood readers and aficionados of Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame (BCCB 4/19) will appreciate the consistently dark tone. ![]() Though Rowan is clearly set up to be Violeta’s lover, Clipstone makes the process of untangling his somber secrets and getting to the heart of gold under his broody exterior intriguing. This fantasy will please readers looking for a shadowy ambience, between blood tithes, nightmares, underworlds, and doomed deals with deities. When repressed memories from her childhood resurface, Violeta remembers that the best way to get rid of the Corruption is to bargain with the Lord Under-if she has anything worth offering. Lord Rowan intends to use Arien’s power combined with alchemy to eliminate the Corruption, and as Violeta and Rowan grow closer, Violeta realizes he’s not the monster he seems to be. When the monstrous lord rumored to have murdered his entire family notices Arien’s powers, the siblings are taken away from their village to Lakesedge Estate, where the Corruption spreads over the land. Goodreads synopsis: There are monsters in the world. When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. 5RRP Paperback: 24.99 AUDRelease Date: September 2021 A huge thank you to the wonderful people at Macmillan AU for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Seventeen-year-old Violeta has a rough life: her adoptive mother beats her and her younger brother, Arien, because Arien has shadow magic. Lakesedge Lyndall Clipstone 3.50 6,241 ratings1,607 reviews A gothic fantasy about monsters and magic, set on the banks of a cursed lake. ![]()
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