This week I am going to be featuring a book that's cover is as beautiful and cutthroat as I expect the book inside will be...
And I Darken by Kiersten White
Lets start off with a lovely Goodreads synopsis:
NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL.
And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.
Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who’s expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s finally found someone worthy of her passion.
But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.
From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes the first book in a dark, sweeping new series in which heads will roll, bodies will be impaled . . . and hearts will be broken
And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.
Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who’s expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s finally found someone worthy of her passion.
But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.
From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes the first book in a dark, sweeping new series in which heads will roll, bodies will be impaled . . . and hearts will be broken
Now to pick out my favorite things from this synopsis...
1. Brutal Princess.
2. Vengeance.
3. Empires.
4. BODIES WILL BE IMPALED.
5. Yay for broken hearts.
6. I'm getting the sense of a LOT of court politics and that makes me super duper excited!!!!
More musings:
1. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about this being pulling from aspects of a daughter of Vlad the Impaler, or something like that? Anyways, that really intrigued me.
2. Have you seen the UK cover? I'm not much for people on the cover but she looks BADASS.
I mean LOOK AT IT. HOLY MOLY.
There are just so many aspects of this book that appeal to me! I cannot wait!!!!
I LOVE HISTORY! GIVE ME ALL OF THE HISTORY.
I find it quite ironic how much I like history and how seldom I actually like historical fiction, but I am still super excited to start this novel.
Also, Khanh and Emily May's reviews definitely hyped this book up for me!!
This book is to release on June 28th 2016!
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