Court of Shadows (Shadow Fae Book 1)

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Three clerks stood behind the Magistrate's throne. One of them, a slender young man with bright, almost playful auburn curls that matched his courtier's smile, stepped down the circular stairs carved into the wide marble column beneath the pedestal to announce, 'Janva Slade, a wheelwright, sentenced to five years for Violence Most Grievous Against a Child.' Not bad, Estevar mused, all thoughts of abandoning the monks to their own devices banished as he drew his rapier. The cadence was a little off, but melodious eloquence is surely too much to ask of a fellow in my feverish state. Ich bin absolut begeistert von der Geschichte und freu mich schon unheimlich auf Band 2 "Der Hof der Wunder" welcher in Paris spielt und bereits am 23.08.23 erscheint. Gory, twisty, heart-stopping fun of the best kind - I couldn't stop reading!" - Shelley Parker-Chan

Court of Shadows – HarperCollins

Irgendwie hatte ich aber aufgrund des Klappentextes eher etwas anderes erwartet und die vermeintliche Lovestory war eher nur Beiwerk. Ich bin allerdings wirklich ein Fan von Liebesgeschichten in Büchern. Why did he have to keep repeating her name like that - as if she were some notorious child slayer instead of a common craftswoman whose chief crime had been to follow the cries of a terrified boy into the ruins of a broken-down church? At least, Estevar assumed they were brothers. Surely two such identically brutish and irredeemably stupid men could not have come from different fathers. Sobre Jeanne, fue uno de los personajes más vacíos y marionetas que he leído en el último tiempo. Carece por completo de una personalidad, solo es su deseo de venganza. Dice estar decidida a morir con tal de cumplir su venganza y no confía en nadie, pero se hace de una amiga de inmediato, incluso se enamora de la única persona que la trata bien. Es un cliché andante que hace lo que tiene que hacer según la circunstancia o contexto para hacerla quedar como una protagonista interesante, aunque sea matar, pero cada vez que lo hace lanza gritos tipo: ¡la libertad o la muerte! ¡Eso es por mi familia! y cosas así que mataron por completo el mood. Fue un buen libro, ideal para pasar el rato. Hubieron varios PLOT TWIST que me gustaron y en general me mantuvo atrapada todo el libro. Tiene varios topicos frecuentes en la literatura Juvenil como: protagonista que busca venganza, una competencia dónde hay un ganador, protagonista infiltrada bajo una personalidad que no le corresponde, etcBut my opponent is a man of war, Estevar reminded himself, trained to slash the throat of his enemy’s mount first to counter his advantage. Without coming closer, Olivier leaned forward to peer at the rapier, green eyes narrowing to slits. ‘Will you stab me with it? If you decide I’m guilty and you have to execute me, I mean.’ The boy rubbed at the left side of his chest. ‘I don’t think I’d like that.’

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Dixen excels at concocting unexpected detours and jaw-dropping cliffhangers. Anne Rice fans will be especially enthralled.” ― Publishers Weekly (starred review) Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes if you need to. There he is, see? Old, skinny guy with a long scraggly beard he probably trips over on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. No doubt he’s wearing some sort of iridescent silk robes that couldn’t protect his frail body from a light breeze. The hat’s a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing, covered in esoteric symbols that would reveal to every other mage which sources of magic this moron relies on for his powers? Wouldn’t want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace or pretty much any household object heavier than a soup ladle. I mean it,’ the slender, elaborately-attired Viscount insisted, pairing his outrage with a stomp from his emerald green silk with ivory lace shoe against the floor. Cease, you avaricious beast,’ Estevar growled, yanking the crushed tube from between the mule’s teeth. ‘Save your appetite for the abbey, where we shall shortly be feasted as befits visiting dignitaries.’ Jeanne est un personnage qui pour moi passe très (trop) vite en mode vengeance ! Ce qui est génial, qu’on rentre dès le premier chapitre dans un rythme intense, se retourne un peu contre le personnage principal étant donné qu’elle passe parfois pour une gamine pas contente de son sort, qui se réveille d’un seul coup avec une fixette.

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The original purpose of the organization was to make sure that Prince Dain successfully became High King. If this mission was successful, they would then do everything they could to make sure he stayed on the throne. Gavalle Sanprier ended his third perambulation of the abandoned library’s exterior, giving the dying building a brief salute before slipping inside. Even in its decline, there was something darkly beautiful about the decrepit old building. Three stories rose up from a sagging sidewalk that years ago had begun to dip into the canal waters. The City Masters had deemed the cost of restoration too great, and libraries – even the beautiful ones – unworthy of such vast expense.