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Lädt ... The Final Masqueradevon Ariana Nash
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The winter solstice. The darkest day, the longest night. Every year the solstice heralds the return of the masquerade ball. Fae and human dance and drink and make merry, so long as they remain masked. But there's a darker side to this night. Should a guest lose their mask, their life is forfeit, cursed to dance forever for the entertainment of the masquerade's cold and cruel fae host. Ever since he was a boy, Brice LeChoix's mother had warned him of the terrible fae. But it wasn't the fae who took his parents from him. Madness did that. Years later, now Lord of the crumbling LeChoix estate and buckled by debt, he has more important things to think about than fairytales. Until the masquerade comes to town. Every year on the solstice it appears, and every year the townsfolk frolic with the fae. Some never return. Brice warned his brother not to go. And when the masquerade vanishes like mist at dawn, it takes Charon with it. Now Brice must return to the masquerade, the very place he vowed never to set foot in again. The fae know his desires, they know his weaknesses. Forbidden lust will lure Brice from his world, into theirs. To save his brother, he must survive the masquerade's beautiful lies and avoid the host's wicked ways. But the fae have other ideas. One in particular has his eye on Brice... The trickster, Raoul, will stop at nothing to seduce Brice because he knows, more than anyone, that the masquerade is a trap from which no soul truly ever escapes. The longest night is upon us. Can you hear their call? Take my hand, come with me, to the masquerade ball... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Ariana Nash is an auto-buy for me; she’s one of the few authors I trust completely — to take me on an adventure I will never forget, to make me fall in love with her wonderful characters… but also to scare the shit out of me at some point or another. Considering AN’s penchant for series, and shorter, cliffhanger-ridden books, the length of this beauty came as a surprise. 520 pages of gloriously twisted fantasy goodness? Yes, please. But sure enough, I feel like I’ve just finished a whole series, because page-count aside, this one book packed a punch no weaker than any of her trilogies, and had just as many unpredictable, emotional plot twists.
For two days, The Final Masquerade held me completely spellbound. The world AN created here was as decadent as it was devious. I liked her particular take on the fae very much, Seelie and Unseelie courts can be fun, but her version — that didn't make them 'light' or 'dark,' just focused on them being something unearthly and other — was so perfect here. The masquerade itself was an enchanting spectacle, a place of everlasting beauty catering to every whim and desire, no matter how debauched, but its glittering exterior and pretty lies hid secrets that could threaten them all if uncovered…
What was the truth, and what was only a dream? Some could no longer tell…
Ahem. In short, Brice and Raoul (❤️) were perfection together — the tension! the feels! the stockings! ( )