Violet Made of Thorns
The darkly enchanting New York Times bestselling fantasy debut
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
There's always a price for defying destiny.
'BEAUTIFULLY VICIOUS' Chloe Gong
'AN ENCHANTING DARK FANTASY' Sabaa Tahir
Violet is a seer and a liar, influencing the court with her cleverly phrased - and not always true - divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to banish her once he's crowned.
But when the king orders her to predict Cyrus's love story for an upcoming ball, Violet accidentally awakens a dreaded curse that could ruin them all. Her wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can't change her fate - nor the doomed attraction growing between her and the prince . . .
The first in a darkly enchanting fantasy duology about a morally grey witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies.
PRAISE FOR GINA CHEN
'Entrancing' Joan He
'Violet made of thorns is thrilling, tense and highly addictive. A great read' Netgalley review - 5 stars
'Unforgettable' Hannah Whitten
'I would definitely recommend this book to the people that like books with an enemy to lovers trope, Beauty and the Beast vibes and romance' Netgalley review - 5 stars
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chen's searing duology-opening debut introduces 18-year-old Violet Lune, one of nine known Seers who has prophetic dreams and can glimpse people's pasts and futures by holding their hands. As a child, Violet used her Sight to avert the death of Auveny Kingdom's Prince Cyrus, an act that elevated her from living in the streets to being King Emilius's official Seer. Now she manipulates public opinion by delivering carefully worded predictions, many of which Emilius fabricates. Following the king's previous Seer's unfinished final missive—which prophesied a curse, a war, and Cyrus and his bride's potential to ruin or save Auveny—Violet is unable to See the end of the prophecy. But Cyrus, 19, remains unmarried, and the kingdom is getting anxious. Per Emilius's orders, Violet foretells a politically advantageous match with neighboring leader Raya. Shortly thereafter, however, attraction sparks between Violet and Cyrus, and to further complicate matters, Violet has a vision warning that Cyrus must die, or Violet will burn. Employing evocative prose, passionately antagonistic romance, and a snarky first-person narration, Chen borrows familiar fairy tale elements and crafts them into a uniquely dark fantasy. Cyrus is white; Violet cues as Asian; Raya has brown skin. Ages 14–up.
