The Winged Game
The brand new sports romantasy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The God and the Gumiho
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- Sortie prévue le 2 juil. 2026
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- 14,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
PRE-ORDER this new sweeping 'rivals-to-lovers' sports romantasy from Sunday Times bestselling author, Sophie Kim . . .
For a chance at redemption, a disgraced player of carriwitchet - the brutal, rugby-esque sport played atop winged steeds - must team up with and fake-date the rival player who destroyed her career.
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Grumpy Taissa Cho lives alone in an obscure corner of Scotland for a reason. Once, she was the UKHC’s (United Kingdom’s Hidden Cities) most promising carriwitchet player.
It was Taissa’s coach who had etched the illegal rune onto her, turning the odds in her favour despite Taissa’s protestations. And it was Kion, the annoying, handsome star player of her rival team, who caught her out. Her career was completely, and utterly, over. No team would take her.
Until Kion asked her to come and play for the Stymphs.
To garner publicity and keep Taissa as the Stymphs' secret weapon, she and Kion are forced into a fake relationship.
Can they save their team from ruin, even when sabotage seems afoot?
Tropes:
Rivals-to-loversFake datingFound familyFantasy sports romanceBickering MCs
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former rivals in a magical game must learn to work together in this light and humorous blend of sports romance and contemporary fantasy from Kim (The God and the Gwisin). Two years ago, Taissa Cho was caught using magic to cheat by Kion Locke, effectively banning her from carriwitchet, a sport played on the backs of dragons, wyverns, and other flying beasts, collectively called Wingeds. Now Kion's team, the Stymphs, are on the verge of dissolution due to a generational losing streak. To save them, he recruits Taissa. She knows she's an excellent player and the Stymphs were once a good team, so when things don't improve after she joins up, she becomes convinced their abysmal performance can only be explained by a curse. Meanwhile, Wingeds fall into comas, confirming that curses abound in the carriwitchet circuit. Taissa and Kion's largely antagonistic relationship is magnetic and frequently hilarious, and investigating two major mysteries buoys their slow-burning romance. Somewhat clunky worldbuilding (the magic system is never properly explained) holds this underdog story back a bit, but it's still easy to root for the chaotic and diverse Stymphs and their snarky mounts. Readers in it for the romance will be well pleased.
