The Remnant Chronicles: The Kiss of Deception, the Heart of Betrayal, the Beauty of Darkness

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I'm looking at a cover with a girl with flowers in her hair, and I'm thinking that it's some sort of Zombie Romance for teens. It does get a tad messy toward the end with no resolution, but that's the least of our girl's worries at that point. Also, I'm at work, and even in my cubicle, they'd probably frown upon me wearing a bathrobe, however chill my boss is. The writing is nice, clear, fluent and straight to the point; nothing extraordinary or too elliptical, but I’ve never witnessed dull moments or scenes where I had to reread phrases more than once like it happens sometimes with this kind of books.

I still have to read the next two books, obviously, but I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that if the story stays this thrilling, and if Lia keeps growing like she did even in this first installment, this could become one of my favourite series. If you thought Throne of Glass or Shadow and Bone were fantasy-lite, then this is fantasy-zero (no sugar, no calories, tastes like ass). The story was written from three different viewpoints, and although I struggled remembering whose view each one was, the different perspectives makes it much more exciting. And here she does it, mainly because she can’t bear the thought of marrying someone she doesn’t love, someone who’s spineless enough to not react to an arranged marriage. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide.He has hundreds of opportunities to assassinate Lia but he doesn't because he's too busy going googly-eyed and thinking about kissing her.

But don't worry, because, things go back to be awesome as if this chapter had never happened--or almost so: I would have avoided making them fight Snow Like Ashes (*gags*) style.This one worked for me, mainly because the author didn't bother to describe every shrub or feel the need to go into detail about how the sunshine smelled. Part of me still wants to read the rest of the triology, simply because I don't like quitting things (I'm a masochist apparently), and also people say the second book is better. As she's adapting to her new life, she meets two guys, Rafe and Kaden, one of them is an assassin sent to kill her and the other is the prince she was supposed to marry; however, we don't know who's who.

A bit cheesy, at times (especially Rafe; like, my boy is so smitten how is he even that whipped), but surely not a sickening kind of cheesy. Most of the side characters were well developed, and I absolutely adored the healthy and supportive female friendships in this book. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets--even as she finds herself falling in love. Yes it's beautiful BUT I hate when there's a person on the covers then they don't match the character descriptions.

And they both like her and she likes them too and then blah blah blah I stopped giving a fuck at that point because hey, I don't fucking care about her lovey dovey love triangle issues! She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. While on the run, she encounters the prince she was promised to and an assassin who’s been sent to kill her. Ohh when you don't get along with the main character, it's really hard to enjoy a book that is mostly from their perspective and that girl is such a damn princess it's hilarious when other characters act like she's "not like other court girls" just because she wears pants and wait tables, especially since not many exciting things happen.