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If you desired someone, if he comforted you, if you thought he might leech the poison out of your heart, was that love? Or only desperation?” It's a dark tale that stabs you in the heart at every turn and constantly throws all new levels of craziness into the mix. Central Theme: Nothing is what it seems. The Gentle Lord's castle is a crumbling ruin from outside and a lavish residence from the inside. Ignifex is revealed to be less cruel or malicious than he initially appears despite embodying the dark side of prince Marcus's soul. Shade, while having had all malice purged from him and appearing as Nyx's apparent ally, has caused the deaths of eight women due to his deceit and cares more about destroying the Gentle Lord than her wellbeing. When Nyx arrived, the two of them had at first formed a friendly relationship. Nyx had been thinking Shade was her ally, since both remained captives of Ignifex. Shade had shown her the Heart of Water, where they had shared their first kiss. It didn't take Nyx long before she found out Shade was the last prince, who had survived the Sundering. Arc Words: "You will never be safe with me" is said and paraphrased in a variety of ways by Nyx and Ignifex. Also "the only hope".

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge | Goodreads Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge | Goodreads

His hands tightened around mine. “I love you,” he said. “I love you more than any other creature, because you are cruel, and kind, and alive. Nyx Triskelion, will you be my wife?” But Nyx doesn't just have the responsibility of avenging her family. She lives in this Greco-Roman city called Arcadia that's been frozen in time for almost 1,000 years because of a curse. They have a parchment sky and a demon lord, called the Gentle Lord, who makes Faustian bargains that always end in curses and tragedy. To fulfill the bargain made by her father, she has to marry him. To fulfill the prophecy handed down by their alchemists through centuries, she has to kill him. There's a really weird love triangle in here. Our heroine insta-loves not just one guy, but two simultaneously. With guy #1, Nyx kisses him within a few minutes of meeting him. With guy #2, Nyx cycles between fearing him, slapping him, shouting at him, and kissing him. Any time he says something she doesn't like, she slaps him. That seems to be her preferred way of handling disagreements. Nyx was intended by her father to be the savior of her people. It means she will most definitely die. Her father made a deal with the king of the demons, the Gentle Lord; in exchange, Nyx will be given in marriage to the Gentle Lord when she turns 17. In return, her beloved twin sister, Astraia, will be able to live a normal, happy life. Nyx truly loves her twin sister, the innocent, sweet Astraia, but it is so hard not to feel resentment at one who has been the recipient of all their father's love, while knowing that her happiness will come at the cost of your own, but she is determined to fulfil her mission: I had broken my sister’s heart. I would never see her again, so I could never beg her forgiveness. I had let hatred fester in me so long, I didn’t think I could ever learn to love her properlyBig Bad: Ignifex is set up as one, since he is a prince of the demons and the tyrannical ruler of Arcadia. Subverted. Upon his creation, the Kindly Ones have told him the rules of his existence, use him to make bargains with mortals and unleash demons onto the Arcadians against his will.

Cruel Beauty (Literature) - TV Tropes Cruel Beauty (Literature) - TV Tropes

But things don’t go according to plan because for some strange reason, Ignifex is quite charming and he manages to beguile her. His castle is also a maze of enchanted rooms that enthrall Nyx. Even though she is looking for a solution to freeing her homeland through uncovering the ruler’s secrets, she can’t help but be attracted to him. So even if Nyx could somehow love her mortal enemy, she still has a duty to eliminate him. At the end of the day, Nyx must choose between love and the future prosperity of her motherland. The Shade aspect of Lux was described with skin was milky white, his hair was pale silver-gray. Only his eyes were colored, such a deep blue as I had never seen before, their pupils round and human. His face was sculpted into exactly the same lovely shape as Ignifex’s. Though he does not have his eyes. You’re a demon. I know what you've done. And I still don’t know your name. But I know you’re my husband. And,” I said. “I suppose I do love you.” The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. This was so so so good and I loved it way more than I was expecting to. I did have some small issues which is why I didn't give it full five stars.Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom’s mountaintop, nothing is what she expected—particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can’t resist the pull of her sworn enemy—who’s gotten in her way by stealing her heart.”



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