The Kiss of Deception - Mary E. Pearson [Review]

Title: The Kiss of Deception

Author: Mary E. Pearson

Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy

Publisher: Henry Holt

Publishing date: July 8th 2014

Pages: 492

Rating

★★★★☆

Hello! It’s been a while since my last review but here I am with a review of the first book in the Remnant Chronicles trilogy, the Kiss of Deception.

Lia.

The Kiss of Deception tells us the story of Lia, a princess who runs away with her friend Pauline the day of her wedding. They escape to a small village to start a new life. Meanwhile, Lia's father has sent the army to search for her. The Komizar has sent an assassin. And the Prince of Dalbreck, the man who she was supposed to marry, is looking for her too.

The book has an interesting premise. We follow three points of view, Lia’s, the Prince’s and

the assassin’s. Both the prince and assassin are given a name and presented to Lia, but you don’t know who is who, so it was fun to try figure it out.

The book is fast paced until Lia and Pauline get established in the village and start their new life, I felt the book pace slowed down and then the romance part started and it was kinda boring because it was insta love, both guys, the assassin and the prince, fall for her right away.

Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha trilogy #3) [Review]

Title: Ruin and Rising

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Publishing date: June 17th 2014

Pages: 422

Rating

★★★★☆

Previous reviews:

Shadow and Bone

Siege and Storm

Hello! Today I’m reviewing Ruin and Rising, the third and final book of the Grisha trilogy.

I was hesitant to continue with the trilogy because I didn’t like Siege and Storm at all, but I already had the book, so I gave it a try.

Mal.

The book starts just where the second one ended, with Alina weak and defeated hiding from

the Darkling, she has lost her power and has been undergrounds for a while, so the book is a bit slow at the beginning but then the pace pick up when Alina, Mal and company decide to leave the Apparat and look for the help of Nikolai, who they don’t even know if he’s alive or not.

I know a lot of people love Nikolai, but I wasn’t fond of him in the previous book. I thought he only served with the purpose of being a powerful ally to Alina and an obstacle in her relationship with Mal, but I liked him more in this book, I think his character developed a lot.  

I’ve never been a fan of Alina, in my fist review I said I liked her because she wasn’t the typical perfect character, but she became annoying in my opinion, she is kind of selfish and power hungry, and I felt she created obstacles between her and others, mainly Mal.