One of the best fantasies of the year. --Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For The Wolf.
He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all? Remixing all the best parts of a dark fantasy and a romantic comedy, This Vicious Grace is a wonderfully fun time from start to finish, with lush, complex worldbuilding, intensely relatable characters, and relationships that are easy to root for.
But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante\'s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal.
Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard.
When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island\'s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her.
Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion.
Alessa\'s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner\'s magic, not kill every suitor she touches.
Three funerals. --Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Thiede\'s exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace , will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more! Three weddings. - Buzzfeed Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger.
One of the best fantasies of the year