School Library Journal, starred review After her strong Jenna Fox series, Pearson adeptly switches gears here from science fiction to fantasy, but her ability to write a romance featuring complex characters and a strong plot remains constant. Romance, adventure, mysticism-this book has it all and it just may be the next YA blockbuster. Booklist, starred review A marvelous new fantasy series that is sure to find an audience with devotees of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games and John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice books (Philomel). This has the sweep of an epic tale, told with some twists.

Publishers Weekly Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope.

School Library Journal Pearson (the Jenna Fox Chronicles) is off to an extraordinary start with her fantasy series, the Remnant Chronicles, creating an alluring world and romance that's ideal for fans of Kristin Cashore and Megan Whalen Turner. Fans of the Game of Thrones series will enjoy the magic and fantasy in this timeless dystopian world.' -VOYA Gripping, urgent, and highly appealing. This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year!' -Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Immortals 'In The Kiss of Deception, a new realm is masterfully created, featuring court intrigue, feuding nations, breathtaking landscapes, and the gift of sight.

‘ The Kiss of Deception has it all – beautiful writing, heart-pounding suspense, a fiery princess, and an epic romance that’ll make you swoon.Praise for The Kiss of Deception: 'The Kiss of Deception has it all-beautiful writing, heart-pounding suspense, a fiery princess, and an epic romance that'll make you swoon. ‘This is the kind of story I love – a heart-pounding tale of magic and murder, betrayal and romance set in a richly imagined fantasy landscape’ Cindy Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Realms Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets – secrets that may unravel her world – even as she feels herself falling in love. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive – and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Like having to marry someone she’s never met to secure a political alliance.įed up and ready for a new life, Lia escapes to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can’t abide. The first book in the New York Times bestselling Remnant Chronicles. ‘A deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy where no one – no one – is quite what they seem’ Robin LaFevers, New York Times-bestselling author of Grave Mercy

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