Enfin, je ne vous raconte pas les tours et les détours, les pièges et les pirouettes de son périple. Au moins, on ne s'ennuie pas. Le roman se lit d'une traite, tant c'est palpitant ! Il y a pas mal d'imprévus et de rebondissements, mais l'intrigue aurait encore pu prendre du galon en osant aller plus loin sur certains points. Heed my liege’s warning, Eminence, I beg you,’ Sir Daven said, no doubt sensing Estevar’s wavering intentions. Sobre Jeanne, fue uno de los personajes más vacíos y marionetas que he leído en el último tiempo. Carece por completo de una personalidad, solo es su deseo de venganza. Dice estar decidida a morir con tal de cumplir su venganza y no confía en nadie, pero se hace de una amiga de inmediato, incluso se enamora de la única persona que la trata bien. Es un cliché andante que hace lo que tiene que hacer según la circunstancia o contexto para hacerla quedar como una protagonista interesante, aunque sea matar, pero cada vez que lo hace lanza gritos tipo: ¡la libertad o la muerte! ¡Eso es por mi familia! y cosas así que mataron por completo el mood.

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In the heart of rural France, commoner Jeanne Froidelac witnesses the king’s soldiers murder her family and learns of her parents’ role in a brewing rebellion involving the forbidden secrets of alchemy. To seek her revenge, Jeanne disguises herself as an aristocrat and enrolls in a prestigious school for aspiring courtiers. She soon finds herself at the doors of the palace of Versailles. En cuanto a la elegancia de la que, en teoría, deben hacer gala las mujeres, ha de saber que se trata de una invención de los hombres para someternos"

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My name is Sir Daven Colraig,’ the young knight declared, hugging Estevar with frantic relief. ‘I am Sheriff Outrider to His Lordship, Margrave Someil. It was he who commanded me to await you here these past seven days.’ Imperious swivelled his sorrel head once again, this time in an attempt to bite his rider’s hand as punishment for bringing him to this hellish place. Evidently, it wasn’t only the First Cantor to whom Estevar owed profuse apologies. He was about to give the mule’s flanks an encouraging nudge when a voice shouted out from the mists, ‘Hold where you are!’ In her mind, she knew those very hands could be capable of wielding gentle pleasure, just as they wielded the sharp edge of a blade. Masterful and to a rare skill of something altogether Godly."

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Time has passed, but my taste for the baroque age and for the creatures of the night has remained. Today, I am very happy to open the doors of my dark Versailles to you, forever frozen in the Shadows. Imperious attempted to bite off the knight’s hand. When that failed, he snatched the leather cylinder away from him. La corte de las tinieblas nos presenta a una protagonista, cuyos padres son asesinados por actuar contra la corona y ella decide infiltrarse entre la nobleza francesa haciéndose pasar por una chica de clase alta. Su misión: llegar al centro de la corte para vengarse por lo que le hicieron a su familia. A Knight of the March of Someil, Estevar reasoned, which explained both the accent and commanding tone.Seven days?’ Estevar had to suppress a groan when the young man’s exuberant squeezing aggravated his wound. He shoved the fellow away, not quite as gently as he’d intended. ‘You expect me to believe you’ve been out in this storm for an entire week?’ No estoy segura de si mi verdadero problema con este libro es la traducción o la prosa, puede ser que muchas cosas que a mí me sonaron absurdas en francés hubieran sonado mucho mejor. My Lord did send a dozen of my fellow knights to investigate,’ Sir Daven said defiantly. ‘When they emerged the next morning . . .’ He paused, visibly shaken by whatever memories plagued him. ‘Twelve braver, steadier men and women I have never known, yet not one of them has uttered a word since their return. They sit in separate chambers within the margrave’s fortress, attended to by his personal physicians – not clerics, mind you, trained physicians – who claim their souls have fled their bodies.’

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Seductive, thrilling, and deliciously dark, The Court of Shadows brings the glamour and danger of eighteenth-century Versailles to life. This is historical fantasy at its finest!" - Kass Morgan Los personajes, además, son la mar de reales, muy diferentes entre sí, y la forma en que llegamos a conocerlos tan a fondo, incluso a los que no son exactamente protagonistas, es de lo más genial. Ahora, me muero de intriga por Luis XIV. Espero llegar a saber más sobre él en los siguientes libros. Two-time winner of the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, Victor Dixen stands at the forefront of French fantasy and science-fiction. His acclaimed series include Animale, Phobos, Cogito, Extincta, and Vampyria. A nomadic writer, he has lived in Paris, Dublin, Singapore, New York, and now Washington, DC, drawing inspiration from the promises of the future as much as the ghosts of the past.Jeanne est assez attachante dans sa volonté de venger sa famille. You go girl ! Les personnages secondaires sont tout aussi intrigants. At last, a tall figure emerged from the mists. First came the glint of steel, the position and angle suggesting a longsword held in a high guard. Next came the shimmer of a chainmail surcoat partly covered by a hooded cloak of pure white trimmed in silver and emblazoned with three azure eyes across the front. Todo lo que esperes de un libro de VAMPIROS, esta historia lo tiene!!! Pero además bien narrado, enganchante, con tensión, misterio... What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, both spinning and flaming to the depths of the past? What happens when hidden scars are revealed, and we step into the shadows of our hearts?