Sometimes the story is too caught up in a web of clever ideas and doesn't take the clearest way to present them to the reader. I love the hell out of Nyx snarky attitude, she is great and doesn't take any lip from Ignifex, which he finds divine and doesn't seem to want to kill her. 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. But I could make sure she lived free of the Gentle Lord, no longer afraid of his demons, with the true sun shining down upon her.

Cruel Beauty – Rosamund Hodge

I'm going to start this review doing a thing I usually find useless and infuriating, but which I am nonetheless sure every reader does, at least from time to time: a comparison. Perhaps double subverted, given that when the two parts of Marcus Valerius's soul reunite, his eyes are back to being blue. The reason why Shade and Ignifex share the same height and appearance is because they are two pieces of the same person - Prince Marcus. Their mother had been unable to conceive a child, so their father foolishly asked that the Lord grant them children and promised one of his daughters to the Lord in exchange.Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. In Cruel Beauty, Nyx has been trained since birth to be an assassin so that she can fulfill her father's bargain to marry the demon lord, with the ultimately goal of killing him and bringing about the end of a 900-year-old curse that he had unleashed upon her town.

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For Ignifex was still himself, still mocking and wild and inhuman, terrible as a legion arrayed for war; but in my arms he became gentle, and his kisses were sweeter than wine.If anything, this supposed hatred and bitterness that drives her disappears once she meets someone who is kind to her, and she just seemed desperate for attention and fickle-minded throughout the story. Even the use of my all time least favorite plot device in the last part turned into a favorable climactic ending. She is also your favorite fantasy novelist and some of the books that she’s written include Cruel Beauty and Gilded Ashes.

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She really, really tried to salvage this book by giving the main character tons of personality, but not even she could change the source material. Generally speaking, I liked very much both the world-building and the ending, which has an unusual rhythm and hit the mark, at least for me, precisely for this reason. Nyx and Lux are eventually reunited in the altered timeline, where he had never been the Gentle Lord or she his wife. Overall, for those who love romantic fairy tale retellings and don’t mind going a little bit dark, you can’t do much better than Cruel Beauty.They are not the lovely, perfect, and incredibly-kind-despite-it-all couple but they matched each other in anger and passion. I had let hatred fester in me so long, I didn’t think I could ever learn to love her properly, either. Ignifex] took possession of my mouth and I took possession of his, and we held each other in a perilous, perfect balance like the circulation of the planets.

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The good news is that in 2014, she was able to publish her first novel, so it seems like everything has worked out just fine. She spends SO MUCH time flip-flopping between Ignifex and Shade, ONLY TO HAVE US BE TOLD THEY'RE (KIND OF) THE SAME PERSON. I swear Ms Hodge has perfected the art of raising goosebumps with a perfectly-spun twist on an old Greek myth. I mean I was actually laughing and crying at 3 in the morning - holding this book to my chest because I knew I was going to freaking love it. I realize that this book doesn't come out for quite a while, but as soon as it downloaded on my Kindle, I started reading it right away, and once I'd finished it, there was no holding back the feels.And considering Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney movies/fairy tales and the Cupid and Psyche myth is probably my favorite in the entire Greek mythology canon. I rubbed my hand viciously against my skirt, but the fabric could not wipe away the memory of touching the dead girl’s tongue. Astraia has been adored by everyone since she was born, while her twin sister, Nyx, has been groomed to die.