Thursday, April 10, 2014

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge




Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.



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19 comments:

  1. Visiting New York City and almost getting lost. That was quite exhilirating:P

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  2. Hmmm. I'm not sure the last year just going out I guess. We went to Vegas and stayed at the Bellagio. That's probably the most fun in the past year

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  3. The most fun I've had in the last year was going to Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand.

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  4. Comparing my travels to New York, Vegas, Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand......I NEVER have any fun.

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  5. I went to go see Beauty and the Beast on stage and it was an amazingly fun time!

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  6. I'd say participating in music competitions. They're pretty fun!

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  7. Going to Vegas by myself without anyone.

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  8. Getting an agent to rep my book!!!!

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  9. My New Year's Eve birthday party. Fireworks, cake and Cards Against Humanity. :)

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  10. The Christmas party we had where all of my family came. We had to hire the village hall!

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  11. Went to London with my friends, ended up playing dodgems with the traffic, pretty crazy there compared to where I am, Manchester! Was brilliant though, especially watching Lion King at the theater! ^_^
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  12. i wish i could say i had a ton of fun but it was a ruff year so my year was not all that fun, we do have a boat so we go to the lake and get out with our dogs and get on the water but thats about it, this year is getting better. thanks so much

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  13. I haven't been on vacation since my honeymoon. I would say between the excitement that I get with the new things my kids do and with my books I have a lot of excitement. :)

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  14. Road trip with friends and sis over the summer. Amazing!!! :)
    Thanks for a giveaway! :)

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  15. my holidays in februeary, i visit my family and i have a really good time

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  16. First week October: I had an amazing two day holiday with my friends, It was my first out of station holiday with friends :D

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