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A Court This Cruel and Lovely
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2024-02-22
- Rating
- ★ 3.9 · 93 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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In a world where gods strip humans of power at birth and the corrupt are put to death, a young woman flees her tiny village after her forbidden power is discovered. She strikes a desperate bargain with a dark, brooding mercenary—whose face she has been seeing in her dreams—to help him enter the city in exchange for training her to wield the strange, hidden dark power she's always concealed. As she learns to harness her abilities, she discovers the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own that could endanger everyone she loves and threaten the kingdom itself, all while the gods continue protecting humanity's borders from the merciless fae.
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- High Fantasy: “Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae.” source
- Fae Romance: “they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae” source
- Forced Proximity: “It's agreed that I'll help him into the city. And he'll help me learn to wield the strange, dark power I've always kept hidden.” source
- Hidden Identity: “the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own. Secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love. Secrets that could tear this kingdom – and perhaps even this world – apart” source
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