House of Marionne: Bridgerton meets Fourth Wing in this Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller

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Full of magic and intrigue, House of Marionne is perfect escape for fans of fantasies that straddle the edge of our world and transport readers to dazzling, deceptive, and unexpected places. Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ballad of Never After Full of magic and intrigue, House of Marionne is perfect escape for fans of fantasies that straddle the edge of our world and transport readers to dazzling, deceptive, and unexpected places." —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ballad of Never After Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide.

The forbidden love story of my wildest dreams. House of Marionne is going to delight not only fantasy readers, but romance lovers of all ages!" —Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author Another big problem I had with this book was the pacing. The book slogged way too often, especially in the middle, and I truly had no sense for the passage of time. Really, I think that the book was just way too freaking long. A small thing that could’ve fixed this was taking out Yagrin’s POV. I see why the author felt the need to include his POV, but, as the reader, I was more confused by his few and far between chapters than anything, and I found myself zoning out while reading them. Actually, at first, I had a hard time even grasping that he was the Dragun I thought that this world was incredible. I loved all the details and the different teases we got of all that the magic could do. The school itself seems fascinating, and it is something that I was really enjoying at first. I loved that the students grow their own diadems or masks based on their magic, and it just felt like a very lush world. It's dark and it's decadent, so that part was 100% correct. The world isn’t always described clearly, perhaps because the story is told in present tense by the main character. She’s simultaneously observant of certain things while completely clueless about others. For example, she can see someone who is using magic to be invisible, but then she can’t figure out how to hold a teacup while having tea with her grandmother. My envelope from my job slips from my fingers, and I try to dash for it as it tumbles to the pavement.

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My name rolls off his tongue like suede, with an inflection, a smoothness I could listen to over and over again." Well, okay. Unfortunately these positive aspects were overshadowed enough by the aspects I didn't like that they weren't enough to keep me going. A darkly tantalizing tale of intrigue, glamor, and romance ― Amélie Wen Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night Quell was the main character of this book, a girl with shadow-like magic who has been on the run almost her entire life with her mother so that people who will hunt her won't catch up with her. Despite this, I didn't feel she really fit the part of someone who had been running for so long. She claimed to be super observant, but then there were moments she was oblivious to some things. I also just don't feel she was as fleshed out as she could have been, she felt flat at times that she really should have shone. Jordan was the male main character who fell into the "dark-haired broody" trope, which I didn't mind because they're usually my favorite, but at times it felt like that's all he was as well. He did have more personality, but I couldn't exactly pinpoint what bothered me a little about his characterization.

Next, we have our male lead Jordan. A handsome cardboard cutout that reads "Handsome Shadow Daddy". Because I think that's what we're going for. Sadly, it's falling flat for me because I haven't seen any particular charm or cute banter. Maybe that comes later and I'm too impatient but I have a lot of books to read and not enough time, so I need to make some tough calls. Dazzling and deceptive. The perfect escape!”– Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ballad of Never After I extend my heartfelt gratitude to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Young Readers Group/Razorbill for generously providing me with a digital review copy of this captivating book in exchange for my honest thoughts.Quell our fmc was strong, but not badass weilding swords and out to save the world. She was strong and determined for her circumstances and her age while she was placed in an impossible situation. She wasn't meek, and she was smart. I love a smart and cunning fmc! I'm excited to see her continue to grow over this series. But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when there’s more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and assassin-in-training. The forbidden love story of my wildest dreams. House of Marionne is going to delight not only fantasy readers, but romance lovers of all ages! Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author