![]() Ignifex, as she’s told to call him, is funny, charming and sexy, that is when he’s not making malicious bargains or being terrifying or threatening to kill her. However, when she arrives at his castle, she’s surprised at her reaction to the evil creature she’s despised her entire life. ![]() But rather than die in vain, she’s determined to be the one to take the demon down and free Arcadia from his curse. Nyx has always known that she was to be sacrificed as part of her father’s disastrous bargaining. The price he agreed to pay was Nyx herself, as a bride for the Gentle Lord when she turned seventeen, while her twin sister, Astraia, is spared. Before she was born, Nyx Triskelion’s father made one such bargain. For the past nine hundred years, the Gentle Lord grants wishes to those who seek his help, but always at a price far higher than the unfortunate bargain-seeker ever expected to pay. The kingdom of Arcadia is being held captive by a demon prince known as the Gentle Lord. But a convoluted mythology, a weak insta-love-triangle and a multiple-personality heroine left me frustrated for what could have been. ![]() The story – a Beauty and the Beast retelling – held so much potential, and I stayed up late to finish it, which always means something positive. ![]() ![]() This book was a hard one for me to grade. ![]()
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