Court of Shadows (Shadow Fae Book 1)

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This story is a tribute to Versailles, where I grew up. After the last class of the day at the local high school, I used to escape to the gardens of the nearby palace. There, by the calm water of the Grand Canal, I spent many afternoons devouring those stories of gothic vampires that I loved so much (Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, Théophile Gautier, Anne Rice...). se lit vite et facilement. L’intrigue suit son cours et nous happe. Je ne me suis pas du tout ennuyée et j’ai envie de savoir la suite. Dixen excels at concocting unexpected detours and jaw-dropping cliffhangers. Anne Rice fans will be especially enthralled.” ― Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Victor Dixen's THE COURT OF SHADOWS is an entirely original version of a world ruled by vampires. His protagonist, Jeanne, makes choices that are genuinely unpredictable as she seeks vengeance for the deaths of her family. I could not put this book down.” –Charlaine Harris, author of All the Dead Shall Weep and The Southern Vampire Mysteries His enraged opponent had pushed himself off the floor with one hand and delivered a vicious rapier cut with the other. Worse, at the instant of full extension, he’d added injury to insult by turning his wrist to add a vicious puncture to an already deep laceration, the sort of wound that invariably leads to infection and rarely heals properly.I loved it! The tension, the intrigue, the undercurrents of revolution, and above all else, a warrior girl who still wants to love and be loved. This will be an immediate classic. Bravo!” ―Amy Harmon, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times bestselling author The Court of Shadows has intriguing world-building and a protagonist with true, merciless grit. You're rooted in the familiar, yet there are enough twists to break your expectations. Jeanne is vicious in her determination, and the king is utterly fascinating. I NEED TO SEE HIM WITHOUT THAT MASK!" - Charlie N Holmberg Estevar could barely restrain his laughter. ‘Has the cold and damp frozen that helmet to your head, Sir Knight? You speak of two hundred pampered, petulant monks as if they were an army of invading soldiers!’

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Creo también que para ser un libro de vampiros toma la imagen de los vampiros que más me gusta ver. La edad y el estilo de vida realmente les afecta ja ja. 😅 Some scars, no matter how different, look the same in the dark. What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, both spinning and flaming to the depths of the past? What happens when hidden scars are revealed, and we step into the shadows of our hearts? Traitor’s Blade Can a disgraced swordsman save a young girl caught in the web of a royal conspiracy? I loved it! The tension, the intrigue, the undercurrents of revolution, and above all else, a warrior girl who still wants to love and be loved. This will be an immediate classic. Bravo!” —Amy Harmon, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times bestselling authorHe was about to give the mule’s flanks an encouraging nudge when a voice shouted out from the mists, ‘Hold where you are!’ En pratique, son immersion est compliquée car elle doit duper ses camarades et ses précepteurs, ne pas se planter aux épreuves (art courtois, art équestre, art de la conversation, art martial). Elle doit également soutenir une concurrence féroce au sein de la Cour.

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It was too juvenile for me. That’s a shame because writing was not too bad. Maybe too much exclamation sentences to my taste... Some descriptions were nice though. I did not hate the book, I just think that I am probably not the right audience for this kind of story anymore. Seductive, thrilling, and deliciously dark, The Court of Shadows brings the glamour and danger of eighteenth-century Versailles to life. This is historical fantasy at its finest!” ―Kass Morgan, bestselling author of The 100 Sin embargo, todo lo que sucedió, al menos para mí, jamás estuvo a la altura de lo que me prometieron. Jeanne ingresó a la corte y entró a una escuela en la que le enseñaban: peleas verbales, equitación, modales y peleas con armas. Entiendo, de verdad, pero a la vez no. De nuevo, no me molesta que el libro fuera juvenil, mi problema estuvo en que no sabía si se estaba tomando en serio a sí mismo. Las peleas verbales eran lo más absurdo que he leído en mucho tiempo, aunque entiendo que hablamos de la corte francesa y de lo importante que era la apariencia y elegancia, aun así no me lo pude tomar en serio. Quizá hubiera requerido una mejor ambientación para poder tomarle el peso a esas habilidades.

The Shadow Court also features in the Snowglobe. Here it is the source of the colourless curse. Shadow Worshippers are found inside the complex. Inside is also a tree with the book The Grumpy Rabbit. To get inside you have to have freed all the villagers and received the Red Seal from Madame Ursulla. The Shadow Judges or the "tomb well" are not seen here. In their place are three extremely weak dark monks, representing one technique each. Però non credo che lo stile potesse essere così diverso in origine. Per quanto questo fosse uno YA, non è che scrivere un romanzo per ragazzi voglia dire prendere una trama per adulti e banalizzarla, riducendo ogni scena a una farsa splatter. Estevar closed his eyes a moment, allowing the eerie echoes to surround him. The voice was deep, confident, but that gravitas was trained rather than natural. The accent – most notably the rising inflection on the last vowel of the abbey’s name, almost as if he were saying ‘Som–brae’ – suggested a commoner raised in this duchy, not highborn himself, but accustomed to being in the presence of nobles. Cease, you avaricious beast,’ Estevar growled, yanking the crushed tube from between the mule’s teeth. ‘Save your appetite for the abbey, where we shall shortly be feasted as befits visiting dignitaries.’