Pearson, Mary E. The
Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1), 486 pgs. Henry Holt and Company (Macmillan),
2014. $17.99 Content: Language: PG-13 (13 swears); Mature
Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13 (attempted rape).
Princess Lia flees her kingdom of Morgan to
avoid a betrothal to the prince of Dalbreck even though it might mean her
death. Lia and her best friend become
common barmaids at a distant city and are content to live a normal life as long
as Lia can marry for love. One night two
interesting young men come into the bar, Rafe and Kaden, and both are
interested in Lia. Lia is intrigued, but
what she doesn’t know is that one of the young men is her betrothed prince and
the other young man is an assassin sent to kill Lia because of her supposed
ability to foresee. Everything comes to
a head and Lia soon finds that she can’t run away from who she really is.
This is an intriguing storyline and I was
sucked in to Lia’s story. I liked Rafe
and Kaden and the conflict they had with Lia, but I was frustrated by the
author’s attempt to cause a twist in the story and keep the identities of who
was the prince and who was the assassin a surprise, because it made for
confusion. The story is action packed
and I think readers will enjoy this series, but this book is very open ended
and abrupt.
MS, HS-ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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