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3.5
Innamorata
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A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth.A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the Sunday TimesSunday Times bestselling author of A Study in DrowningA Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth.Lady Macbeth.
'A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.''A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.' Jacqueline Carey
'Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.'Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.' Sasha Peyton Smith
'A powerful and essential voice.' 'A powerful and essential voice.' Samantha Shannon
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Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.
A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.
But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.
Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.
Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart, but so do stranger passions – and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.
For Agnes’s final order is the She must not fall in love.
Book One of The House of Teeth DuologyBook One of The House of Teeth Duology
'A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.''A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.' Jacqueline Carey
'Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.'Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.' Sasha Peyton Smith
'A powerful and essential voice.' 'A powerful and essential voice.' Samantha Shannon
________________________________________________
Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.
A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.
But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.
Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.
Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart, but so do stranger passions – and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.
For Agnes’s final order is the She must not fall in love.
Book One of The House of Teeth DuologyBook One of The House of Teeth Duology
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3.5
“Oof, so this book was pretty conflicting to me. I wanna say I loved it, which I did in the early chapters cause I was captivated by the writing and overall exposure to the grim world of Drepane, but then the latter chapters and progressions happened and now, I can't really say "oh my god I love this so much please read it." But instead I'd say, "Give it a try. The writing style and prose is superb but you might not like the whole thing."
That being said, I did very much enjoy and gush over the writing. Personally,I loved how poetic Reid's proses were and found her writing style to be sophisticated and elegant. I loved how she could go into detail of the gore and the darkness of the world she'd created and how her characters fit well into it. It was like reading a dark fairy tale to put it plainly.
But then again, maybe it did leave much more to be desired. The first few chapters had me swooning but eventually I did started forming doubts about the characters and the plot itself.
At first, I loved Agnes. Not immediately but she did piqued my interest with all her gloom and undermined sharpness, and later, I did wanted her to succeed and prevail especially when the Prince came in and the two started reacting. In fact, I rooted for them very early on cause I liked their dynamic and the way Reid introduced Liuprand was so well done in my opinion and different from how most Prince characters have been described in recent fantasy stories (within this specific genre,I mean), but then *sighs* I dunno, the whole thing seemeed to lose momentum and frankly emotional weight as well.
I understand that their love was supposed to be THE gear that moved the whole thing around but I think it would've been more impactful,or rather it would have meant more to me as a reader if their courting phase was prolonged or developed more cause honestly it was in that specific phase that had me in a chokehold and also brought more out of these two and those around them.
If their love was going to be the catastrophic cause of the plot, it would've been nice to really get into it. As a whole, it was good but not convincing enough and sorta lost its sheen nearing the end.
This was a similar problem I had with Liuprand too. He was done so well in the early chapters, like Reid hit a mark with him when she had him come in as this benevolent Prince amidst the bloodiest of rites, and then, later she coloured him up to be such an endearing pursuer of love but then....he finally got what his heart yearned for most and suddenly, he's just this fumbling romantic who grovels at his lady's feet and that's not a bad thing but wasn't he supposed to be more than that? I dunno, he just suddenly felt so inconsistent just like Agnes did.
The reason why I point them out the most is because other characters actually stay consistent. From the spoiled Marozia, to the shrewd leeches and enigmatic noble houses and the cruel, disgusting King Nicephorus, everyone's development felt suitable and, well, very in character. Was this intentional? Maybe some kind of foreshadowing I missed? I doubt it but maybe it is, honestly I dunno.
Besides from that, another thing I found wasteful was the noble houses. I LOVE the concept of each of them being representations of the human body but other than a few chapters, we don't get much of them in the story but maybe that will be in the second book? Hopefully. It has so much lore potential after all.
But yeah, did I enjoy reading this? I did. Did I want more character exposure and world-building? Yes, desperately so. Would I read the second book? Sure,I want to know how this will all end.”
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