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Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Last Tale of the Flower Bride | Roshani Chokshi
3 posts | 3 read | 5 to read
"Chokshi's tale is as sweet as a piece of fairy fruit, and just as wicked. Every bite is velvet, every swallow is gold, and the taste lingers like a fever dream." -- V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue"Gorgeous and ornate, this sensual fairy tale illuminates the corrosive and redemptive power of both love and lies." -- Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book of NightA sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger of believing in fairy tales--the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after--and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom will soon find himself unable to resist. For within the crumbling manor's extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo's dearest childhood friend who suddenly disappeared. As the house slowly reveals his wife's secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive."A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly." -- Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches
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CaitlinR
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Indigo is a mean girl who grows up to be a psychopath, living to manipulate reality and the lives of those around her, including her Aunt Tati, maimed-for-life and notably Azure, with whom she has a pact to become “one soul.” In a parallel story the Bridegroom recounts his life with Indigo and the secrets she keeps. Both stories are framed around fairy tales and a sentient house. All characters are hard to like, but it‘s beautifully written.

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Gissy
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Mehso-so

Read in May-What was this?🤦🏽‍♀️Two timeline stories, one is about the present, Indigo, her husband and the story of the house. The other story is about the friendship, between Indigo and Azure. Dysfunctional? I think so. I enjoyed more this story. Something in the house is gothic, magical that will affect these two girls and Indigo‘s husband will discover the secret. But the Indigo you see at the beginning is not the same as you see at the end⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) I can understand why Indigo changed, because of that secret but it was so drastic that doesn‘t make any sense for me. It was like a third character. But this novel has some beautiful lines, but for me, it was poorly connected. The box gifts were awful. The only thing I was interested was the puzzle and I don‘t like it☹️But I love that cover and I have a special edition of this book. It will stay for now🤷🏽‍♀️2.5/3⭐️
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Cheshirecat913
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Modern day Gothic fairy tale.
The main character, a scholar of myths, marries a mysterious woman who tells him not to ask about her past, pludging them straight into their own Gothic tale.
Is this really magic, or is this madness?

The very beginning felt disjointed to me, but once the dual perspectives started, I really got into the tale.