A Court This Cruel and Lovely

A Court This Cruel and Lovely

2023 • 422 pages

Ratings36

Average rating4

15

For years, when I fell asleep, I dreamed of a man with blazing green eyes and a cruel smile.

The day I meet him, the ruthless mercenary leaves me for dead.

Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae.

The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt.

And they are burned.

When my forbidden power is discovered, I'm forced to flee my tiny village and the life I adore.

To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary who abandoned me at my weakest.

Our deal is simple: I'll help him and his mysterious friends sneak into the city. And he'll help me learn to wield the strange, dark power I've always kept hidden. The power that may just be the key to my survival.

But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own. Secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love. Secrets that could tear this kingdom-and perhaps even this world-apart.


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Series

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4 primary books

#1 in Kingdom of Lies

Kingdom of Lies is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by Stacia Stark.

#1
A Court This Cruel and Lovely
#2
A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty
#3
A Crown This Cold and Heavy
#4
A Queen This Fierce and Deadly

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March 21, 2023
October 22, 2023

I liked this far more than I thought I would. It didn't have the ‘I can't put this down' quality that would've made it a 5 star but I found it to be decently paced and the characters actions believable.  
A popcorn read, that hit a lot of storyline tropes that I like.

December 24, 2023