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 Another theory is that the the woman leading the Shadow Court is Myrtle/Chesty. The lore of Wraithmarsh, the Shadow Court, and Chesty is explored in the Snowglobe portion of the See the Future DLC. 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...).

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This was, regrettably, a common enough conclusion on meeting Estevar Borros. A magistrate’s first duty being to the truth, he decided it was incumbent upon him to cure this new acquaintance of a potentially fatal ignorance. He coughed briefly before allowing his own deep baritone to rumble across the sandy shore. Irgendwie hatte ich aber aufgrund des Klappentextes eher etwas anderes erwartet und die vermeintliche Lovestory war eher nur Beiwerk. Ich bin allerdings wirklich ein Fan von Liebesgeschichten in Büchern.

Estevar cursed himself for failing to notice the smaller piece of parchment tight against the inside of the case. He had to dig it out with his fingernail before unfolding what turned out to be an elaborate sketch of a naked man such as one might find in a medical text. What made it unusual were the strange markings covering the body: esoteric sigils in designs unrecognisable to Estevar despite his years of research into the esoteric traditions of Tristia. La medesima coerenza manca anche per i mortali. Se la Stilla del Re vampiro è così miracolosa e taumaturgica, perché in tre secoli non allevare mandrie umane in salute e senza più debolezze genetiche o malattie? Oppure, al contrario, se da ben tre secoli i poveri servi sono stati salassati allo stremo, come si fa a credere che ci siano ancora umani vivi in giro e facciano pure figli?

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Volveré a lo que dije al inicio. En teoría las cosas que pasaron no me parecieron del todo absurdas o ridículas, es un libro juvenil y se nota. Por más que sea sangriento y "cruel", sigue siendo un libro juvenil con todas sus reglas. Así que muchas cosas sin sentido se las dejé pasar. No obstante, mi principal problema estuvo en el hecho de que muchas conversaciones se sentían ridículas, como niños disfrazados en una obra. Todo se sentía falso, por lo que jamás llegué a sentirme ni un poco inmersa en el libro, era como ver una obra de teatro. Ahora, es cierto que transcurre en una corte francesa estilo siglo XVIII, así que en sí todo es exagerado y llamativo, le concedo eso. Por ese motivo creo que puede ser un tema de traducción que hizo que me chocara la forma en que los personajes hablaban o el cómo las escenas estaban siendo narradas. How strange that only moments before, he’d been ready to abandon this place and ignore Abbot Venia’s plea for him to arbitrate the dispute between his contentious monks. Now that this same dispute had exploded into something far more unsettling, Estevar found himself unable to walk away. Spellslinger Kellen would give anything to pass his mage’s trials, but what if magic is a con game? Tenía muchas ganas de leer un libro así, es un libro de fantasía oscura, me ha gustado mucho porque no es el típico libro de vampiros, sino que va más allá de eso. 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. 😅During the quest Returning the Dark Seal The Hero of Bowerstone ventures into the Shadow Court to "return" the Dark Seal. He/She meets the Shadow Judges in a gigantic well made of tombs. As it seems Reaver has to continue sacrificing other people to remain young himself. Reaver intended that the Hero of Bowerstone's youth would be given to the shadows. A girl, Elizabeth, has accidentally teleported herself to the Shadow Court. The Hero of Bowerstone can choose to either sacrifice his/her own or Elizabeth's youth. However the central Judge mentions that Reaver cannot always sacrifice people and that one day, when the sacrifices stop, they will come for him. J’ai absolument ADORÉ l’ambiance de ce livre. J’avais lu le début de Phobos, qui n’était pas du tout fait pour moi, et j’avais peur de retrouver un univers trop jeunesse. Mais pas du tout - Vampyria veut abolir l’air des vampires clinquants pour remettre les monstres au devant de la scène. Que ce soit la Noblesse Vampirique ou l’univers qu’on ne fait qu’entre-apercevoir dans ce tome, il y a un énorme potentiel. Binding of ACOSAS can be done only for personal use. If you like, I have the typeset and some covers on my Google Drive. Just message me for them.

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The fault isn’t mine,’ Estevar grumbled, his words drowned out by the sleet and rain currently hampering their approach to the causeway. ‘Bring suit against the First Cantor if you’re so aggrieved. It was she who assigned us this gods-be-damned judicial circuit that never ends.’ 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. A threat?’ he demanded, crushing the parchment in his fist as the rain poured down even harder, the thunder in the sky above punctuating his outburst. ‘Your precious margrave would seek to intimidate a Greatcoat into abandoning his lawful mission? Does he so fear what the Abbot of Isola Sombra might reveal to me of his activities that he’d stoop to—?’ Abbot Venia no longer rules Isola Sombra,’ the knight said icily, his countenance darkening. ‘He who once defied kings now cowers beneath the covers inside his tower while madness and devilry reigns over that holiest of islands!’ Un très bon univers original qui mêle cour de Louis XIV et vampires. Il y a un vrai effort sur le worldbuilding qui est très intéressant et bien développé.wat ik echt super interessant vond is dat de geschiedenis eigenlijk normaal loopt totdat koning lodewijk de 14de (de zonnekoning) in een vampier word veranderd en dan de schaduwkoning word. vanaf dat punt splitst de realiteit naar een fantasiewereld. de schaduwkoning houd het magna vampyria rijk in een ijzeren greep en de normale burgers zijn eigenlijk een soort van voedselbank voor de vampieren aristocratie. Dije que no me molestó tanto lo que sucedía y es cierto, al no importarme Jeanne nada me sorprendía especialmente y, dentro de todo, siguió caminos muy conocidos, incluida una traición al final que se veía venir. El epílogo quedó con el mismo tono mega dramático de todo el libro, con Jeanne prometiendo venganza y hablando de algunos misterios que nunca vi o no me importaron. Lo curioso es que, para el final, Jeanne sigue estando tan sola como al inicio y con una misión tan suicida como al inicio, solo que un poco mejor posicionada, pero no sucedió lo esperable de que para el final formara parte de algo más grande, algo como una rebelión o por el estilo. 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 From the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum comes the second book in a creepy fantasy series that Publishers Weekly praised as “darkly delightful.” Perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.