

I love a lot of YA fantasy – Graceling, Throne of Glass, Shadow and Bone, Seraphina (all of which are forthcoming reviews!) – the list goes on and on. Why do I say all of this? I bet you’re thinking that I’m listing the things I’m over because The Kiss of Deception checks all those boxes.


And I’m over high school drama repackaged as YA fantasy. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets even as she finds herself falling in love.Ĭlick on this graphic to explore the book page on LibraryThing! Review She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight but she doesn’t and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom to a prince she has never met. In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. Pearson visited the bookstore I work at, I knew it was time to pick up her books! As such, I am aware of all the major series, and when Mary E. Lately I’ve strayed more towards (auto)biographies, but YA Fantasy will always hold a special place in my heart. It is the genre I go to when I just want something to read that will keep me occupied and be a fun and enjoyable read. If I had to pick a favorite genre of of the past year, it would be Young Adult Fantasy.
