A Gentle Lord, the Prince of Demons, who makes bargains with humans that call upon him, rules Arcadia. There’s not only an enchanted castle but an entire continent, Arcadia.
Hodge approaches her retelling of The Beauty and The Beast in a completely unique way, incorporating Greek mythology. Because wow, I had a mercurial love/hate relationship going with this book. Frankly, I haven’t met a book with a title that so perfectly mirrored the reading experience I had with it.
Rosamund Hodge’s debut novel was indeed a little cruel beauty to get through. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love. As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex’s secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her. But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she’s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. Publication Date: January 28th 2014 by Balzer + Bray
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