This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

Emily Thiede
Wednesday Books • 2022

Three weddings.Three funerals.Her divine "gift" is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill everyone she touches.With only weeks before she has to protect her island home from an apocalyptic in...invasion, Alessa is running out of time —and suitors. And when a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is their only hope, her own soldiers turn against her. With mutiny growing inside the Citadel and rebellion erupting beyond the walls, Alessa coaxes a cynical outcast marked as a killer to become her personal bodyguard as she tries one last time to find a compatible partner.But Dante has dark secrets of his own.He might be the one person who can help her master her gift... or destroy her once and for all.Set on an island inspired by Italy's colorful, lemon-soaked Amalfi coast, The Last Finestra is a high-stakes Young Adult fantasy full of intrigue, excitement, humor, and romance.
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Sumár recenzie
V recenzii knihy sa zdôrazňuje jej fascinujúca a temná atmosféra, v ktorej sa vynikajúco prelínajú prvky fantasy a hororu. Recenzent podčiarkuje bohatý a detailný svet, v ktorom sa príbeh odohráva, avšak poukazuje aj na problémy s povrchnosťou postáv, ktoré by mohli zlepšiť celkový dojem z knihy.

Three weddings.

Three funerals.

Her divine "gift" is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill everyone she touches.

With only weeks before she has to protect her island home from an apocalyptic invasion, Alessa is running out of time —and suitors. And when a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is their only hope, her own soldiers turn against her. With mutiny growing inside the Citadel and rebellion erupting beyond the walls, Alessa coaxes a cynical outcast marked as a killer to become her personal bodyguard as she tries one last time to find a compatible partner.

But Dante has dark secrets of his own.

He might be the one person who can help her master her gift... or destroy her once and for all.

Set on an island inspired by Italy's colorful, lemon-soaked Amalfi coast, The Last Finestra is a high-stakes Young Adult fantasy full of intrigue, excitement, humor, and romance.