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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: the haunting, atmospheric gothic page-turner
Roshani Chokshi
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Fantasy
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- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529384086 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529384055 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9781529384048 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 16, 2023 | 9781529384079 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529384086 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529384055 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9781529384048 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 16, 2023 | 9781529384079 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529384086 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529384055 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9781529384048 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 16, 2023 | 9781529384079 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529384086 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529384055 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9781529384048 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 16, 2023 | 9781529384079 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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A sumptuous, gothic story about an obsessive female friendship cursed to end in tragedy, a marriage unraveled by dark secrets, and the danger of believing in fairy tales - the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.
'LINGERS LIKE A FEVER DREAM' V.E. SCHWAB
'INTOXICATING' EMILY HENRYEvery fairy tale must come to an end.
In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like The Cloisters and The Bloody Chambers comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets - from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.
Once, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Castenada. In exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.
But when the couple return to Indigo's childhood home, they find the shadow of another girl lurking in the manor's extravagant rooms: Indigo's beloved friend, who disappeared without a trace.
Faced with his wife's dark secrets, the bridegroom is unable to resist breaking his promise. Even if it threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.
Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
'Gorgeous and ornate' HOLLY BLACK
'A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense' ALIX E. HARROW
'A shimmering tapestry' YANGSZE CHOO
'Dark, haunting, and thrumming with mystery, magic, and love' SUE LYNN TAN
'An opulent, engrossing tale' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing' SHANNON CHAKRABORTY
Praise for The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: the haunting, atmospheric gothic page-turner
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A shimmering tapestry of intertwined fairytales, told through the secrets of a modern Bluebeard's chamber. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride will enthrall fans of twisty, dark journeys into the secrets of two girls, Indigo and Azure, who are inextricably linked by the perils of a mysterious house where nothing is quite as it seem - Yangsze Choo, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger
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Gorgeous and ornate, this sensual fairy tale illuminates the corrosive and redemptive power of both love and lies - Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book of Night
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Chokshi's tale is as sweet as a piece of fairy fruit, and just as wicked. Every bite is velvet, every swallow is gold, and the taste lingers like a fever dream - V.E. Schwab, internationally bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride gripped me from its first chapter and enthralled me till the very end. An utterly breathtaking story - dark, haunting, and thrumming with mystery, magic, and love - Sue Lynn Tan, bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess
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I'm not sure I can capture how much this book moved, gripped, devoured me. Chokshi draws stars from the darkness. An opulent, engrossing tale with all the power of a myth and all the truth of a parable - reading a story like this reminds you why we tell them in the first place - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies
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Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing, Chokshi's adult fairy tale is as deadly as any fable of old; the lush, glittering prose and haunting mystery gilding a story sharper than a huntsman's blade - Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is an intoxicating fever dream, an irresistibly seductive fairytale. I've never read anything like it. Chokshi's mastery of her craft is on fully display. This book will leave you utterly spellbound - Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers
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A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly - Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches
Roshani Chokshi
Roshani Chokshi is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling series The Star-Touched Queen, The Gilded Wolves and Aru Shah and The End of Time, which Time Magazine named one of the Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and often draw upon world mythology and folklore. Chokshi is a member of the National Leadership Board for the Michael C. Carlos Museum and lives in Georgia with her husband and their nefarious cat.
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