Loved itI've read some fun ones like The Kids of Deception.
The Kiss of Deception (2014)
Others: Mostly positive "On the morning of her wedding, Princess Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive--and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets--even as she finds herself falling in love"-- On the morning of her wedding, Princess Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, intrigued when two mysterious, handsome strangers arrive. She is unaware one is the jilted prince and the other is an assassin sent to kill her. Book #1
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- 9780805099232
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- 494 pages
Genres: fantasy, young adult
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Loved itKiss of Deception. It's like a some one's an assassin going after and one's a prince trying to save her and you don't know which is which. These were so good.
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MixedI finished the book. This actually did get significantly better. The next chapter that I started reading after the last update, the very end, I will say, probably was like the strongest. I just had an overall lack of feeling of anything throughout this.
Mixedkiss of deception I'm going to put this at the back of good at the time loved this the whole series sort of devolves from there it's a solidly fine ya fantasy series
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Loved itanother one that apparently i gave this four stars i don't really remember a lot except for the fact that unsurprisingly i never continued this series
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Loved itThe Kiss of Deception though is a book that I do recommend pretty frequently because I think it's a lot of fun. I love the idea of the mystery surrounding it.
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Loved itThe Remnant Chronicles by Mary E Pearson again amazing I feel like I would have liked it if it was a little bit more magicky but overall amazing and I love the characters so much
Loved itThe kiss of deception by Mary E Pearson is a amazing fantasy book I know it's been hyped so much and I know some of you guys who haven't read it yet are probably like kind of on the fence about it let me tell you now it has lived beyond the hype that I had originally heard about it
MixedI know a lot of people love this book but it was very lackluster for me the whole not knowing who the guys were and just kind of going back and forth between things just didn't really do it for me
Loved itthe reason why I love this book so much is because it combines a lot of elements in storytelling that I really enjoy it also combines a very Kick-Ass heroin which she develops very well from the beginning to the end
Loved itthis book was such a mind F like holy crap holy crap I loved this book. it had the biggest plot twist I've ever read about in my whole entire reading career