I don't know if you read that post, but in like November, I put away a book because I wasn't ready yet. Now I'm ready. Today is the day that I finished The Kiss of Deception. Again.
The Kiss of Deception follows the main character, Lia. That's Princess Arabella Celestine Idris Jezelia, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. Lia's about to get married, except she isn't too fond of the idea. The marriage is arranged and she hasn't even seen the guy. She can't do it. So she flees to the village of Terravin in the hopes that she can start over—not as a princess, but as a real girl—and have a real life and fall in love. Enter two potential love interests—one much better than the rest—Rafe and Kaden. (Mary E. Pearson does this sneaky thing where she'll tell the story from their perspective, but she named them The Assassin and The Prince. Then she gave little details to hint at who they might be. I knew right off the bat when I read this the first time, but that's because I'm special like that.) Lia is trying to make her place in the world and survive bounty hunters while slowly but surely falling in love.Now, normally I rant about my ships here and how amazing boy part of ship is, but I can't. Because what if you haven't read it? But then again, what if I don't care? I'd tell you to leave and go read it, but I feel like you just do what you want, so what the heck. Imma rant. Rafe is everything. I love him so much. Like, from the beginning I was like, "Ooh, he's angry. I like it." Kaden was always a shady man and I didn't like him. He could go leave. I also really like Lia because she was a sassy chick, and not because she was a princess in another life. Her sass was genuine and all her decisions felt real.
Honestly, this entire book just makes me happy. You should go read it if you haven't already, it's very lovely. And there are three!
Ship: Rafe and Lia
Love: Berdi, Rafe, Rafe's squad
Don't love but don't hate: Pauline, Gwyneth, Griz
Die scum: Kaden, Malich,
9.5/10
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