"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, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"A delightfully meta fairy tale. . . . Magic emanates from every
exquisitely crafted sentence. . . . It feels like the best conjuring
trick ever." -- Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post
A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled
by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger
of believing in fairy tales--the breathtaking adult debut from New York
Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.
Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful,
mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. He was a scholar of
myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories
and believed they would live happily ever after--and in exchange for her
love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry
into her past.
But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple
is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the
bridegroom will soon find himself unable to resist. For within the
crumbling manor's extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the
shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo's dearest childhood friend who
suddenly disappeared. As the house slowly reveals his wife's secrets,
the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy,
even if doing so 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, 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
"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
