One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, 1)
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For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom--but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking.
Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.
But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it. Except the highwayman just so happens to be the King's own nephew, Captain of the Destriers...and guilty of high treason.
He and Elspeth have until Solstice to gather twelve Providence Cards--the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
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A girl and a monster within strive to find a cure, but all magic comes with a cost.
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✨ Cinderella (only in a few aspects) meets the monster. Wow - I did not expect to like this book as much as I did! I was quickly drawn into this world with the magic of the cards, the internal monsters, and the complex characters.
✨ Elspeth is plagued by a monster within after she survives the fever. She finds unlikely allies who have a goal to cure their land of the curse that causes the fever.
✨ There were many aspects of this book that were unique and, when combined, created a captivating story. I loved the fact that anyone could do magic with the cards and that the MMC was not the prince/king as they typically are in similar books.
✨ The poetry included added a magical and mysterious aspect to the story, which made the book even more captivating.
✨ I am eagerly awaiting the second book since this one ended on a frustrating cliffhanger!
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