Mary E. Pearson - The Kiss of Deception

How I got a good grip on The Kiss of Deception

Soulmates are meant to find each other.

"There are always choices. Some choices are just not easy to make."

Princess Arabella, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan is not the prototype of a damsel in distress, which would make a perfect candidate of a Disney princess of her, doesn't it? Apart from her refusal of an arranged marriage, she's brave enough to start fresh in an outlandish hamlet without all the grandeur she was used to. A score here.
Although her outspoken rebellious demeanour gets herself in more trouble than expected, she can take care of herself, for sure. Even if she has only some edgy phrases in her arsenal. Another score there.
Definitely a strong female heroine. That's the nature I signed up for ;)

"Some truths refused to be hidden."

I would lie if I said I could figure out who is the prince and the assassin in the very beginning. The truth is I had no clue till the kidnapping. That's made me stir-crazy! Not a single slip! Nil.

“Because ever since that first day I met you, I’ve gone to sleep every single night thinking about you, and every morning when I wake, my first thoughts are of you...I want to pull you close and never let you go,”

I love the way Rafe and Kaden crossed swords unable to knock the other off his perch. I'd have bought my ticket in the first row only to watch their wrestling. Holy cow! That could have been scorching for the senses ;) 911? We need a bucket of icy water here!

"Maybe there were a hundred different ways to fall in love."

Lia gets her hopes up that she can have a happily ever after... and that's the way the cookie crumbles and all dreams shatter. Because she can't run away from who she is. To be frank, my attention was wholly seized by the time the assassin reveals himself. What I enjoyed immensely is the heated flare-up between them. It's like I could see their angry looks and hear their mettled tone in my imagination. Just perfectly orchestrated.

"Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky."

Getting her head around the truth what has seen the light of day is not a piece of pie. She faces deception and betrayal and loss. But as the saying went "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger". And it has.

"Some things last … the things that matter."

And the thing that matters is that the knight has ridden in his shiny armor into the vault of the dragon ready to free the princess from his locked chamber....and leaving a cliffhanger there. I can't wait the next volume of the fairytale :)

"In the farthest corner, I will find you."

P.S.

Even if I loathed the story (which I definitely don't) I would love it for the writing. So delectable! ;)

How I feel now

It hit a home run.

Rating

Number one with a bullet.