This vicious grace /
Thiede, Emily,
This vicious grace / Emily Thiede. - First edition. - 436 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. - The last Finestra ; 1 .
When eighteen-year-old Alessa's power to slay demons mysteriously disappears, she hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her bodyguard, and soon discovers he is either the one person who can help her master her gift or the one who destroys her. Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa's gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner's magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island's only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante's dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all?
Ages 13-18. Wednesday Books.
9781250794055 1250794056
2022003923
Magic--Fiction.
Demonology--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Revolutions--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
This vicious grace / Emily Thiede. - First edition. - 436 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. - The last Finestra ; 1 .
When eighteen-year-old Alessa's power to slay demons mysteriously disappears, she hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her bodyguard, and soon discovers he is either the one person who can help her master her gift or the one who destroys her. Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa's gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner's magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island's only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante's dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all?
Ages 13-18. Wednesday Books.
9781250794055 1250794056
2022003923
Magic--Fiction.
Demonology--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Revolutions--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Fantasy fiction.