Crown of Hearts and Chaos

Book catalog

14 Dec

Written By Anzhelika Li

All those who enter the forest are bound by its terms—will you walk willingly into the dark?

1. HOLLOW by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

SYNOPSIS

Don’t listen to the whispers of the woods.

Don’t trust the man cloaked in shadow.

Don’t earn the wrath of the scattered spirits.

Don’t go out after dark.

The Great Hunt begins once every fifty years and only the Champions willing to face death to shatter the curse dare to enter. The Champions… and me.

I’m no warrior, no swordsmith, and certainly no Fae, but the forest is my only hope. To enter those trees is to walk willingly to my demise. But I need the boon the forest will grant the winner and I’m willing to risk it all for a chance at claiming it. I just never expected to face him beneath those trees. The beast who strikes fear into the desperate people of all lands. The monster who commands the legion of Hollows and makes our plight a thousand times worse.

The Hollows are empty of all things but none are so heartless as him. Prince Bane intends to be the death of me. But I have an oath to fulfil before I’ll let him have me. And I’ll do whatever it takes to achieve it.

I am Ferris Creed and I’m going to unite the lost spirits who once bound the wandering trees in place, return the scattered amulets to the core of its corruption, and use the winner’s boon to change my fate. Come wretchedness or torment, through trickery and deception, I will get what I came here for. And no one will stand in my way. Not even Prince Bane.

2. LIGHTWING by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

SYNOPSIS

Never listen to the pleas of the dead.

Never betray the oaths made to the spirits.

Never make a deal with a Hag.

Never trust the Fae.

The Great Elm placed a task upon my soul which only death or triumph can release me from. I am more than I thought myself to be, but less than fate seems to believe I might be.

Hendrix Bane has marked me for death as surely as I have marked him as my enemy. I am trapped in the castle of my adversary, and all that passed between us before this moment has been cast aside like ashes from a fire that burned too hot and too fast to bask in.

My sister is lost to me once more, and doubts gnaw at my insides. All the things I never wanted myself to believe have forced themselves to the forefront of my mind. Did I even achieve anything in those trees? Or will the world rejoice at my success only to curse my name for their downfall in the end?

I have an impossible task to fulfil, and my accomplice in it has nothing but hatred for me in his heart. So now I’m at the mercy of the man who helped me survive the curse of the forest. And his wrath is nothing short of sinful.

I only pray I don’t lose myself to the corruption which has taken hold of him. And I don’t know if I will escape him before I’m consumed by it too. But maybe that’s what I’m hoping for.