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A review by amiecc
This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede
4.0
ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest and fair review.
This is such a great book! I was very interested in the plot so, even if my expectations weren't really high, I really wanted to read it. BUT let me tell you!!! I love love loved it. It's a big YES for me.
Alessa Paladino is the Finestra chosen by Dea in the city of Saverio and she has to marry a Fonte in order to amplify their power with her magic and save the city. However, three times she had chosen a Fonte, married them and all three of them had died because of her touch and her magic. Now everyone is scared of her, the other Fontes (or better, Fonti) don't want to be by her side to work with her and many people tried to kill her multiple times; hence, she decides to hire a personal guard chosen by herself. He is known as the Wolf, his name is Dante and he is an outcast marked as a killer with the tattoo of a knife on his arm. He swears to protect her until she finally chooses her (hopefully) last Fonte before the war, however, even though both Alessa and Dante have a lot on their plate, things don't really go as planned for them.
First, the city map is so so so gorgeous. Second, I loved how the author decided to mix in the story the Italian language and Italian culture and I really appreciated it (I'm Italian). Third, every chapter starts with an Italian proverb and an English proverb with the same meaning and the truth is that many of these Italian proverbs were unknown to me and, if not for the English ones, I would have never known their meaning lol.
Furthermore, I really liked how the characters are described and how they grow together throughout all the story, especially Alessa and Kaleb. It is indeed true that "union is strength". Obviously my favorite Fonti are Kamaria, Kaleb and Saida.
Moreover, my love for Dante is ever-growing, especially when he calls Alessa "Luce mia", I'm sobbing. I love him if you couldn't tell.
After all, I even liked Adrick and Nina, but only at the end of the story because she finally stopped whining and did something useful; same thing goes for him.
Last but not least, I cried, at least a couple of times. But it was all worth it. The pain was also worth it.
My rating: 4/4.5!
This is such a great book! I was very interested in the plot so, even if my expectations weren't really high, I really wanted to read it. BUT let me tell you!!! I love love loved it. It's a big YES for me.
Alessa Paladino is the Finestra chosen by Dea in the city of Saverio and she has to marry a Fonte in order to amplify their power with her magic and save the city. However, three times she had chosen a Fonte, married them and all three of them had died because of her touch and her magic. Now everyone is scared of her, the other Fontes (or better, Fonti) don't want to be by her side to work with her and many people tried to kill her multiple times; hence, she decides to hire a personal guard chosen by herself. He is known as the Wolf, his name is Dante and he is an outcast marked as a killer with the tattoo of a knife on his arm. He swears to protect her until she finally chooses her (hopefully) last Fonte before the war, however, even though both Alessa and Dante have a lot on their plate, things don't really go as planned for them.
First, the city map is so so so gorgeous. Second, I loved how the author decided to mix in the story the Italian language and Italian culture and I really appreciated it (I'm Italian). Third, every chapter starts with an Italian proverb and an English proverb with the same meaning and the truth is that many of these Italian proverbs were unknown to me and, if not for the English ones, I would have never known their meaning lol.
Furthermore, I really liked how the characters are described and how they grow together throughout all the story, especially Alessa and Kaleb. It is indeed true that "union is strength". Obviously my favorite Fonti are Kamaria, Kaleb and Saida.
Moreover, my love for Dante is ever-growing, especially when he calls Alessa "Luce mia", I'm sobbing. I love him if you couldn't tell.
After all, I even liked Adrick and Nina, but only at the end of the story because she finally stopped whining and did something useful; same thing goes for him.
Last but not least, I cried, at least a couple of times. But it was all worth it. The pain was also worth it.
My rating: 4/4.5!