Cruel Illusions

Bly has nothing left to lose in her quest to save her sister in this thrilling sequel to The Revenant Games that’s perfect for fans of All of Us Villains meets Kingdom of the Wicked.<BR><BR> Bly won the Revenant Games, but she lost everything else.<BR><BR> In her desperation to resurrect her sister, Bly betrayed Kerrigan, the vampire who she’d planned to sacrifice to the witches before she fell in love with him—only to find out that Elise was never dead. With nothing left, Bly will do whatever it takes to locate her sister.<BR><BR> Her only lead on Elise lies with Kerrigan’s brother, Donovan, who she turned over to the witches in place of Kerrigan. She spends her nights tracking down witch prisons to rescue him. Meanwhile, Kerrigan is also searching for Donovan, but after Bly’s treachery, he refuses her help.<BR><BR> But when the vampire queens accuse the two of them of treason, they’re only offered one escape from execution: retrieving a mystical root that only grows on the banks of the Hallow Pool, where legend says that vampires and witches were created. Now Kerrigan and Bly must find a way to work together if they want to keep their lives and save their siblings.<BR><BR> But they’re not the only ones hunting in the forest, and as their feelings for each other rekindle, they risk being torn apart once more.

Sie hat ihn verraten. Doch das Schicksal führt sie wieder zusammen ...Bly hat zwar die Revenant Games gewonnen - doch dabei alles verloren. In dem Versuch, ihre Schwester zu retten, hat sie ihre große Liebe, den Vampir Kerrigan, verraten. Doch als sie nun die Spur aufnimmt auf der Suche nach ihrer verschollenen Schwester, führt sie das Schicksal wieder mit Kerrigan zusammen. Denn nur, wenn beide eine sagenumwobene Pflanze aufspüren, werden sie der Rache der Vampirköniginnen entgehen ...Der furiose Abschluss der unwiderstehlichen Slow-Burn-Fantasy-Dilogie für alle Leser*innen von 'Hunger Games', 'Wicca Creed' und 'Crush' - süchtig-machender Enemies-to-Lovers-Stoff!

An ALA Morris Award Finalist​!<BR> <BR>In this “equal parts heartbreaking and joyful” (School Library Journal) debut YA novel that’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father.<BR><BR>Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer, it’s clear that’s not going to happen. Instead, Victoria vows to find a vampire herself—so that she can become one and then save her father.<BR> <BR>Armed with research, speculations, and desperation—and helped by her estranged best friend, Henry—Victoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle. There she meets Nicholas, a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires. But first, he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever. <BR> <BR>She agrees to complete a series of challenges, from scarfing sugar-drenched beignets to singing with a jazz band, all to show she has what it takes to be immortal. But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal. Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once, trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargain…because the alternative is too impossible to imagine.

Twilight meets All of Us Villains in a battle for survival and love against the odds.​​ Blood is survival in Bly's world – any human can compete in the Revenant Games, an annual fight to the death between witches and vampires. The prize: resurrection or immortality. But Bly didn't bargain on her mortal enemy, a vicious vampire, being able to steal her heart. ​

Ein gnadenloser Wettkampf. Sie will ihre Schwester zurück. Er will den Tod.In Blys Welt bestimmen Hexen und Vampire über Leben und Tod. Bly schlägt sich nur mithilfe ihres Bluts durch, von dem beide Gruppen abhängen. Doch nach einem Schicksalsschlag verliert Bly nicht nur ihre Schwester, sondern auch ihren besten Freund (und heimliche große Liebe) Emerson, der nur noch ein Jahr zu leben hat. Es sei denn, Bly tritt bei den Revenant Games an: ein tödlicher Wettkampf zwischen Vampiren und Hexen, bei dem der Gewinner eine Tote wieder zum Leben erwecken oder einen Menschen in einen Vampir verwandeln darf. Bly will um jeden Preis siegen. Doch sie hat nicht mit dem Vampir Kerrigan gerechnet, mit seinen unberechenbaren Absichten oder seiner unheimlichen Anziehungskraft ...Band 1 der unwiderstehlichen Slow-Burn-Fantasy-Dilogie für alle Leser*innen von 'Hunger Games','Wicca Creed' und 'Crush' - süchtig-machender Enemies-to-Lovers-Stoff!

Victoria e suo padre condividono la passione per i vampiri dal giorno in cui uno di loro si è dichiarato in diretta TV. A oltre dieci anni da quella rivelazione, le creature della notte sono tornate a vivere nell'ombra e molti mettono in dubbio la loro esistenza. Non Victoria e suo padre, che continuano a sognare di poterne incontrare uno. Quando però al padre viene diagnosticata una malattia terminale, il viaggio che avrebbero dovuto fare insieme alla caccia di vampiri si trasforma in una missione disperata, in cui l'unico obiettivo di Victoria è quello di diventare un immortale per poterlo salvare. Armata delle informazioni raccolte in anni di lettura dei blog di appassionati e accompagnata dal suo ex-migliore amico Henry, va a New Orleans, il luogo dell'ultimo avvistamento di un vampiro. Lì incontra Nicholas, un giovane misterioso che potrebbe darle ciò che desidera, a condizione che lei gli dimostri di amare la vita abbastanza da voler vivere per sempre. Ma vivere davvero, mentre il padre sta morendo, sembra il più grande dei tradimenti e Victoria può solo sperare che Nicholas mantenga la sua promessa... perché l'alternativa è davvero impossibile da immaginare. Età di lettura: da 12 anni.

The Hunger Games meets All of Us Villains in this “urgent action-adventure” (Publishers Weekly) following a teen determined to win the competition held by warring vampire and witch kingdoms, only to develop complicated feelings for the vampire she’s supposed to hand over.<BR><BR>Blood is survival for seventeen-year-old Bly, who lives in the poverty-stricken human villages caught between enemy vampire and witch kingdoms. Most of the time, vampires and witches live in uneasy truce, buying human blood for their food and spells. But for two weeks a year, the ceasefire dissolves, and they hold the Revenant Games. <BR> <BR>Any human can play in the games for either the witches or the vampires. Alongside life-changing riches, the witches will raise one person from the dead for whoever captures the highest-ranking vampire. In turn, the vampires offer immortality to whoever captures the most powerful witch. For most humans, the games are a ticket out of poverty. For Bly, it’s a chance to get back her dead sister, Elise, and save the life of her dying best friend, Emerson. <BR> <BR>Together, she and Emerson forge a dangerous plan to play both sides and win both prizes: resurrection for Elise and immortality for Emerson. But when the vampire they capture stirs a passion in Bly that she hasn’t felt in a long time, she’ll have to make a choice: her sister or the boy who’s shown her there’s more to life than just survival.