Marie Rutkoski è una maestra narratrice i cui romanzi approfondiscono complessi dilemmi etici e zone d'ombra morali. È nota per la sua capacità di creare narrazioni avvincenti che esplorano le complessità della natura umana e delle pressioni sociali. La scrittura di Rutkoski è caratterizzata dalla sua ricca costruzione del mondo e da personaggi psicologicamente complessi. I lettori sono attratti dalla profondità e dalla risonanza emotiva delle sue opere.
The story revolves around Emily and Gen, who finally discover true love after enduring challenges and misunderstandings. Their journey explores the complexities of relationships, highlighting themes of growth, acceptance, and the transformative power of love. As they navigate their feelings, the narrative delves into the emotional depth of their connection, ultimately celebrating the joy of finding one's soulmate. The book promises a heartfelt exploration of romance and the beauty of love blossoming against the odds.
"It's 1999, and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She's not used to taking anyone under her wing - after all, between her disapproving boyfriend and his daughter, who may as well be her own child, she has enough to worry about. But when Samantha overrides her better judgment to drive a new dancer home, they are run off the road. The police arrive at the scene of the accident - but find only one body. Georgia, another dancer, is drawn into the investigation as she tries to assist Holly, a Harvard-educated detective with a complicated story of her own. As the point of view shifts from dancers and detectives to club patrons and children, the women round up a list of suspects, all the while grappling with their understandings of loss and love. Drawing on her personal experiences as well as interviews with police, Rutkoski immerses us in a subculture that is all too often reduced to cliché. Gripping, deeply feminist, and character-driven, Real Easy spellbinds us and gets to the heart of this timeless question: How do women live out their lives knowing that men can hurt them?"--Publisher.
Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, Marie Rutkoski's The Midnight Lie is an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us—and the lies we tell ourselves. Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences. Nirrim keeps her head down, and a dangerous secret close to her chest. But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away, who whispers rumors that the High Kith possess magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.
Some kisses come at a price. War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she did for him. At least, that’s what he thinks. In the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay for what they’ve done to her. But no one gets what they want just by wishing. As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?
THE FINAL BOOK IN THE HEART-STOPPING WINNER'S TRILOGY: an irresistible story of forbidden romance and class warfare'Every line in The Winner's Curse is beautifully written. The story is masterfully plotted. The characters' dilemmas fascinated me and tore at my heart... I loved it. I want more' Kristin Cashore, author of the Graceling Realm booksWar has begun.Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn't forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people--and certainly more than she did for him.At least, that's what he thinks. In the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay for what they've done to her. But no one gets what they want just by wishing.As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?
Un matrimonio reale è il sogno di ogni ragazza: sfarzo, festeggiamenti e balli fino all’alba. Ma non per la bella Kestrel, per la quale invece le nozze ormai prossime con il principe Verex rappresentano una gabbia che non le lascia via di scampo. Con l'avvicinarsi del matrimonio, vorrebbe ardentemente raccontare all'amato Arin la verità sul suo fidanzamento, se solo potesse contare su di lui... Ma di chi può ancora fidarsi, se non può credere neanche più a sé stessa? Spia in incognito alla corte imperiale, Kestrel è diventata una professionista dell’inganno: vive nella menzogna, per trasmettere informazioni agli herrani, il popolo che dovrebbe considerare suo nemico, ed è finalmente vicina a scoprire un terribile segreto. Nel frattempo Arin, che da semplice schiavo è diventato governatore di Herran, arruola alleati per allontanare dal suo Paese un pericoloso nemico ed è attanagliato dal sospetto che Kestrel sappia molto più di quanto dica, e che menta... La verità, però, può fare più male delle menzogne, e quando verrà a galla, Kestrel e Arin dovranno fare i conti con le conseguenze delle proprie scelte.
In quanto figlia di un potente generale di un vasto impero che riduce in schiavitù i popoli conquistati, la diciassettenne Kestrel ha sempre goduto di una vita privilegiata. Ma adesso si trova davanti a una scelta difficile: arruolarsi nell’esercito oppure sposarsi. La ragazza, però, ha ben altre intenzioni... Nel giovane Arin, uno schiavo in vendita all’asta, Kestrel ha trovato uno spirito gentile e a lei affine. Gli occhi di lui, che sembrano sfidare tutto e tutti, l’hanno spinta a seguire il proprio istinto e a comprarlo senza pensare alle possibili conseguenze. E così, inaspettatamente, Kestrel si ritrova a dover nascondere l’amore che inizia a sentire per Arin, un sentimento che si intensifica giorno dopo giorno. Ma la ragazza non sa che anche il giovane schiavo nasconde un segreto e che per stare insieme i due amanti dovranno accettare di tradire la loro gente o altrimenti tradire sé stessi per rimanere fedeli al proprio popolo. Kestrel imparerà velocemente che il prezzo da pagare per l’uomo che ama è molto più alto di quello che avrebbe mai potuto immaginare…
Darcy Jones, abandoned as a child, discovers she hails from an alternate world plagued by deadly creatures called Shades. As she navigates confusing feelings for a new boy, Conn, betrayal leads her to infiltrate the Shadow Society to uncover a terrorist plot, changing her life forever. A gripping tale by Marie Rutkoski.
Upon arriving in the Romany homeland to deliver the Mercator Globes, Petra Kronos, Tomik, and Neel formulate a plan to save Petra's father, who has been transformed into a Gray Man. But when a long-held secret is revealed, Neel finds himself bound to his country. The friends are quickly swept up in an epic battle for power. Thrones are at stake. Spies are afoot. Murder is common. Worst of all, Prince Rodolfo is close to becoming emperor, and ruling half of Europe. How much is Petra willing to sacrifice to defend the people she loves? In Marie Rutkoski's The Jewel of the Kalderash, her search for answers will take her to castles and cities, through mountains, and even underwater as she tests her strength and gambles her life.
Amidst a backdrop of adventure, Petra Kronos finds herself in London after an attack by Prince Rodolfo's monsters. As she navigates her escape, her friends Neel and Tomik embark on a perilous journey across the seas to rescue her. The story weaves together themes of friendship, danger, and mystery, featuring man-made monsters and a gripping murder investigation. The trio's quest also centers around the coveted Celestial Globe, pursued relentlessly by the power-hungry prince of Bohemia.
Marie Rutkoski's startling debut novel, the first book in the Kronos Chronicles, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic, political intrigue, and heroism. Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning inside a glass sphere. Petra also has a father in faraway Prague who is able to move metal with his mind. He has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world's finest astronomical clock. Petra's life is forever changed when, one day, her father returns home – blind. The prince has stolen his eyes, enchanted them, and now wears them. But why? Petra doesn't know, but she knows this: she will go to Prague, sneak into Salamander Castle, and steal her father's eyes back. Joining forces with Neel, whose fingers extend into invisible ghosts that pick locks and pockets, Petra finds that many people in the castle are not what they seem, and that her father's clock has powers capable of destroying their world.
