![]() ![]() 'Reading Chokshi’s prose is like sinking. Agent: Thao Le, Sandra Dijkstra Literary. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride will enthrall fans of twisty, dark journeys into the secrets of two girls, Indigo and Azure, who are inextricably linked by the perils of a mysterious house where nothing is quite as it seems.' Yangsze Choo, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger. ![]() The result is equal parts dizzying, dazzling, and foreboding. Chokshi’s prose overflows with metaphor and lavish imagery, adding to the decadent, gothic feel as the mystery of Indigo’s past intensifies. Soon fantasy and reality blur, testing the strength of the couple’s love, and even threatening their lives. The ghost of Indigo’s childhood best friend clings to the House of Dreams and begs to be acknowledged. But when Indigo’s dying aunt and onetime guardian forces them to return to the House of Dreams, Indigo’s childhood home, secrets bubble to the surface. Their marriage is built on sharing fairy stories, playing fantastical games, and maintaining a no questions asked policy about Indigo’s past. She finds it in the unnamed narrator, a man who embraces all things mysterious and unexplained. Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada, the heiress to a fortune, wants for nothing but love. ![]() Bestseller Chokshi (best known for the YA novel The Gilded Wolves) makes her adult debut with a lush and haunting modern fairy tale about the nature of friendship and love. Take a fairy tale, infuse it with a gothic flair, drizzle in some dark romance, and you get The Last Tale of the Flower Bride.' Time, Best Books of February 2023 'Roshani Chokshi's transfixing first novel for adults is a fairytale-infused story about marriage and the secrets couples keep from each other. ![]()
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