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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

the haunting, atmospheric gothic page-turner

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

By: Roshani Chokshi
Narrated by: Steve West, Sura Siu
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 PRE-ORDER THE SWAN'S DAUGHTER, THE LATEST FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROSHANI CHOKSHI!

'LINGERS LIKE A FEVER DREAM' V.E. SCHWAB
'INTOXICATING' EMILY HENRY

The addictive and haunting Sunday Times bestseller!

Every fairy tale must come to an end.
In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like The Cloisters and The Bloody Chambers comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets - from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.

Once, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. In exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.

But when the couple return to Indigo's childhood home, they find the shadow of another girl lurking in the manor's extravagant rooms: Indigo's beloved friend, who disappeared without a trace.

Faced with his wife's dark secrets, the bridegroom is unable to resist breaking his promise. Even if it threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.

Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.


AUTHORS LOVE THIS:
'Gorgeous and ornate' HOLLY BLACK

'A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense' ALIX E. HARROW

'A shimmering tapestry' YANGSZE CHOO

'Dark, haunting, and thrumming with mystery, magic, and love' SUE LYNN TAN

'An opulent, engrossing tale' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE

'Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing' SHANNON CHAKRABORTY©2023 Roshani Chokshi Fantasy Genre Fiction Gothic Horror Small Town & Rural Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Marriage Scary Fiction Paranormal

Critic reviews

Chokshi's tale is as sweet as a piece of fairy fruit, and just as wicked. Every bite is velvet, every swallow is gold, and the taste lingers like a fever dream
I'm not sure I can capture how much this book moved, gripped, devoured me. Chokshi draws stars from the darkness. An opulent, engrossing tale with all the power of a myth and all the truth of a parable - reading a story like this reminds you why we tell them in the first place
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is an intoxicating fever dream, an irresistibly seductive fairytale. I've never read anything like it. Chokshi's mastery of her craft is on fully display. This book will leave you utterly spellbound
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride gripped me from its first chapter and enthralled me till the very end. An utterly breathtaking story - dark, haunting, and thrumming with mystery, magic, and love
Gorgeous and ornate, this sensual fairy tale illuminates the corrosive and redemptive power of both love and lies
A shimmering tapestry of intertwined fairytales, told through the secrets of a modern Bluebeard's chamber. 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 seem
A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly
Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing, Chokshi's adult fairy tale is as deadly as any fable of old; the lush, glittering prose and haunting mystery gilding a story sharper than a huntsman's blade
Roshani Chokshi's The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is an elegant, intoxicating cocktail of a book. Her gorgeous prose builds a fairy tale otherworld around you, one you'll do anything to remain in
Unworldly, intoxicating-and so, so very enchanting. Each page ripples with the feeling of a dream filled by beauty and terrors alike. This is an intricate character study in finest form
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a novel steeped in tradition - from the gothic genre through world myths and fairy stories - and yet it weaves itself into something fresh and original. I very much enjoyed Chokshi's exploration of the enchantments that can exist within human relationships, the subtleties of friendship, the stories we tell to ourselves, and the lengths we will go to belong. A beautifully conjured tale
A unicorn tapestry of folklore, magic, and monsters, woven with the nimblest hand and the most shimmering gilded thread. Roshani Chokshi is a master of all things baroque, sensuous, and mystical
A spellbinding gothic fairytale, enveloped in dreamy poetic prose and enigmatic characters. This is a book you'll want to devour and savour, a book you won't be able to put down until the final act leaves you in awe
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A wonderful sumptuously gothic fairytale that blends magical realism and blurs the lines between reality and the other world. I went in thinking id like this (and i was yet again wrong about the genre haha as I expected a more conventional horror) but I love the way this talked about fairy tales and how stories intertwine our lives. This honestly was such a magical little book.

A Dark Gothic Fairytale

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Nothing at all I loved this book it was really good I enjoyed the dark retelling and fairytale elements

So enchanting and different

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I loved reading and listening to this enchanting story. It really is a tale out of time!
I also enjoyed the audio performance.

Enchanting

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I’m afraid I didn’t like the performers who read the book - felt like A.I. readers a lot of the time with strange accents and pronunciation. So the book felt overly long and cumbersome. I persevered and glad I did as the ending was well done, but I can’t recommend a book that felt like a real slog to get through.

Lengthy & performers felt wrong

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