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The Kiss of Deception
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The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson → Start Date: August 22, 2014
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Sounds great! Looking forward to it!

Here is what I was thinking...
Aug 22 ->read ch. 1-18 & discuss
Aug 23 ->read ch. 19-37 & discuss
Aug 24->read ch. 38-56 & discuss
Aug 25 ->read ch. 57-72 & discuss
Let me know what you ladies think?
I'm not sure I will keep to the schedule exactly, but I will try!!
I started it. Enjoying it so far!! Slightly frustrating that the characters know more than the reader at times, but it makes me want to keep reading to find everything out!!
I started it. Enjoying it so far!! Slightly frustrating that the characters know more than the reader at times, but it makes me want to keep reading to find everything out!!

It's already 5 pm here, so I'd better get on it... :D


Rafe (view spoiler)
Kaden (view spoiler)
Pauline (view spoiler)
Lia (view spoiler)
I'm really liking this so far! I'll read more tomorrow!

I agree, Trisha, though I hadn't thought of the (view spoiler)
Rafe (view spoiler)
Kaden (view spoiler)
In any case (view spoiler)
Lia (view spoiler)
Paulina (view spoiler)
I really like the story so far.
I'll admit, I very rarely like the writing of books in 1st person. 1st person has to be very skillfully done to be enjoyable to read. It has to have a descriptive, storytelling feel to it, and this author has succeeded.
More often than not, the books I've read in 1st person just get annoying. The writing is usually just made up of statements, or so it feels and I want to scream at the narrator to stop it.
But in this one, I LOVE how the 1st person writing is done. It shows the skill of the writer!


So spoiler for chapter 26:
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Interesting...
sorry guys, I didn't make it to this one today but i'll read more tomorrow and catch up to you guys :D
I can't wait to see if you're right Lieniitte!!!

yay lol I love that we are all on the same page
except you guys are bringing up some great points!
I can't wait to read the ch 26 spoilers!! UGH :D

I will say that a few details make me doubt my conviction. Can't remember what ones right now though..
Another thing I thought of in chapter 31 that makes me even more convinced that its Rafe who is the assassin (view spoiler)

Who is who (view spoiler)
Is it just me or (view spoiler)
Ok, so, now I am going with (view spoiler)
Gwyneth (view spoiler)
OH! I just thought of something esle! Still chapter 37 (view spoiler)
Lia (view spoiler)
Pauline (view spoiler)
The gift (view spoiler)
So there's my thoughts. I certainly hope the author doesn't throw us any more twists making me change my mind from the things I have now decided on! :D
Wow, sorry I posted such long thoughts, but this book is very thought provoking, making me analyze every single thing..... :D
Lieniitte wrote: "Rebecca, I just looked and that was chapter 19 and it was from Rafe's point of view. It says Rafe not Assassin. Or is it a different chapter you are thinking of?"
Yeah chapter 19 was what I was thinking of. Hmmm, I guess that does not confirm it then. I'm still thinking it is him though ;)
Yeah chapter 19 was what I was thinking of. Hmmm, I guess that does not confirm it then. I'm still thinking it is him though ;)
I'm really slowing down on this one. I wish I could keep reading faster, but I have a book I need to read for school this week :(


I have about 130 pages left and I think I'm going to finish it in this sitting.

Who is who. (view spoiler)
Kaden (view spoiler)
Rafe (view spoiler)
The camp (view spoiler)
The papers (view spoiler)
Even though a lot is happening, there's not really much else I can think of to talk about.
I wonder what will happen when (view spoiler)
OH!! And about the map in the beginning. (view spoiler)

I'm 37 chapters in
I agree (view spoiler)
Kaden (view spoiler)
lol this author is really leaving us wondering, right??
Lia (view spoiler)
The papers/books (view spoiler)
Pauline (view spoiler)
I'll read more tonight!!

The assassin (view spoiler)

wow....this was (view spoiler)
Kaden (view spoiler)
Rafe (view spoiler)
Lia (view spoiler)
Gwyneth (view spoiler)
I'm definitely on board for reading book 2.
Be ready for HUGE cliffhangers guys....HUGE

It°s awesome that you liked it :)

SO...
Lia (view spoiler)
Rafe and Kaden (view spoiler)
The ending (view spoiler)
Gwyneth (view spoiler)
I really applaud the author. The writing is beautiful. I really usually hate 1st person, it's so difficult to get right. But she did it perfectly. Perfectly. And it was so emotional. Like I said, I don't usually cry in books. I shed 1 single tear at the end of Mockingjay in the epilogue, where Katniss is speaking of how (view spoiler) and also in one other book, I cried from joy.
If I had a tendency to cry in books, I would have in this one. I basically cried without any tears in the last maybe 40 pages. The emotion came through the writing and straight into my heart.
I will definitely be reading the next book. I would pay extra to get it like, now. AAhhhh..
Just now finished this. I almost did not want it to end!! It was so beautiful! I wish the story could go on forever. I love Mary Pearson's writing!!
Me too!! I can't wait until it comes out!! I think in the mean time though I will check out her other books. The Adoration of Jenna Fox looks interesting. I will probably start there :)

That's a pretty good one! I need to get back to that series! :)
Glad to know it is a good one! I know what you mean about getting back to series....it seems like I have so many series started yet now finished! o.o
Summery:
In this timeless new trilogy about love and sacrifice, a princess must find her place in a reborn world.
In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met.
On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.