Review Request - The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment

[Therese]

Fans of fairy tale and folklore retellings, like Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale or Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver, this one's for you!

My novel The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment is coming out from a small press, D.X. Varos, in February 2020. I'm seeking readers to provide an honest review in exchange for an advance review copy. If interested, please drop a message in my inbox, or e-mail me at theresedoucet.author@gmail.com, and let me know your preferred format (epub, mobi, PDF, or paperback) and how to get it to you (e-mail or mailing address).



A lover in and of the darkness …

Violaine, a devotee of books and learning, is sold by her father to a mysterious nobleman to become his companion. Fearing herself at the mercy of a monster, she instead succumbs to the seductive spell of her magical new home, and the love of a man she has never seen, who comes to her only in the darkness of night.

The Château de Boisaulne is a place of many mysteries, but also a refuge for children of the Enlightenment in a time when Europe still languishes under the repressive chains of monarchy and superstition. But modern thought meets ancient lore, as the castle borders the forest lair of the roi des aulnes, an ogre said to be the ancestor of Violaine’s unseen lover … Or are they one and the same?

Praise

"The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment took me on a journey, to France, to centuries ago, to the exotic and erotic castle where ideas and philosophy are debated and fought over, and the desire to learn more, to be more, to love more deepens, especially as night descends. Unforgettable. A fabulist, fabulous tale from a new novelist to watch."
- Caroline Bock, author of Carry Her Home, Before My Eyes, and LIE

“Gently subversive" "An incredibly charming story … funny and titillating."
- Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, review of A Lost Argument

About the Author

Therese Doucet’s publications have included fiction, essays, poetry, and literary translations. She is a former Fulbright fellow, as well as a creative writing residency fellow of the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She divides her time between Washington, DC, and Knoxville, TN. Learn more at https://theresedoucet.com.