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Vile & Virtue: The Beginning

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

A deadly game inside the world of fiction

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A deadly game inside the world of fiction

An ancient book pulls twin sisters Sasha and Sidney into a dimension shaped by fiction, where demigod brothers Vile and Virtue make them compete through familiar story worlds, including Neverland and Wonderland. The sisters’ route to freedom hinges on telling a story their captors have never heard, a challenge no one has yet met. The setup combines fantasy-romance elements with a premise built around retellings and the power of storytelling. Sasha’s pairing with the dangerous Vile and Sidney’s with the rule-bound Virtue gives the central contest two distinct dynamics, while the sisters’ lives are at stake in the game.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fantasy romance with a perilous central contest
  • Those who enjoy stories that revisit classic fictional worlds
  • Readers drawn to villain-and-hero pairings and meta-fictional premises

Themes

Retellings and storytellingSisterhoodVillainy and heroismPower and rules

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Book overview

Every story ever told lives in one place. And it just swallowed Sasha whole.

A bruised stranger shoves an ancient book into Sasha Lancaster's hands at the Boston Public Library. Hours away in Manhattan, her twin sister Sidney receives the same gift from the same impossible man. His only words: Burn it. Bury it. I'm free.

Too bad Sasha doesn't listen.

Now the sisters are trapped in a dimension built from all of fiction, and at the mercy of Vile and Virtue, twin demigods forged from every villain and every hero ever written. Beautiful, ancient, and catastrophically bored, they've designed a game: throw the sisters into classic stories from Neverland to Wonderland, pit them against each other, best of three. Lose your lives, and you die for real. The only way both walk free? Tell them a story they've never heard.

No one has ever managed it.

Sasha is paired with Vile, a mind-reading nightmare who flirts like a poet and kills like an artist. Sidney lands with Virtue, a golden prince who can't break his brother's rules no matter how badly he wants to.

The monster wants her dead. He also wants her breathless. Sasha's starting to wonder which one she's more afraid of.

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For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Piranesi, and villains who steal every scene they're in. From the USA Today Bestselling Author of The Unseelie Prince, The Contortionist, and The Serpent's Bride, comes this unique spin on retelling our favorite pieces of fiction. This one might just be a little more "meta" than most. (But don't worry, I tried to keep him on his best behavior.)
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