Truth in the Dark

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I am not beautiful Knife s entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to the brutality of their village, Knife is desperate for anything to ensure her happiness.Her suitor s cousin offers him a way out, but it won t be easy Aerie Smith has been cursed to walk upright in the form of a beast, and his beloved village suffers from the same spell Aerie Smith offers Gwen a trousseau and some hope, if only Knife will keep him company on his island for the span of a year and perform one regrettable task at year s end.Knife is unprepared for the form the island s curse takes on his own misshapen body In one moment of magic, he is given the body of his dreams and he discovers that where flesh meets spirit and appearance meet reality, sometimes the only place to find truth is in the darkness of a lover s arms. Free Read [ Truth in the Dark ] Author [ Amy Lane ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr superlative.it s been over a year since i read this, and i stillwhen the whiskey flows and the cocaine blows and the moon is quite high in the sky of an evening still find myself cornering people at parties, quietly and earnestly explaining to them at length how some stories stay with us across the millennia, and why they re still worth telling, and what it is in these bronze age murmurings that helps us feel less alone under a sky full of stars all dead a million years before any of us ever l superlative.it s been over a year since i read this, and i stillwhen the whiskey flows and the cocaine blows and the moon is quite high in the sky of an evening still find myself cornering people at parties, quietly and earnestly expl...I m going to go right out and say it This is my favorite Amy Lane book Hands down It is the work of a master I got chills while reading it, honest to goodness chills running up and down my arms I started this book right before going to the gym tonight and worked out half heartedly in a daze My mind was fully entranced in the world that Amy Lane created After working out maybe , I read this book in my freezing cold car, not wanting to put it down to drive the three blocks to my house, kn I m going to go right out and say it This is my favorite Amy Lane book Hands down It is the work of a master I got chills while reading it, honest to goodness chills running up and down my arms I started this book right before going to the gym tonight and worked out half heartedly in a daze My mind was...As a story model for romance, Eros and Psyche is hard to beat There s a reason that Beauty the Beast succeeds so completely when it s presented in a new incarnation whether its Cocteau or Disney.First things first, Amy Lane is a haunting, subtle, skilled writer who refuses to settle for easy solutions Every book sh...Cross posted at Shelf Inflicted and at Outlaw ReviewsIf anyone had learned that love was all the beauty the world needed, it was my lion hearted beloved and his imperfect loverI usually like Amy Lane s blend of sweetness and angst and was keen to read a re worked version of Beauty and the Beast, but this story just didn t work for me on so many levels The pace was excruciatingly slow, so slow that I feared not finishing it up in time to complete my reading challenge this month Many tim Cross posted at Shelf Inflicted and at Outlaw ReviewsIf anyone had learned that love was all the beauty the world needed, it was my lion hearted beloved and his imperfect loverI usually like Amy Lane s blend of sweetness and angst and was keen to read a re worked version ...3.5 starsThis was a fantasy, erotic retelling of Beauty and the Beast that I found both frustrating and lovely I neededdetails about Naef and Aerie Smith s relationship as such, I wasn t sure why either would fall in love with the other and why Naef was chosen to save the island in the first place Aerie Smith was a little too perfect, and Naef was a little too sel...This is a charming twisted retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and a real tear jerker It s as if Lane took Robin McKinley s Beauty and combined it with The Song of Achilles There s an element of the Hunchback of Notre Dame thrown in ...2.5 starsA very unusual take on one of my favourite fairytales Beauty and Beast sadly it didn t quite live up to expectations I struggled to feel a connection or affection for Knife or Aerie Despite being an emotional and highly charged story I was strangely unaffected for most of it, th...Love isn t blind Love transforms.Respun Fairy Tales are not my usual fare, but I have to say that this one rocks From the vitriolic spewing to the cruelty and charm I was thoroughly engaged and vacillating between smirks and smiles It is a worthwhile retelling of Beauty and the Beast.Naef is a tormented soul in a twisted body His physical pain is only exceeded by the psychological I tried very hard not to ponder the horrible irony that I was too ugly to love, and too ugly not to violate W Love isn t blind Love transforms.Respun Fairy Tales are not my usual fare, but I have to say that this one rocks From the vitriolic spewing to the cruelty and charm I was thoroughly engaged and vacillating between smirks and smiles It is a worthwhile retelling of Beauty and the Beast.Naef is a tormented soul in a twisted body His physical pain is only exceeded by the psychological I tried very hard not to ponder the horrible irony that I was too ugly to love, and too ugly not to violate When given...I m not a fan of fairy tales in general, so I hesitated a lot before I read it What a shame I should really stop doing this, I often let a book hang in my TBR for stupid reasons The dialogues are captivating, the story is moving to tears, very funny sometimes Naef is e...Quick description about this book Love this book is a Fairy Tale about LOVENaef is a tortured soul and body Born with a disability and a repulsive body he don t know how to be kind He love his sister and his mother, and his world is his work, as a woodcraft When he is working with his knives and doing art with wood he can express all the beauty he would like to see in his life Only he will be the narrator, and don t fool yourself thinking that is a fairy tale where the narrator talk w Quick description about this book Love this book is a Fairy Tale about LOVENaef is a tortured soul and body Born with a disability and a repulsive body he don t know how to be kind He love his sister and his mother, and his world is his work, as a woodcraft When he is working with his knives and doing art with wood he can express all the beauty he would like to see in his life Only he will be the narrator, and don t fool yourself thinking that is a fairy tale where th...

Truth in the Dark
  • English
  • 22 September 2018
  • ebook
  • 145 pages
  • 1615815309
  • Amy Lane
  • Truth in the Dark