Long Live Evil
A story for anyone who's ever fallen for the villain... (Time of Iron, Book 1)
Sarah Rees Brennan
- 'The
- fantasy
- novel
- that
- every
- fantasy
- reader
- has
- been
- waiting
- for'
Jay
- Kristoff'Long
- Live
- Evil
- is
- a
- glorious,
- swoon-worthy
- villain
- romance.
- What
- a
- delicious
- read'
Tasha
- SuriWhen
- her
- whole
- life
- collapsed,
- Rae
- still
- had
- books.
- Dying,
- she
- seizes
- a
- second
- chance
- at
- living:
- a
- magical
- bargain
- that
- lets
- her
- enter
- the
- world
- of
- her
- favourite
- fantasy
- series.She
- wakes
- in
- a
- castle
- on
- the
- edge
- of
- a
- hellish
- chasm,
- in
- a
- kingdom
- on
- the
- brink
- of
- war.
- Home
- to
- dangerous
- monsters,
- scheming
- courtiers
- and
- her
- favourite
- fictional
- character:
- the
- Once
- and
- Forever
- Emperor.
- He's
- impossibly
- alluring,
- as
- only
- fiction
- can
- be.
- And
- in
- this
- fantasy
- world,
- she
- discovers
- she's
- not
- the
- heroine,
- but
- the
- villainess
- in
- the
- Emperor's
- tale.So
- be
- it.
- The
- wicked
- are
- better
- dressed,
- with
- better
- one-liners,
- even
- if
- they're
- doomed
- to
- bad
- ends.
- She
- assembles
- the
- wildly
- disparate
- villains
- of
- the
- story
- under
- her
- evil
- leadership,
- plotting
- to
- change
- their
- fate.
- But
- as
- the
- body
- count
- rises
- and
- the
- Emperor's
- fury
- increases,
- it
- seems
- Rae
- and
- her
- allies
- may
- not
- survive
- to
- see
- the
- final
- page.This
- adult
- epic
- fantasy
- debut
- from
- Sarah
- Rees
- Brennan
- puts
- the
- reader
- in
- the
- villain's
- shoes,
- for
- an
- adventure
- that
- is
- both
- 'brilliant'
- (Holly
- Black)
- and
- 'supremely
- satisfying'
- (Leigh
- Bardugo).Expect
- a
- rogue's
- gallery
- of
- villains
- including
- an
- axe
- wielding
- maid,
- a
- shining
- knight
- with
- dark
- moods,
- a
- charmingly
- homicidal
- bodyguard,
- and
- a
- playboy
- spymaster
- with
- a
- golden
- heart
- and
- a
- filthy
- reputation.*****'Audacious,
- and
- supremely
- satisfying,
- Long
- Live
- Evil
- is
- the
- chosen
- one
- we've
- been
- waiting
- for.
- It
- succeeds
- as
- both
- a
- brilliant
- meditation
- on
- the
- pleasures
- and
- perils
- of
- fiction,
- and
- a
- sweeping,
- romantic
- adventure
- in
- its
- own
- right.
- Get
- ready
- to
- laugh
- out
- loud,
- cry
- in
- public,
- and
- cheer
- on
- the
- villains
- as
- Brennan
- smashes
- through
- tropes
- with
- witty,
- wild
- glee
- in
- this
- delicious,
- subversive
- treat
- of
- a
- book'
Leigh
- Bardugo'The
- compulsion
- Brennan
- casts
- over
- her
- readers
- is
- unholy.
- Not
- only
- could
- I
- not
- put
- Long
- Live
- Evil
- down,
- I
- barely
- remembered
- to
- blink.
- It
- was
- so
- immersive
- that
- when
- I
- finished
- I
- put
- my
- face
- in
- my
- pillow
- and
- screamed
- in
- actual
- devastation
- at
- being
- kicked
- out
- of
- the
- story.
- Utterly
- magical'
Shelley
- Parker-Chan'Sarah
- Rees
- Brennan's
- charms
- are
- unmatched.
- Her
- books
- makes
- you
- feel
- as
- if
- you're
- in
- on
- the
- joke
- and
- always
- invited
- on
- the
- most
- fantastic
- and
- romantic
- adventure'
Rainbow
- Rowell'Long
- Live
- Evil
- is
- the
- huge-hearted
- and
- whip-smart
- epic
- fantasy
- of
- my
- dreams.
- I
- went
- in
- laughing
- and
- came
- out
- crying,
- and
- so
- will
- you.
- I'm
- obsessed'
Alix
- E.
- Harrow'Brennan's
- brilliant
- Long
- Live
- Evil
- harnesses
- clever
- banter,
- delightful
- turns
- of
- phrase,
- and
- epic
- worldbuilding
- in
- the
- service
- of
- exploring
- the
- nature
- of
- stories
- and
- the
- freedom
- that
- comes
- with
- embracing
- being
- named
- a
- villain
- -
- and
- maybe
- actually
- becoming
- one.
- Most
- of
- all,
- it
- introduces
- us
- to
- Rae,
- who
- uses
- her
- quick-thinking,
- loyalty,
- and
- ferocity
- to
- sidestep
- (and
- do
- the
- occasional
- musical
- number
- around)
- doom'
Holly
- Black'Laugh
- out
- loud,
- heartfelt
- and
- searing
- in
- the
- same
- breath.
- Simultaneously
- a
- send-up
- and
- a
- tribute
- to
- the
- tropes,
- fandom
- and
- power
- of
- fantasy,
- Long
- Live
- Evil
- is
- a
- romp
- that
- leaves
- you
- asking:
- are
- we
- all
- the
- villains
- in
- someone
- else's
- narrative?'
Eliza Chan
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