A Vicious Game, Melissa Blair
A Vicious Game, Melissa Blair
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A Vicious Game

Author: Melissa Blair

Narrator: Kyla Garcia

Unabridged: 14 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2024

Synopsis

The thrilling third entry in the high fantasy saga that started with BookTok sensation A Broken Blade.“It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it.” A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her since she returned from the capital.Keera’s family in Myrelinth won’t let her go without a fight. With new intelligence about the magical seals left behind by Keera’s ancient kin, the Light Fae, she rallies to face her demons and unleash the formidable powers she inherited from her people. But a shocking truth is hiding in plain sight, one with the power to unravel the entire rebellion …The pivotal third installment in the Halfling Saga will upend everything Keera thought she knew about her enemies … and her allies.The third entry in the Halfling Saga, the epic tale of a deadly assassin with a mysterious past, set in a lush fantasy world of Mortals, Elves, Halflings, and Fae, A Vicious Game is perfect for listeners who enjoyed the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and other romantic fantasy books, especially those seeking LGBTQ+ romance or BIPOC representation.

About Melissa Blair

Melissa Blair (she/her/kwe) is an Anishinaabe-kwe of mixed ancestry living on Turtle Island and the author of the first three books in the Halfling Saga. She splits her time between Treaty 9 in Northern Ontario and the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg in Ottawa, Canada. She has a graduate degree in applied linguistics and discourse studies, loves movies, and hates spoons. Find her on TikTok at @melissas.bookshelf.

About Kyla Garcia

Kyla Garcia is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. Born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, she discovered acting at the age of eight when she played Lady Macbeth in a children’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. She made her off-Broadway debut at fifteen when she played Dorothy in Oz: A Twisted Musical. Eleven years after she discovered her passion for acting, she would go on to play Lady Macbeth once again in London at the Globe Theatre, where she studied Shakespeare during her third year at Mason Gross School of the Arts. She received her BFA in acting from Rutgers University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maeghan 🦋 HIATUS on & off

I think what I loved most about this book is the fact that the author kept Keera as a very imperfect FMC. She doesn’t get everything on her first try and she struggles a lot. In this one, she fell back into toxic habits (alcohol) and she was grieving. But - I will say that this book bored me out of......more

Goodreads review by Lucie

✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Strong, but flawed and morally grey MC ✅ LGBTQ and disability rep ✅ More smut ✅ Lies and a shocking twist ✅ Found family ✅ Magic, faes, and elves ✅(🆗) Romance ✅(🆗) Pace and repetitive plot ✅(🆗) Politics ✅(🆗) Riven (WTF happened to the badass Shadow?!) ❗️❗️Trigger warnings: death of loved one......more

Goodreads review by ✨Julie✨

The plot of book three had a heaviness that I just wasn’t feeling. The entire cast spent most of the book moping around or repeating the tedious process of breaking seals which made for a drab read. I really enjoyed the first two books but this book made me realize that the supporting characters des......more

Goodreads review by Ashley

I need 3-5 business days to process how much I loved this. —- I will not apologize for how much I will be talking about this book. This is my absolute favorite book in the series. And I’ve said that for all of them but that’s Melissa Blair. She keeps writing these immersive, epic fantasies and I keep......more

Quotes

“Blair is at the top of her game with this third book.”

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