Untamed City Carnival of Lies, Melissa Marr
Untamed City Carnival of Lies, Melissa Marr
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Untamed City: Carnival of Lies

Author: Melissa Marr

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Audio

Published: 12/02/2014

Synopsis

Fans of Melissa Marr's tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny will thrill at this revealing prequel to Carnival of Secrets.This is a captivating glimpse into the world of the Untamed City—before the savage, deadly Carnival that changed it all.Aya is a champion fighter, but because she's a girl, she's not allowed to take part in the competition. Her betrothed, Belias, can't understand why she insists on entering . . . but he doesn't know that Aya plans to win her independence from their preplanned union by taking home the top title.Aya dreads defeating Belias in the ring, but she'll do it if it means keeping her deadly secret under wraps for a while longer.

About Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr is a former university literature instructor who writes fiction for adults, teens, and children. Her books have been translated into twenty-eight languages and been bestsellers internationally as well as domestically (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal).

Her accolades include YALSA Popular Paperbacks, IRA Notable Book Pick, Book Sense Pick, Good Morning America Summer Pick for Teens, Scottish Book Trust, Red Maple finalist (in both Ontario and Manitoba), Goodreads Good Choice Award (Horror), and RWA RITA award (YA). She is best known for the Wicked Lovely series for teens, the Graveminder for adults, and her debut picturebook Bunny Roo, I Love You. She currently lives with her family in Arizona.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on September 18, 2012

A feels an inexplicable, seemingly supernatural, attraction to B. However, B is sexy and gorgeous and also just super-duper awesome, whilst A is plain and ordinary. So B could never be interested in A. Except, oh my, B is interested in A. But B has a secret, he isn't who or what A thinks he is, and......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on June 09, 2012

This was a glimpse into a dark and captivating world, with characters I couldn't help falling in love with. Brilliant!......more

Goodreads review by Rayne on December 21, 2012

Review originally posted at [URL not allowed] I think it is time I finally admit to myself that Melissa Marr's books and I are just never going to get along. It started with the dull first two installments in the Wicked Lovely series, followed by the snooze-fest that was Gravem......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on September 01, 2012

This review is from my blog, Studies in Storytelling. Melissa Marr conquered the YA market with the Wicked Lovely series, and she’ll be expanding her horizons on Tuesday, September 4th when Carnival of Souls hits stores. The first few things that happen in this novel are: A demon woman sacrifices ever......more

Goodreads review by Parvathy on March 18, 2013

Where do I start with this review? Let's see now...... Mellisa Marr had introduced an interesting story in the beginning chapters of this book. As the story progressed it got more and more bizarre. I had to leave not only my sense but also my morals to like the characters and the world she has creat......more

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