The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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I’m not sure to which truth this question refers, but if you’re asking if I have a suspicion that Indigo & Azure may have switched places or, in some way, be entwined as his bride, the answer is “yes, I do.” Or maybe I should be saying, “No, I don’t think she’s telling the truth,” if this refers to the conversation with the woman at the hotel & the following to her husband. She was coltish and long-femured, the joints of her shoulders so tanned and glossy her bones shone."I'm not into lyrical, purple prose in general. Poetry does nothing but make me crabby, so there's definitely a thin line that I don't want to be crossed. Just say something and get to the point, don't paint around it and describe it in a series of metaphors and call that a paragraph. Also-- can someone with the ebook tell me how many times "slash" is used? Cause I swear every mouth was a "slash." It wants to be edgy, it wants to be mysterious, it wants to be beautiful... but I just felt like it was wasting my time.

I feel that Indigo instrumental (or at least heavily involved) in the disappearance of Azure. Maybe she found a way to access the Fae Realm but it required a sacrifice. I can’t quite tell if she regrets this choice or not. Maybe both? On making room for monstrous female characters in fiction Roshani Chokshi is the author of "The Last Tale of the Flower Bride." (Aman Sharmab)

The book represents toxic friendship quite well. This doesn’t make the characters easy to like, but their motives comes out decently.

In a Nutshell: Disappointed! There’s a plot in here somewhere, but it’s tough to locate it amid the extensive purple prose. Liked a few of the writing flourishes, but not the book. I'm disappointed to say that I didn't enjoy The Last Tale of the Flower Bride until the final 15-20%, and even then, it never redeemed itself from a dreary, bland start and characters that I Hmm…it’s hard to say. I think it comes down to shelving and character age. Both adult and YA can have opulent, elegant writing. Both can keep a reader close or hold them at a distance. Both can be dark and taboo. I think with books that are shelved adult there is a built in expectation of caveat emptor. I don’t expect my young adult readers to go into every novel having gaged whether the subjects would be detrimental to their mental health, and that tends to make me tread more carefully and have content warnings at the outset of material. Reading Chokshi’s prose is like sinking deeply into the overstuffed arms of a plush, purple velvet sofa. Her lavish descriptions . . . wrap you in sumptuous sensory detail.” New York TimesOur heartbeats shared the same rhythm. It said: Here is the dialect of the living and I am living alongside you. It said: I know this, too, and I can share it with you.” I honestly don’t have any idea what Indigo’s secret is at this point, but I do feel like somehow the Bridegroom’s brother will end up being involved.