House of Marionne
Series: House of Marionne
Author: J. Elle
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17 year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and her mother have fled from city to city, in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through Quell’s veins.
Until someone discovers her dark secret.
To hide from the assassin hunting her, and keep her mother out of harm’s way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, she’ll be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever.
If caught, she will be killed.
But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when there’s more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and— assassin in training.
When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, she’s forced to choose: embrace the dark magic she’s been running from her entire life or risk losing everything, and everyone, she’s grown to love.
Still, she fears the most formidable monster she’ll have to face is the one inside.
Until someone discovers her dark secret.
To hide from the assassin hunting her, and keep her mother out of harm’s way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, she’ll be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever.
If caught, she will be killed.
But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when there’s more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and— assassin in training.
When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, she’s forced to choose: embrace the dark magic she’s been running from her entire life or risk losing everything, and everyone, she’s grown to love.
Still, she fears the most formidable monster she’ll have to face is the one inside.
2.5 but I’m rounding down. I had high hopes for this one. The cover was pretty, and I liked the debutant and magical aspect. However, I found this a chore to get through. The pacing was all over the place. A drop of action and a secret or two, but then we were soon buried under more pretty dresses and Quell’s inner monologue and this repeated throughout the entire book. Just to be frank, this book dragged.
I was never able to really form a good guess as to what anyone really looked like. All I know is that Quell had curly hair and Jordan had green eyes. Nothing else. As much as we talked about dresses and other things in detail, I wish we could have had the same thing for our characters.
The best part of this book was the plot twist at the end. I saw that the next book is coming out soon, but not even the twist has me wanting to pick it up.
I was never able to really form a good guess as to what anyone really looked like. All I know is that Quell had curly hair and Jordan had green eyes. Nothing else. As much as we talked about dresses and other things in detail, I wish we could have had the same thing for our characters.
The best part of this book was the plot twist at the end. I saw that the next book is coming out soon, but not even the twist has me wanting to pick it up.
Books and Blends 
I hate that this didn’t work out! The synopsis sounded so promising.
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