When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves for her own life. The seventeen year old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow. After centuries of stability, the balance among the faery courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together. Ages 12 up.Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money, and dizzyingly more sinister.

Once again readers will find a love triangle that simmers, this time among Leslie, Irial and Niall all of whom face choices that could cost them everything they prize. Upon the tattoo's completion, Leslie will be bound to Irial as if a slave, with Court rules forbidding even Aislinn, the new Summer Queen, and Summer King Keenan's guard, the handsome Niall, to sever this dark attachment. Its ink has been laced with the blood of Irial, king of the fey's Dark Court. But Leslie's euphoria is short-lived, and the tattoo comes with a shocking price. She finds salvation or so it seems in a strange tattoo that gives her power and strength like she's never felt before. Broken by terrible trauma, Leslie seeks to anchor her mind from slipping into oblivion. Returning to the faery world of Wicked Lovely, Marr serves up another highly addictive read, this time centering on Leslie, a mortal girl who made a cameo appearance in that earlier work as a friend of its protagonist, Aislinn. Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless to withstand its perils. The tattoo does bring changes-not the kind Leslie has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic.

Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together. Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger.

The second installment in Melissa Marr’s #1 New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series brings readers back to the land of faerie and delivers another stunning, high-stakes romance.

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