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What’s Your Winner’s Curse? #Giveaway Review THE WINNER’S CRIME by MARIE RUTKOSKI @marierutkoski

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What's Your Winner's Curse? #Giveaway Review THE WINNER'S CRIME by MARIE RUTKOSKI @marierutkoski

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What’s Your Winner’s Curse? #Giveaway Review THE WINNER’S CRIME by MARIE RUTKOSKI @marierutkoskiThe Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
ISBN: 9780374384708
Published by Macmillan on March 3rd 2015
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Love & Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 416
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Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love.

The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.

As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them

About the Author

Marie Rutkoski is the author of the YA novel The Shadow Society and the children’s fantasy series The Kronos Chronicles, including The Cabinet of Wonders, The Celestial Globe and The Jewel of the Kalderash. Her next project is a YA trilogy that begins with The Winner’s Curse, which is scheduled to be published in March 2014.

Marie grew up in Bolingbrook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), as the oldest of four children. She holds a BA from the University of Iowa and a PhD from Harvard University. Marie is currently a professor at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Renaissance Drama, children’s literature and fiction writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.

winner's curse blog tour

I am so excited to be part of this wonderful tour!  You can read my review of The Winner’s Curse HERE and don’t forget to play a rousing game of Bite and Sting HERE just like Kestrel! You can also  check out the series website HERE 

 The ‘Winner’s Curse’ is an economics term that means you’ve gotten what you wanted – but at too high a price. 

What would you pay too much for?

Right now,  I have three family members with cancer and I would love to have enough money to find a cure.  It is a horrible disease and it hit my family all at once.  If I had all of the money in the world, I would pay for a cure.  I know it couldn’t be just that simple since money has been thrown at this disease for decades, but I know that a cure will be found and there are things that can be done to extend life.   I am so glad that they are still alive and treatment is working for one, another one has exceeded the prognosis and the last will be fine.  Every day is a gift.

MY THOUGHTS ON THE WINNER’S CRIME

Kestrel is now engaged to the  Emperor’s son and the crown prince.  Her father is still off waging war and she finds court life monotonous and silly.  While the court is preparing for wedding, a representative of the Harrani court is summoned to the palace.  She sacrificed everything for Arin to be safe and now he is jeopodizing that by showing up in the most unsafe place for the both of them.  Of course, Kestrel must play Bite and Sting for real and this time, she can’t seem to win in a very dangerous game of spying for the Harrani court and to try to keep Arin alive while underestimating the games of life played by the Emperor.

Arin flees the court after Kestrel lies to him about her affections for him and that in turn sends him on a reckless course across the sea to gain the alliance of the Queen of the East.  Oh, so many little subplots are going on here which I hope are cleaned up in the final installment.  Even though the crown prince is his father’s son, he really likes Kestrel and tries to keep her from making fatal mistakes.  She doesn’t listen to anyone but her heart and then it is almost to late for her to be saved.  Yes, you probably heard my screams at this point.

Overall , this  second book in the series does not fall to the sophomore curse, and propels the story forward while weaving even more intrigue and plot twists than I can summarize in a few paragraphs and spoil everything.  Just trust me on this one:  the story gets even better and now with more of Arin’s point of view, it gets a lot deeper.  This is such a wonderful story that has a bit of romance, a lot of intrigue and action.  Now, I am desperately waiting for the conclusion.

 WANT TO WIN A COPY OF THE WINNER’S CURSE OR THE WINNER’S CRIME? 

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  4. The Winner’s Curse since I only have it on my kindle. The books I fall in love with I then have a habit of going and buying physical copies too, so I can proudly display them. It’s an addiction! 😉

  6. I would love the first book, Winner’s Curse so I can start at the beginning 🙂 thanks for sharing!

  15. I’d love to win The Winner’s Crime.

    Hm, I think I’d pay way too much to bring my brother to life. I never got to meet him, and it’s one thing that I can never let lie.

    Thanks for the lovely giveaway! Also, I love Chicago-area authors!

    CJ

  20. Well, I own neither one of them sadly, but I shall go with The Winner’s Crime so it will force me to buy the first one. 😉 Thank you for participating in this blog tour.

  21. I would like to win Winner’s Crime. I really love that cover. Thanks for having the giveaway.

  25. I would like The Winner’s Curse. I have been dying to get my hands on a copy but I haven’t had the chance.

  32. I would love The Winner’s Crime- I am so excited to read it!! Thank you for the giveaway 🙂

  44. I would like to win The Winner’s Crime. My Winner’s Curse needs it companion. 🙂

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