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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Kresley Cole's Dead of Winter Exclusive Chapter Reveal & Giveaway


Welcome to the next stop for Kresley Cole's DEAD OF WINTER exclusive chapter reveal and giveaway! I'm thrilled to apart of this week's Dead of Winter festivities. I am a huge fan of Kresley Cole's, and I have really enjoyed The Arcana Chronicles. 

After you read the sneak peak below, be sure to enter to win the amazing giveaway below. 1 lucky winner will win an Amazon Kindle  preloaded with ebooks for both Poison Princess, and Endless Knight, as well an an e-manuscript for DEAD OF WINTER!!


To Be Released on: January 6th, 2015
Series: The Arcana Chronicles #3
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Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked.

Heartbreaking decisions
Evie was almost seduced by the life of comfort that Death offered her—until Jack was threatened by two of the most horrific Arcana, The Lovers. She will do anything to save him, even escape Death’s uncanny prison, full of beautiful objects, material comforts…and stolen glances from a former love.

Uncertain victory 
Despite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a frozen and perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on The Lovers and the vast army they command. Such formidable enemies require a battle plan, and the only way to kill them once and for all may mean Evie, Jack, and Death allying. Evie doesn’t know what will prove more impossible: surviving slavers, plague, Bagmen and other Arcana—or convincing Jack and Death to work together.

Two heroes returned
There’s a thin line between love and hate, and Evie just doesn’t know where she stands with either Jack or Death. Will this unlikely trio be able to defeat The Lovers without killing one another first?


Read an Exclusive EXCERPT

KRESLEY COLE

My stomach dropped as the sounds echoed over the water. I whirled around to Matthew. “Not him?”
“No. Daily execution.” How the Milovnícis kept the rank and file in line.
I sagged with such relief, I almost felt guilty. Then I wondered how those shots had affected Jack.
“He believes no help is coming,” Matthew whispered. “Knows he can’t escape. Thinks his friends are dead.”
The idea of Jack alone, with no hope, gutted me. “Is he . . . is he scared?” “Certain he’ll die. Surprised by how unfrightened he is.”
“You can tell? You always had trouble reading him.”

Nod. “Three months’ practice.”
“But you can’t read his future?”
Matthew’s brows drew together. “Never wanted this to happen.” “Can you tell him we’re coming for him?”
Without a word, Matthew crossed to the ladder and climbed down.

I clumsily followed. Back on the ground, he said, “Your alliance is injured.”
Did he mean that my allies were benched, or that my alliance was shaky? “Are you taking me to Finn and Selena?” I hadn’t seen them in months.
“Across the courtyard to the barracks.” Matthew started away again, heading in a different direction, balancing on the boards.
With Cyclops at my side, I tromped along the mud-caked planks through a central area, like a quad (courtyard might be a stretch).
When Matthew stopped in front of a tent, I bade the wolf stay outside. He snuffled indignantly, plunking down in the mud.
Taking a deep breath, I tugged down my poncho hood and entered, Matthew behind me.
Selena and Finn lay on cots. The Archer’s arm was in a sling—her bow arm. An arrow stretched over her lap, and she petted the feather fletchings, the sound like riffled cards. She stared, seemingly at nothing. 


One of Finn’s legs was splinted, elevated on a bug-out bag. A metal crutch leaned beside his cot.
A fire burned in the center of the tent, vented out of the roof. More Arcana sat on benches around it: the Tower, Judgment, and the World Card, an alliance of three.
Joules sized me up. Gabriel tilted one of his black wings in greeting. Tess Quinn waved shyly, her fingernails bitten to the quick. Matthew dropped down to sit beside her.
“Well, if it isn’t our fair Empress,” Joules said in his thick Irish accent.
Selena shot upright, her silver-blond hair tumbling over her shoulders.
“Evie!” Finn called. “How did you get free of Death?”
This could get tricky. “Uh, I had an opportunity to . . . steal away.” Steal Death’s horse and saddle, steal a new bug-out bag, steal my

hi-tech all-weather gear. “It’s not important. I’m here now.”
“Yet you didn’t accept my offer.” Joules’s reddish brown hair was

disheveled, his gaze cagey.
Selena—who’d called out no greeting—said, “If you got a jump on

Death to escape, then you could have brought Joules’s payment.”
Aric hadn’t been the only one to offer a deal to save Jack. Joules had demanded Death’s severed head in exchange for a rescue. “It’s not that

simple,” I told them. “Things aren’t how we thought them.”
“Did you have a chance to kill the Reaper or not?” Whatever Joules read in my expression made him say, “You feckin’ did! A shot at the

Endless Knight! The one who always bloody wins!”
Selena’s lips parted. “Death dies; J.D. lives. What part of that

equation are you having problems with?”
“We can hash everything out later.” I was nearly choking with worry

and exhausted to the point of kicking toes-up. “For now, let’s focus on—” 


“We were in an alliance to defeat Death,” Selena bit out. “One you started. When Matthew told us you’d recovered your powers, we believed you’d do whatever it took to free J.D.—especially from the psychotic Lovers.” Selena swiped a hand over her livid face. “Instead, you betrayed all of us. J.D. more than anyone! Do you know what they’ll do to him?”
My grandmother had told me they warped and perverted their victims, making them confuse torture and pain for pleasure. “I have an idea!” My glyphs moved over my skin, a sign of high emotion—or aggression. But I grappled for patience. “Which is why we need to stop arguing over things that can’t be changed and start planning a rescue!”
Maybe Gabriel had done a flyover for recon on the army; he’d know the lay of the land across the river. We could plot a mission.
Start planning?” Selena sneered. “You don’t have a plan? You’ve got some nerve to show up here with no answers and no payment,
sauntering in with your fancy new clothes, looking like you haven’t missed a meal.”
Exactly the way she’d looked when I’d first met her.
“Because of you, J.D. is suffering right now.” Voice rising with each word, she said, “You should have paid the Tower!” With her supernatural speed, she leapt from the cot, lunging to attack.

Chapter 3


Selena’s good hand was in the air, poised to backhand me; instinctively my thorn claws shot out—
“Gamekeeper’s blood!” Matthew cried.
Selena and I both screamed in pain, matching red lines glowing across our hands.
Cyclops sprang inside the tent, baring his monstrous fangs at her. I used Selena’s moment of shock to scramble back.
Tess whimpered and shrank away from the beast; Gabriel flared his wings.
“Th-that wolf was dead!” Finn sputtered from his cot. “The cannibals killed all of Lark’s war wolves.”
Joules opened his palm upright; a silver baton materialized out of thin air—one of his lightning javelins. In a blur, it extended to its full length. “My bolt once fried that very beast!”
Which was why Cyclops’s fur was frizzy. “Lark’s familiars are . . . hardy.” I withheld the full truth: her three wolves were undying—as long as Lark lived.
“It’s protecting you?” Selena looked aghast.
“He won’t hurt anyone unless I’m in danger.”
“You’re allied with Lark now?” Finn’s gaze darted from me to 

Matthew, as if the Fool should’ve told them this. “Even after she sold us out?”
Matthew rocked back and forth on the bench.
“Lark didn’t know us when she made the pact to hand us over to Death,” I explained. “For all she knew, we could’ve been cannibals like the Hierophant’s followers.”
Finn peered at Cyclops. “But then she did get to know us,” he said to the wolf. 
 
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Visit the official Arcana Chronicles website to find out more about Dead of Winter and the entire Arcana Chronicles series. Stop by Simon & Schuster's DEAD OF WINTER page to find out where you can pre-order your copy of Dead of Winter.  

About The Autho



Kresley Cole is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series, the young adult Arcana Chronicles series, the erotic Gamemakers series, and five award-winning historical romances.

A master’s grad and former athlete, she has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings.
Her IAD books have been translated into twenty foreign languages, garnered three RITA awards, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists, in the U.S. and abroad.

Find Kresely via: her Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads 



ENTER TO WIN!
1 lucky winner will win an Amazon Kindle  preloaded with ebooks for both Poison Princess, and Endless Knight, as well an an e-manuscript for DEAD OF WINTER!! 
Giveaway Open to U.S. residents Only (courtesy of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). The giveaways ends at midnight (CST) on Friday, November 21st. 

GIVEAWAY has ENDED & WINNER WAS CHOSEN

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117 comments:

  1. OMG, It is so hard to choose between Jack and Death. I think I might like Death better. I know I liked their sexy scenes the best. :)

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  2. Christina R. in the rafflecopter

    I love Evie and ALL THE BOYS!! The characters are so amazing, each with a unique personality and awesome dialogue. And I love the concept and how it's completely unique in terms of a paranormal and in terms of the magic :)

    thank you so very much :)

    Just in case rafflecopter shows my location outside US, I'm doing a semester abroad and would use my regular US mailing address.

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  3. That's hard so I will say Death and Jack. I can't choose, I can't!!

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  4. Does anyone know how I view the excerpt? Where I'm assuming its supposed to be it instead shows a google drive page and says I need to request permission to view the document and has a link to send a permission request? I clicked it, so do I now wait for permission from the blogger?

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    1. I'm having the same problem. Also requested permission.

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    2. I am so sorry! I've got it fixed.

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  5. I can't see the excerpt at all, just a blank space.

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  6. Same here. Requested permission. Also tweeted and emailed admin about the problem. Hopefully they'll fix it soon. I'm sure it was a mistake.

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  7. I can't see the excerpt and I'm going crazy

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  8. Death and Matthew are my two favorite characters

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  9. I can't get access it either. Tried Safari, Chrome, Firefox. It really needs to be fixed. Sent message on twitter as well.
    And it's Jackson for me. Never the controlling, coercing Death.

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  10. I'd have to say Evie and Death. Evie, because she's learning more about herself as a character and coming into her powers and is just a badass overall. Death, because his character is well thought out (as all KC's characters are) in terms of his background and demeanor and though he was a jerk at the end of book two, I think Evie can straighten him out. They fit well together. I like Jack (the possibly yet-to-be-revealed Aracana) but I think he fits better with The Bringer of Doubt. Plus, he was a jerk in book one.

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  11. I AM SO SORRY about the access issues. I've got it fixed, and included the excerpt directly into my post. THANK YOU for all your patience.

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  12. I love Death! I think the Arcana Chronicles and the Supernatural fandom are the only places where that is completely normal XD

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  13. I want jack and Evie together! Death may be all handsome and rich but he claims to love Evie but is willing to force her to have sex with him to save someone she loves. He think she is his cause she the only person he can touch. That don't give him the right to her. Jack and Evie cause they the same age
    And I love me some jack Daniels

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  14. I think it would have to be Jack.

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  15. It's hard to choose a favorite character but I can narrow it down to Evie and Jack. I'm a lot like Evie in looks and acts (I was actually Evie for Halloween), and I think she could be a huge badass. I loved when she was handing Arthur his ass, it was very "don't fuck with me" and I loved seeing her be powerful and fighting back. And I've just fallen in love with Jack. There is something unbearably sexy about all the Cajun book characters I've read about, maybe it's that they're raw and completely masculine.

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  16. its impossible to chose between jack and Aric how could anyone ever chose between the two, but Evie is so kickass i have to go with her

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  17. So many amazing characters, but Jackson is my favorite!

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  18. Selene is my favorite, I love how honest she keeps it.

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    1. Yeah, but how would you feel about someone who was perfectly honest about wanting your boyfriend and hating you?

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  19. Love this series! Love all the characters! If you twist my arm though, I'd have to pick Death! 😉

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  20. I love everyone, but Evie no question :)

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  21. Evie I love reading about her journey!

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  22. I am torn. I love how Evie is strong and fun. I also love all the guys; Jack and his protectiveness and sexuality; Aric and his lust and hope; Matt for his brotherly love and smiley way.

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  23. I was on Jack's team but once I learned about Death more, I'm think he is my favorite.

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  24. Death is my absolute favorite character.... he should receive what he is owed.... his wifeº•○●○•º•º••○●○•º•○●○• I♡ Kresley

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  25. Would have to be a tie between Aric and Matthew, but leaning towards Aric at this point

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  26. I would say Evie - I love everything about her character and how she has changed from the beginning of the book til now.

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  27. I have fallen for Death. Sorry to all Team Jack I like him as well but Death is just so delicious <3

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  28. I really like Finn. He's so funny he makes the book xD.

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  29. I am just caught up in these books, and the previews are like sweet torture, making me want more!

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  30. Right now, I'm most intrigued by Death. That said, I <3 Evie and Jack.

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  31. Such a difficult choice! Team Jack... Team Aric... Jack...Aric..I can't decide yet!!!

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  32. Evie is my favorite! Death is now becoming a close second, though! ;)

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  33. My favorite character is Evie, without a doubt. I loved Jack in the first book, but Death had some serious moments in the second book that makes me want to see them together.

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  35. I LOVE JACK!!! Matthew is pissing me off. Ughh

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  36. Matthew is awesome! Absolutely love his character he's just so different to the rest :)

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  37. I love this series and can't wait for Dead of Winter!

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    1. And Evie is my favorite. I love the strong female leads.

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  38. My favorite is Evie I think. I wasn't quite sold on her until the end of the first book, but she just kept getting better and better. I don't need a cheerleader who can't even run! I much prefer her bamf status.

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  39. I haven't had the chance to read any of the books but this would give me the perfect chance to start!

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  40. I'm not sure who my favorite character is but I'm anxious to find out! I can't wait to start this series.

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  41. Evie, I named my cat after her lol. Definitely Death. But Tess I think is going to blow this game open.

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  42. ...IDK if my comment went through.
    Point is, I really disliked the main characters, then I liked them, then disliked them until they won me over. I also really liked some of the other Arcana, though public enemy #1 right now is Death.

    I can't wait to read the new one!

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  43. Evie, I've loved watching her grow through the series and becoming the woman she us meant to be. She is so tough, kickass and smart but she is also vulnerable.

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  45. Most definitely Death because he's the perfect possessive cold-blooded reptile who just needs to be loved. Evie deceived him (past life wife) so he "needs" his happily ever after! He wins every game and is always alone man!!! xD I also adore Gabriel too! <3

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  46. I love Kresley's work. She is an amazing author!! This is going to be fabulous!

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  47. Evie is my favorite because of the growth she has had to go through.

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  48. It's so hard to choose just one! I love them all, but I think it's a tie between Jack and Death. Jack:fiercely loyal, protective, sweet. Death: protective, sweet in his way, and you can't help but feel for his pain of just wanting to be loved in return.

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  49. I gotta say i'm kind of rooting for Evie and Death.... everyone seems to want her and Jack, and i don't know if it's my perpetual need to root for the underdog or i'm just a softie and think he's suffered enough.....

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  50. Can't wait to read the book. I'm torn between Jack and Death.

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  51. Team Aric/Death!!! He's so dynamic! You never know how he's going to react to something or what he's going to do next!!!!!

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  52. I look forward to see what happens to Evie. I want her to end up with Jack.

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  53. Jack is my favorite character, can't wait for Dead of Winter.

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  54. Death/Aric is my favorite character. He's hot and mysterious and has the best back story. ..plus he kinda went from bad guy to good guy. Intriguing

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  55. Definitely have to say our MC, Evie, is my favorite! I just LOVE her, every stubborn, willful bit!

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  56. It's a difficult choice but I love Death!

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  57. it's a tie between Jack and Death. Sorry Evie, but you're in second place; still love you though :)

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  58. Too hard to decide so I say Jack & Death!!

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  59. The Arcana Chronicles are simply wonderful. I have been counting down the days for Dead of Winter since the fall of 2013 when I first got my hands on the first two books! These books are my absolute favorite! I am obsessed! I even made my own dream cast on Youtube for Poison Princess, dream cast for Endless Knight on IfList.com, and this series was the reason why I made a goodreads account! 10 out of 5 stars ;)

    Keep the books coming Kresley Cole

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  60. These excerpts are killing me! Luckily the release isn't too far away. Hoping we catch a glimpse of Death with the last excerpt. Gotta confess, he's kinda my fave right now. :)

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  61. I have just read the first book in the series, so at this time I like Evie the best.I'm looking forward to continuing the series :)

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  62. I still haven't started this even though all my friends have read it. Definitely want to read it ASAP.

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  63. I'm so conflicted because I like both Jack and Death!

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  64. Jack, Im hoping he's the secret card...maybe the emperor...

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  65. I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I've heard great things, though!

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  66. I actually like most of the characters from this series but Death is definitely a quick favorite for me! :D

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  67. I seriously can't wait for this book. The last book ended on such a huge cliffhanger, and I am totally anxious to see how it resolves. I love KC!

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  68. I've not read the series... so I don't have a favorite character... but I want to read it AND find my fav characters!

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  69. Okay I'm ducking so you all can start throwing things at me now because I haven't read this series yet. I picked up the kindle version of the 1st book so I hope to start it soon!

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  70. It's hard to choose but it has to be between death and Jack.

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  71. no favs :( I haven't read this series yet. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  72. Although it's a bit cliche to love the main character, but Evie is my favorite character without a doubt. She's sarcastic, a spitfire, but the kindness she shows to some of the other characters is a constant reminder that she was just a normal girl who got thrown into a destiny that she cannot escape. She's a survivor and she just rolls with the punches, but I also love that she's not perfect. She has her flaws and that's what makes the readers able to relate to her.

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  73. Death is my favorite character of this series. Jack grates on my nerves and is a continuous liar to those around him.
    DeAnna Schultz

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  74. I am completely Team Death. His character is complex and I love his back story. Jack is too much of a wild card and liar

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  75. I have not been able to get into any other book since picking up the first one in the arcana novels! Every time I try I get all " that's nice.. but I really care about Matto and Evie more.."
    I cant wait to find out who the other cards are, and how Death and Jack will work on how they feel about Evie. I absolutely cant wait for the next book to come out! AH so many questions, so much I need to know!!!

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  76. I'd say Evie - I know that's probably everyone's favorite but she's made leaps and bounds since Poison Princess. She's grown a lot since she discovered who she really is and she's become a tougher person because of it. I like that Kresley made her a bit delicate to begin with so she had room to embrace her Empress power. I like the complexity of her character now.

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  77. I haven't read this series but they sound really good and I can't wait to read them

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  78. Can't wait to read this. I'm sure it will be as good as the other two.

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  79. My favorite character is Jack!

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  80. By the end of the book, I was surprised to find my favorite was Death! Lol

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  81. Jack . . . Death . . . Choices, voices, choices . . . Lol, I'd say I don't Evie, but of course I do, but in the end, I believe Jack will pull it out & get the girl.

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  82. I've heard so much about the series. However this will be my first read! I'm excited about being able to become a new fan and learn about the new world of characters!

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  83. I think I'll have to go with Death! Love this series so far and I can't wait to read this one :)

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  84. I can't choose between Jack and Death! Such a hard decision!

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  85. I have only read the first book yet, but Jackson was probably my favorite character. Even if I didn't like him all of the time.

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