Les Fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle Dabos

There, in the company of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world.Ī review copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher.Ĭan you imagine the feeling when one of your favourite book from a few years past, published in a genre and language that doesn’t often gets a chance to be translated to english, gets such an annoucement ? I was ecstatic. Ophelia must follow her fiancé to the towering city of Citaceleste, where nobody can be trusted. Her peaceful existence on the ark of Anima is interrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a powerful clan from a distant ark, the cold and icy Pole. Ophelia, a mix of awkward misfit and misunderstood genius, possesses two special gifts: an unrivaled talent for reading the past of objects and the ability to travel through mirrors. Lose yourself in the world of the arks and in the company of an unforgettable character in this French runaway hit by debut author Christelle Dabos.Ī Winter’s Promise, the first installment in the Mirror Visitor Quartet, introduces readers to a remarkable heroine and to the richly imagined universe of the arks: floating celestial islands governed by the spirits of immortal ancestors. Synopsis: (from the book’s website, from Europa Editions) A Winter’s Promise (The Mirror Visitor #1), by Christelle Dabos, translated by Hildegarde Serle

Les Fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle Dabos