The Kiss Of Deption Sparknotes

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The Kiss of Deception



‘The Kiss of Decption’ is a profound novel that was written by Mary E. Pearson, published in 2014. The book tells the story of a princess, named Lia, who fled on her wedding day, to the village of Terravin. When two handsome strangers arrive in the village, she is unaware that one is the jilted prince, while the other is an assassin set to kill her. Betrayal is shown through the difficult relationship between Lia and her parents. Betrayal and deceptions is illustaited through the unrequited love of Pauline and Mikael. The book further shows a tragic romance, between Lia and Rafe, that was based on facades. One of the book’s setting is the repudiated kingdom of Vanda, abandoned by her sisters, killed by her husband, which contributes to Pearson’s theme of …show more content…

In the time of the remnant’s ancestors, there were two sisters Venda, Gaudrel, who had a niece named Morrighan. ‘Three women who were torn apart. Three women who were family.’ Morrighan was kid appeared and taken by Harik, the theif, and sold to a scavenger named Aldrid, for a sack of grain. Her aunt, Venda, was one of the person who gave her away, betraying Morrighan and Gaudrel. In result, she fled to a kingdom, and married the king and become queen. ‘She was killed by her own husband.’ After Venda married the king. They say she started going mad, singing on a six hundred feet wall. It was say she sung of dragons and destruction, something the king didn’t want his subjects to her. Venda fell off the wall to her death, pushed by her husband to hush the insanity. In the end, these three women raised kingdoms and clans, that were powerful each with there own story of how the events played out. Because of these women’s betrayal, their kingdoms are mortal enemies. ‘The Kiss of Deception’s’ presentation of family ties, ultimately leads to the betrayal and deceit between the remnant

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