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‘The Last Tale of The Flower Bride’: Monstrous teen girls, a marriage of lies and fairy tale hor

Once upon a time, a man falls head over heels for a stunning but mysterious woman. She agrees to marry him on one condition, that he never ask her about her past.
"The Last Tale of the Flower Bride" cover. (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)

Are you the same person you were as a teenager? For many of us, the answer is a very-relieved no.

But the past still lives in our bones, and it has a way of coming back to haunt us, no matter how hard we try to keep it buried. New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi‘s new novel “The Last Tale of the Flower Bride” centers on that theme

In the book, a man and his mysterious wife, Indigo, return to her childhood home. There, he is forced to reckon with details he never knew about Indigo’s past, particularly about her childhood best friend Azure who disappeared years before.

What comes next is a creeping exploration of girlhood, fairy tales and the secrets hidden within every marriage.

Roshani Chokshi (left) with

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