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    Venom & Vow
    Venom & Vow
    Venom & Vow
    Audiobook9 hours

    Venom & Vow

    Written by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore

    Narrated by M.W. Cartozian Wilson and Vico Ortiz

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    About this audiobook

    Keep your enemies closer.

    Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who doubles for his brother Patrick, current ruler of Adare.

    Valencia Palafox is a young dama to the princess of Eliana, and also an infamous boy assassin known as Gael.

    Valencia has made Patrick her newest target, not knowing that the first time she meets him, she’s really meeting Cade.

    Cade has placed Gael under his protection, not knowing that Gael has fatal plans for the Adare prince.

    And when Cade and Valencia blame each other for an enchantment that takes both their families, neither of them realizes that they have far more dangerous enemies—and working together starts to draw them closer, something they never imagined was possible.

    From married writing team Anna-Marie and Elliott McLemore comes a lush young adult novel about owning your power and becoming who you really are.

    Editor's Note

    Fan-favorite …

    A transgender prince and a bigender lady-in-waiting slash boy assassin must put aside a personal feud to protect their warring kingdoms from a common enemy. This fantasy novel balances political intrigue with enemies-to-lovers romance — and the representation (both for gender identities and disabilities) is unmatched. “Venom & Vow” is brought to us by a married couple and author duo: Anna-Marie McLemore is already a fan-favorite YA writer (“Lakelore,” “Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix”), while their spouse, Elliot, makes their debut.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 20, 2023
    ISBN9798889564898
    Venom & Vow
    Author

    Anna-Marie McLemore

    Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by their family to hear la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. Anna-Marie is the author of The Weight of Feathers, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award; 2017 Stonewall Honor Book When the Moon Was Ours, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature and winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award; Wild Beauty, a Kirkus Best Book of 2017; and Blanca & Roja, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Dark and Deepest Red, a reimagining of “The Red Shoes” based on true medieval events, will be released in January 2020

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    • 5/5
      An incredible, expertly plotted fantasy story that reminded me of the books I loved as a kid, except this time with beautiful, complex trans and queer characters at the fore. This one will live close to my heart.