![]() ![]() ![]() The story follows a bridegroom, married to a mysterious woman named Indigo, her dying aunt and Indigo’s childhood friend Azure, who disappeared without a trace. The story weaves the atmosphere of fairy tales with the fervor of a gothic fever dream, making the reader lose sight of reality and fantasy along with the characters. Schwab or perhaps a gothic Madeline Miller. This is a lot more literary than much of what we write about here, but it skirts enough on the side of the uncanny and horrific that I think there is a lot of crossover, especially for readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, V.E. A mythical, haunting story told in lyrical prose that almost manages to hide how dark it truly is. And this writing is really where The Last Tale of the Flower Bride excels. ![]() Chokshi has a magical way with words, able to turn a simple sentence into something that draws you into her world and doesn’t let you escape again. I’ve read some of her young adult fantasy before and enjoyed it, and her short story was one of my stand out favourites in the Arthurian anthology Sword Stone Table (see my review of the anthology for Grimdark Magazine here). The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is Roshani Chokshi’s adult novel debut. ![]()
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