Warriors Kaleb and Aya will stop at nothing to destroy their competition. But when Kaleb finds his fate entwined with that of Mallory, a seventeen-year-old human girl, he can't seem to separate the vicious Carnival contest he's entered from his sudden devotion to her. He and Aya may be prizefighters from the otherworldly Untamed City, but his strange, obsessive connection makes staying away from the witch-ruled human world, and Mallory, harder every day.
All Mallory knows of the Untamed City is what her elders have told her—that it's full of debauchery and daimons looking to destroy her. But she knows she's being pulled toward Kaleb with an emotion so fierce that it's utterly foreign.
The two are forced apart by Mallory's overprotective witch father, stranded by necessity between warring populations that can't coexist. But when The City's ruler raises the stakes of the Carnival's prize, there's nothing Mallory, Kaleb, or Aya can do to stop the two worlds colliding. Mallory's about to discover her true identity—and stumble into a fate she'd die to avoid.
Fans of The Hunger Games will devour this tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny from the bestselling author of Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr.
(Formerly published as Carnival of Souls)
Forbidden Love: He's a daimon warrior from a vicious other world. She's the human girl he can't stay away from, protected by a witch who would see him dead.Deadly Competition: In the otherworldly Untamed City, the Carnival contest demands blood and sacrifice. To win the prize is everything, but the stakes are higher than anyone knows.Clashing Worlds: Mallory has been taught to fear the daimons her entire life. Now, an undeniable connection to Kaleb pulls her toward the one world she was forbidden to enter.Secret Heir: Mallory thinks she's an ordinary girl, but her true parentage is a secret that could shatter two worlds—or get her killed.
