Gorgeous and ornate, this sensual fairy tale illuminates the corrosive and redemptive power of both love and lies. -- Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book of Night A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly. -- Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches Reading Chokshi's prose is like sinking deeply into the overstuffed arms of a plush, purple velvet sofa. Her lavish descriptions . . . wrap you in sumptuous sensory detail. -- New York Times Chokshi's writing is vivid and lovely. -- Entertainment Weekly Roshani Chokshi knows fairy tales and myth like few other writers, and in these pages, her knowledge of those traditions shimmers like actual magic. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is not only a thrillingly inventive modern fairy tale, but also a book that invites us to rethink all fairy tales. This novel is addictive, decadent, and sultry--a dark fantasy, a subtle and sensitive story of female friendship, and a seductive examination of the mysteries of marriage itself. It will shock, disarm, and delight you, with surprise reverberating all the way to its very last lines. -- Sanjena Sathian, author of Gold Diggers Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing, Chokshi's adult fairy tale is as deadly as any fable of old; the lush, glittering prose and haunting mystery gilding a story sharper than a huntsman's blade. -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass I'm not sure I can capture how much this book moved, gripped, devoured me. Chokshi draws stars from the darkness. An opulent, engrossing tale with all the power of a myth and all the truth of a parable--reading a story like this reminds you why we tell them in the first place. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, internationally bestselling author of The Mercies Roshani Chokshi's The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is an elegant, intoxicating cocktail of a book. Her gorgeous prose builds a fairy tale otherworld around you, one you'll do anything to remain in. -- Kat Howard, award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians