Hey everyone! I’m incredibly excited to be a part of the Bright We Burn (July 10, 2018 – Delacorte) blog tour! I’m a HUGE Kiersten White fan, and ABSOLUTELY LOVED And I Darken (book one), so I’m beyond excited to be on this blog tour!! Today I’m sharing an excerpt of Bright We Burn with you! First, here’s more about the book:
Haunted by the sacrifices he made in Constantinople, Radu is called back to the new capital. Mehmed is building an empire, becoming the sultan his people need. But Mehmed has a secret: as emperor, he is more powerful than ever . . . and desperately lonely. Does this mean Radu can finally have more with Mehmed . . . and would he even want it?
Lada’s rule of absolute justice has created a Wallachia free of crime. But Lada won’t rest until everyone knows that her country’s borders are inviolable. Determined to send a message of defiance, she has the bodies of Mehmed’s peace envoy delivered to him, leaving Radu and Mehmed with no choice. If Lada is allowed to continue, only death will prosper. They must go to war against the girl prince.
But Mehmed knows that he loves her. He understands her. She must lose to him so he can keep her safe. Radu alone fears that they are underestimating his sister’s indomitable will. Only by destroying everything that came before–including her relationships–can Lada truly build the country she wants.
Claim the throne. Demand the crown. Rule the world.
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“If she continues to push on this, she will be killed.” Kumal lifted his hands as though weighing two choices. “I do not mean that as a threat. I mean it as truth. You have said yourself that she will never back down. Her actions threaten everyone in our empire. Instability creates cracks through which death seeps in. Our responsibility is to keep our people safe, and to address threats to their well-being. Radu, I know she is your sister, but if she will not compromise, this necessarily ends in her death.”
Radu felt a pressure behind his eyes like tears he would not release. Kumal was right. Lada was courting death, and would drag untold numbers down with her on her bloody journey. He had failed her before. He would not fail her this time. But to protect her, he would have to betray her. Betrayal was quickly becoming the only skill he had to offer anyone.
Radu nodded. “She will not compromise. When she comes to meet me—as she must, because I amher brother and it aggravates her that I have belonged to someone else these last years—I will bring her back here.”
“She will never come back,” Mara said.
“Not willingly.” Radu waited as his meaning sank in. “No,” Mehmed said. “I cannot make her a prisoner. Not like my father did. It would . . .” His voice broke as he trailed off.
“It would kill whatever love she has left for both of us.” Radu crossed the room and took Mehmed by the shoulders. He saw his own sadness and exhaustion reflected in his friend’s eyes. He hated this decision, even as he felt it was the right one. The only one. “Maybe, someday, we can fix it. But right now, people are dying because of her. Your people. Our people. Can we let them die because of our history with her?”
Mehmed’s eyes tracked back and forth, as though tracing potential futures. Doubtless he searched for one in which he might have Lada the way he wanted her. The future he was seeing did not revolve around Radu. “Bring her back,” Mehmed said. “Bring her home.”
~*~ Text copyright © 2018 by Kiersten Brazier. Published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
About the Author:
Kiersten White is the NYT bestselling author of the Paranormalcy trilogy, the Mind Games series, Illusions of Fate, The Chaos of Stars, In the Shadows with artist Jim Di Bartolo, and the upcoming historical reimagining, And I Darken. She has one tall husband and three small children and lives near the ocean, where her life is perfectly normal.
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Bright We Burn Blog Tour Schedule Tour Schedule:
Week One:
6/25/2018 – Here’s to Happy Endings
6/26/2018 – Pandora’s Books
6/27/2018 – Two Chicks on Books
6/28/2018 – Jena Brown Writes
6/29/2018 – The Hermit LibrarianWeek Two:
7/2/2018 – The Desert Bibliophile
7/3/2018 – PaperTrailYA
7/4/2018 – Wonder Struck
7/5/2018 – The Pages In-Between
7/6/2018 – Beware Of The ReaderWeek Three:
7/9/2018 – Lisa Loves Literature
7/10/2018 – Omg Books and More Books
7/11/2018 – Rhythmicbooktrovert
7/12/2018 – Wishful Endings
7/13/2018 – A Dream Within A DreamWeek Four:
7/16/2018 – The Clever Reader
7/17/2018 – Under the Book Cover
7/18/2018 – mall3tg1rl
7/19/2018 – The Book Nut
7/20/2018 – Lori’s Little House of Reviews