Cake Eater, Allyson Dahlin
Cake Eater, Allyson Dahlin
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Cake Eater

Author: Allyson Dahlin

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Unabridged: 13 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/09/2022


Synopsis

""With a love story for the ages, this vivid tale takes the history we know and recasts it into an exciting, technicolor, future world that challenges what we know here in the present, and how we know it. I loved it! I couldn't put it down!"" —Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe trilogyDecadent, thrilling, and romantic, this Black Mirror-esque retelling of the reign of one Marie Antoinette is perfect for fans of The Belles and American Royals.The year is 3070, and Marie Antoinette has just arrived at the glittering, thrilling palace of Versailles to marry the shy, soft-spoken Louis-Auguste.But beneath the luxurious world lies a sinister underbelly and an uncompromising elite who want to keep Marie and Louis pawns in a deadly game.Will history repeat itself? Or will these doomed lovers outwit their enemies and escape their grisly fate?Cake Eater will take readers to a dazzling world full of breathless luxuries, deadly secrets, and a thrilling romance that attempts to rewrite history itself. 

About Allyson Dahlin

Allyson Dahlin grew up on a farm, raised by a Francophile father who influenced her fascination with the real Marie and Louis. She worked for a time as a counselor at a boarding school for girls with complex trauma and now works as an SEO ninja, which involves copywriting, a little editing, and believe it or not, no martial arts. She lives with a professor and a grumpy cat in beautiful upstate New York. Cake Eater is her first novel, and you can find Allyson at www.allysondahlin.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by kaz.brekkers.future.wife on September 19, 2022

BEYOND FIVE STARS I'm not crying, you're crying Review to come......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on October 01, 2022

Oh. My. Gosh. This book was fantastic. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s gonna haunt me for some time.......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 07, 2022

Cake Eater has a very unique and entertaining premise, and I mostly enjoyed it! What I Liked: ►I grew to really care about the characters. Not just Marie herself, but all of the people she ends up befriending in Versailles. Her husband and his whole family are really great, and she makes some very......more

Goodreads review by Karleigh on September 05, 2022

I absolutely loved this take on Marie Antoinette and her becoming the Dauphine of France. The epilogue did not need to be included, would have been perfect without it......more

Goodreads review by Tristan on August 28, 2022

"Those who have power must learn and must protect those who have none." This book is a a really interesting and unique genre blending novel that mixes historical, sci-fi, dystopian futuristic, elements which incorporate the life of Marie Antoinette. I've never read anything quite like this, although......more