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The Winner's Crime

By: Marie Rutkoski
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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Following your heart can be a crime.

A royal wedding is what most girls dream about. It means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince in exchange for Arin's freedom. But can Kestrel trust Arin? Can she even trust herself? For Kestrel is becoming very good at deception. She's working as a spy in the court. If caught, she'll be exposed as a traitor to her country. Yet she can't help searching for a way to change her ruthless world...and she is close to uncovering a shocking secret.

This dazzling follow-up to The Winner's Curse reveals the high price of dangerous lies and untrustworthy alliances. The truth will come out, and when it does, Kestrel and Arin will learn just how much their crimes will cost them.

©2015 Marie Rutkoski (P)2015 Listening Library

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A sequel that's even better than book 1?

If there's one thing I love in my books, it's political intrigue, and this series is full of it! It's very reminiscent of the Folk of the Air series in that way. There were so many twists and turns and new characters to love! And that ending had me immediately reaching for book 3!

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great book

it took awhile to get into the second book but it's just as good as the first. I enjoyed the narrator and the accents used to make it more authentic. overall a great listen

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new classic star crossed love

I loved it! The heroine isn't a typical cry, or woe is me character.She's clever, refreshing and the author really made me as the reader care about her story. The cliff hanger is killing me I can't wait for the 3rd book!!!!

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One of my all-time favorite love stories

It’s a Great second installment with a killer voice performance that brings the characters to life. Even when the story seems to slow, the beauty of the writing shines through. I don’t think This book had as much poetic foreshadowing as the first book, sadly, but it had plenty of irony and drama

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wow and stress

This was absolutely drop dead amazing and horribly stressful and infuriating! Why can't they just get their shit together!?! amazing book and amazing performance. I swear if this doesn't end well I'm gonna slap a bitch though. that's when you know it's a good book when you want to slap someone

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I couldn't stop listening. Great writing, great reading, and great to listen to. Ready for the next book.

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Amazing!!

Absolutely best second book ever! This story id just perfect! Can't wait to start the third book

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Fantastic series with awesome characters

This series is one of the best YA series I have read in ages! The author has wonderful, believable characters and puts them in an impossible situation and has them make good choices. It is excellent storytelling and always unpredictable. Justine Eyre reads really well too. Can't wait for book 3!

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amazing

Great book in trilogy. I can't wait for the final book at the end of March. It's going to be a long wait. Love the narrator. I always pre-listen to them before I purchase a audio book and she is one of my favorites so much that I purchased two others that she has done.

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I can’t stop.

I originally was going to read because I’m not a fan of the narrator but I can’t. I’m loving it.

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