Fool Me Once
Court of Pain #1
by Ariana Nash
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Pub Date Mar 03 2023 | Archive Date Mar 17 2023
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Description
**Pease heed the content warnings. This is a dark book**
The king of the Court of Love wants me dead, the queen wants me in her bed, and the prince… He wants the only piece of me I will never surrender.
They call me jester, dancer, trickster, lover.
I exist to entertain.
But behind my sideways smiles, my quick hands and magician's tricks, I trade in their lies, their secrets. I know their deepest desires, their wicked schemes. Their sins are my currency.
Their reign is a card castle, and I hold the card that’s about to bring it all down.
And they say I’m the fool…
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Fool Me Once is a dark MM fantasy brimming with courtly spice, morally ambiguous anti-heroes, and a fool who plays them all.
This is a dark world with adult content. For triggers, please see the author's website.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781739771584 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 356 |
Featured Reviews
Kat B, Reviewer
4 stars
Published: 3/3/23
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Basics
Genre: fantasy, romance, MM romance, LGBT+
Setting: 4-court Kingdom, in the Court of Love
Themes: ruin, revenge
Characters
Lark: 23yo bi/pan jester of the Court of Love who trades in secrets
Arin: Prince of Love who has hidden away in his room for 4 years
Razak: prince of the Court of Pain
Pros
+LGBT rep: bi/pan MC
+ I stayed up til 3AM reading this in one sitting.
+ court dynamics of a crumbling kingdom
+ murderer afoot
+ Lark's past is so dark and layered that it adds depth to his character and provides plenty of motivation for his current machinations
+ Arin's cold/hot duality has me by the throat (and Lark, obvs)
+ interesting battle between how things have always been done (secrets, leverage, justice, etc) versus Razak's bulldozer style (go in, do the thing, get out)
+ the villain is deliciously horrible but also extremy good at finding weak spots in people and systems
Cons
- NOT a fan of one of the MCs marrying/having sex with another person while Lark and Arin clearly still both love/hate/want to be with one another... it is made clear that it isn't cheating but I don't like this interjection of the third love interest when I know they aren't end game (they better not be)... it really annoys me that the focus isn't just between the two of them
- the back and forth of love him/hate him and trust him/betray him happened so often it watered down the reveals
Comp Recs
+ Silk & Steel - Ariana Nash
+ A Knife and a Blade - Adelaide Blake
TW: violence, death, cutting, murder, incest, torture, hanging til death, attempted suicide, poisoning, rape & sexual assault (off page), knife play, drug use
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