 Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book with an unreliable narrator.
The Blessed, by Remy Apepp. This is a strange, dark and gruesome story with a lyrical, poetic voice. It can be read as a sequel to Sand to Glass, but either works as a standalone. The Blessed is essentially a single story told twice, but from two very different points of view. Luxanthus (Lux) wakes with no memory. His caretaker (jailer?), Illiaz, won't give straight answers to his questions. Why does he have nightmares? Why is he not allowed in the sunlight? What are he and Illiaz to each other? And what happened to his memory? We learn that Lux fought monsters known as the Accursed, and this may be related to why there are no mirrors available for Lux. Things become clearer from Illiaz's point of view. Illiaz is almost inhumanly beautiful, and his love for Lux is absolute. Each was said to be Blessed, Lux as the perfect weapon, Illiaz as the perfect irresistible ornament. And yet each has reason to view himself as cursed. A story that will bend your mind and break your heart. Trigger warnings for violence, terminal illness, and euthanasia.
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