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Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice

Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice

Marsden, Gracie

Hardcover

FantasyGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $30.00

ISBN10: 0593834089
ISBN13: 9780593834084
Publisher: Viking
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.04
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.28 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
You may devour this work in one sitting, but you'll be thinking about it for a long, long time.--Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi

Exquisitely wrenching [and] as elegantly constructed as a finger trap...A triumph. --Shelley Parker-Chan, bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun

A young woman makes a bargain with a shapeshifting demon who promises her power, if she will give up love--a painful price that sets her on a dark journey in this historical fantasy inspired by Taiwanese myth

Eleventh century Kangzhu. In a small village, far from the political conflicts of the royal dynasty, a too-young Yu'er is sold off to be married at the word of a jing, a shapeshifting-demon who prophesizes that her parents will thus gain wealth beyond their imagination. Her new husband Xiaozhu is, like her, barely more than a child himself--but he's kind, and, over the years, Yu'er heals as they build a home together. They become allies, then friends, then lovers.

Until misfortune befalls them, once again at the hands of a demon. They're left destitute and estranged. Reeling from loss, and determined to never leave her fate in another's hands, Yu'er decides to strike her own bargain with a jing: she will have all the agency and riches she desires. She just has to leave Xiaozhu and their home together, forever--a price that will cost her more than she then understands.

Yu'er's choice sets off a saga that will lead her to the heart of the royal court, and bring her more power than she ever dreamed of, but may kill her humanity along the way, in this sweeping tale of love, revenge, and redemption.

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