The Cost of Fire (Paperback)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Lory Cross Publications, 2025

9798233254666

Série : Livre 3 sur 8 - Off-Limits Romance

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Paperback. The Cost of Fire is a lyrical, unflinching novel about two South Asian women who meet at an elite American university and find themselves caught in a collision of desire, identity, and inherited trauma.Aalia, from Kerala, walks into every room with a storm behind her. She's sharp-tongued, unapologetically political, and weary of being reduced to a token brown girl. Her past is filled with silences and burn scars-visible and otherwise. Meera, from Delhi, is all polish and promise, the kind of girl who was raised to smile and shine, but never too brightly. When they meet in a classroom debating caste and colonialism, they clash. Then click. Then combust.Told in alternating voices and poetic fragments, The Cost of Fire explores the tender, volatile intimacy between two women who were never meant to fall in love-not by their families, not by their histories, and certainly not by the systems that watch them from every angle. Between whispered prayers and late-night panels, group chat screenshots and anonymous threats, this is a love that is always political, always dangerous, and always half a heartbeat from shattering.Aalia knows how to fight. Meera knows how to perform. But neither of them knows how to stay. As their bond deepens, so do the stakes: caste prejudice, family expectation, religious tension, academic gatekeeping, and the ever-present threat of surveillance. At the same time, their relationship unfolds with moments of breathtaking softness-a stolen cake at midnight, hands almost touching in the snow, poetry written and never sent.But love, they discover, is not always soft. Sometimes, it's a fist. A fire. A truth too loud to be silenced. And when home becomes a question and belonging a battlefield, the biggest risk may not be loving each other-it may be believing they deserve to.Fierce, lyrical, and devastatingly intimate, The Cost of Fire is a portrait of what it means to exist at the intersection of too many identities in a world that prefers you in pieces. It's a story about the politics of visibility, the cost of courage, and the radical act of being seen-and loved-without apology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
The Cost of Fire (Paperback)
Auteur
Lory Cross
Éditeur
Lory Cross Publications
Année de publication
2025
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9798233254666
Série
Livre 3 sur 8: Off-Limits Romance

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