The Debtor's Game by Isabelle Mongeau reading appreciation From his bloody days as

From his bloody days as a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution to his mother's youth under Japanese occupation

Theo flees the café in shame

sooner or later Gil and Loret will have to settle their ledger

But it's another twenty-eight-day cycle that's taking hold

because her words flow there

The Debtor's Game by Isabelle Mongeau reading appreciation From his bloody days asIn a world where faeries are born with tattoos of debt to the High Fae, one servant must navigate a game of dangerous, sensual court politics between her mistress and the kingthe first installment in a dark fantasy series. As a palace faerie, Avery is busy preparing Lady Kassandra, a High Fae of the House of Illusion, for the upcoming coronation. Both of their freedoms rely on it: Kassandra, to escape her violent brother, and Avery, to pay off rings