'Keep Your Enemies Closer' is a dark romantasy, but I also see it as a story of acceptance and growth. It's about how life is more than how you look and you don't need to be beautiful to experience all that life has to offer - love, friends and success. It also explores the way people act around you depending on your appearance and how it is influenced. It's a journey of a young girl who's gone through a dark time gaining her self esteem, confidence and worth.
It's also a story warning the dangers of selfishness and entitlement and how it can be your downfall.
I got the inspiration for the book when seeing so many stories about girls competing for a Prince's hand in marriage (such as the Selection) but thought that it'd be interesting with a dark twist - the female main character has to kill the Prince when she secures his hand for fear of losing her beauty. I thought it'd be an interesting concept to write about and it has been so far.
- Rose
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Keep Your Enemies Closer
FantasyReyna Aldine has always been considered unattractive and brainless, so when she has the opportunity to become the girl she's always dreamed of, she takes it. Dreams have a price. In exchange, the Valbarian Witches request for Reyna to compete for P...
