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Her Radiant Curse【Six Crimson Cranes 系列】
Channi 並非生來就是怪物，但在她的父親將她獻給邪惡女巫後，一切都不一樣了。
詭異的蛇紋爬滿她的臉龐，全村都忌諱排斥她，將她視作怪物——除了她美麗的姊妹 Vanna，她唯一信任並愛著的人。
很快 Vanna 迎來她的17歲，她面臨在一場粗俗的競賽之中被當作獎品出嫁的命運，只有一直以來依靠力量與狡猾存活的 Channi 能夠從殘忍的競爭者中保護她。
然而這使得她成為憤怒的矛頭，導致一場可怕的廝殺戰役，展開橫跨陸地與海洋的探索，死敵之間的浪漫，以及使 Channi 揪緊心臟的困難抉擇。
Elizabeth Lim 善於結合西方童話與東方元素，在故事中探索人性的黑暗，創造讓所有讀者都沉迷其中的奇幻世界觀。
One sister must fall for the other to rise.
Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna—the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn’t see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts.
Now seventeen, Vanna is to be married off in a vulgar contest that will enrich the coffers of the village leaders. Only Channi, who’s had to rely on her strength and cunning all these years, can defend her sister against the cruelest of the suitors. But in doing so, she becomes the target of his wrath—launching a grisly battle royale, a quest over land and sea, a romance between sworn enemies, and a choice that will strain Channi’s heart to its breaking point.
Weaving together elements of The Selection and Ember in the Ashes with classic tales like Beauty and the Beast, Helen of Troy, and Asian folklore, Elizabeth Lim is at the absolute top of her game in this thrilling yet heart-wrenching fantasy that explores the dark side of beauty and the deepest bonds of sisterhood.
Elizabeth Lim grew up on a hearty staple of fairy tales, myths, and songs. Her passion for storytelling began around age 10, when she started writing fanfics for Sailor Moon, Sweet Valley, and Star Wars, and posted them online to discover, "Wow, people actually read my stuff. And that's kinda cool!" But after one of her teachers told her she had "too much voice" in her essays, Elizabeth took a break from creative writing to focus on not flunking English.
Over the years, Elizabeth became a film and video game composer, but she always missed writing. One day, she decided to write and finish a novel -- for kicks, at first, then things became serious -- and she hasn't looked back since.
Elizabeth grew up in Northern California, with a brief stint in Tokyo, Japan, but now lives in New York with her husband and their two daughters.
