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Kalyn Josephson
4.4
Innamorata (The House Of Teeth Duology)
by Ava Reid
Published Mar 17, 2026
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About this book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A decadently dark gothic fantasy for readers who love “haunting atmospheres, morally tangled characters, and stories where love becomes doom” (Booklist, starred review), the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth This first edition hardcover features designed sprayed edges and full-color illustrated endpapers—while supplies last! “Gorgeously gruesome . . . reads like the gory bones of a forgotten folktale.”—Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the Kushiel’s Legacy series Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy. A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic. But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes. Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honor. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle. Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart but so do stranger passions—and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two. For Agnes’s final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love. Book One of The House of Teeth Duology
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What readers are saying
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"I don’t know why Ava Reid’s books are not absolutely everywhere. She has this unique way of writing dark complex fantasy that reads like historical fiction, but has Gothic fairytale undertones that just immerse you. The tone rating of this one definitely reminded me of her last one, Lady Macbeth. It has all of the elements that you want: warring houses, orphaned girls with power they must suppress to survive, prophecy and duty as well as passionate, forbidden love. My guess is the ending won’t be for everyone, but I thought it was pitch perfect. Read this if you liked The Knight and the Moth. ["
May 20, 2026 Verified Purchase
Jazmine ArvizuI don't know how to feel about this one,
"I went in knowing this book wasn't going to have a happy ending and this is my first Ava Reid book to so, what I'm trying to say this type of book isn't something I'd normally read. I've only ever read happily ever after's and the only reason I picked up this one was because I thought the title sounded so cool and I saw a vid of someone who got an Arc and they said it was good to. So... I really don't know how to feel, like on one hand I'm upset with what happened to Agnes but at the same time the book was beautifully written that I don't hate it. I will say it was slow in the beginning and I did have to push myself through it. Towards the end I did find myself feeling bad for Marioza to, so there's that. I enjoyed it don't get me wrong, when the plot finally began to pick up it engrossed me and I couldn't put it down. And the only reason I'm not rating it a full five is because... honestly my reason isn't valid because again I didn't like what happened to Agnes because I'm used to HEA's. Anyways, 4/5 ⭐ ["
April 16, 2026 Verified Purchase