498 pages · Released 2016 · Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
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And I Darken is a dark historical fantasy that retells the origin of Vlad the Impaler's daughter as a ruthless, morally complex protagonist. The book contains significant violence, torture, and mature themes befitting its setting in medieval Wallachia and its exploration of power, ambition, and survival. This is a sophisticated YA novel best suited for older teens who can handle nuanced antiheroes and historical darkness without glorification.
In this first book in a trilogy, a girl child is born to Vlad Dracula, in Transylvania, in 1435--at first rejected by her father and always ignored by her mother, she will grow up to be Lada Dragwlya, a vicious and brutal princess, destined to rule and destroy her enemies.In this first book in a trilogy, a girl child is born to Vlad Dracula, in Transylvania, in 1435--at first rejected by her father and always ignored by her mother, she will grow up to be Lada Dragwlya, a vicious and brutal princess, destined to rule and destroy her enemies.
