#The Winner's Curse

[theheistattheball]

Book Recs for Heist at the Ball lovers 🫶

~mostly male pov, thief plot, retellings, & simp bf

I tried to add some lesser known books, so you guys can actually find something NEW

[ariadnethedragon]

— The Winner’s Curse, Marie Rutkoski

[zainsmorgan]

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Winner's Curse | Author: Marie Rutkoski | Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2014)

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: The Winner’s Trilogy

Author: Marie Rutkoski

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2014

Genres: fiction, fantasy, romance, dystopia, historical fiction

Blurb: As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, 17-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military, or get married...but Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him, with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin...but he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

[bre4yd]

May the stars guide you

[rosiethorns88]

Arin and Kestrel from The Winner's Curse by @marierutkoski

[sulky-cabbage]

I can't draw for shit but that's not gonna stop me from making the jjk ending we deserve.

Sukuna: this is worse than hell

[f1-birb]

After this, f*ck to his haters. He didn't win because he was lucky. It was not luck at all. It was strategy and talent.

Absolutely brilliant🧡🧡

let's first factor in that he had less than an hour of FP1 and was crashed out of the sprint, he maximised the fuck out of suboptimal testing of what was borderline a whole new car

the safety car helped, much like it often helps anyone (cheaper pit stops, helps save tyres a bit, etc) but even before that as soon as Checo was out the way Lando was closing the gap to Carlos like a madman, I'm talking full scenario 7 Austria 2020 style

the safety car was also gone on lap 33. out of 57.

Lando had 24 laps of just pure brilliant driving where anything could've happened, except the only thing that did was him extending his lead

one does not pull a 7.6 gap to Max Verstappen in a rocket ship with just luck, it's talent 😌

[smurny]

People that read Captive Prince and Dark rise and went crazy, what other books have tormented you in a similar fashion?

For me it was The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski.

Main MC was super smart and blond, other MC was their slave. Lots of tension, court intrigue, betrayal ensues. Always showing not telling and the dialogue is 🔥

Anyway plz give recs!! 🙏🙏

[ariadnethedragon]

— The Winner’s Kiss, Marie Rutkoski

[zainsmorgan]

"You are important to me."

[silverorchideon]

"The Blood Stained Glass Of Your Life Creates The Bloody Tapestry of My Own"

Warning for blood/gore, dark themes, flashing lights, mild cursing, and spoilers.

Here's the YouTube link if the video dies for some reason.

Thumbnail under the cut.

[brocedesforlife]

im kinda sad that nico didnt congratulate lewis publicly or that we didnt see him at all with sky

same but what can we expect from them when they very publicly divorced lol

i mean at least we have the fact that nico predicted the win?

[minty-sweet-art]

@saytrrose

Fuck I was just finishing up a bad edit of this but in reverse lol.

And of course carnival art of kinger by @sm-baby and your art by you saytr

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[feralportalmaster]

Ok, Traffic Lifers. Specifically those invested in the celestial winner system.

Can we all agree right now that if, by some miracle, Jimmy ever wins a season, his associated celestial body will be Pluto.

Pluto, being the Roman counterpart of Hades, is god of the underworld, and by association death. I don’t think I need to reiterate the canary curse to explain how well this fits.

(Also Pluto is the last of the main eight planets, and is basically the wet-cat of the solar system)