paper petals
paper petals is a young adult romance and fantasy novel written by the Spanish author duo Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual. The work was published for the first time in 2012, which was carried out for free through the internet. Much later —after having launched several literary titles on the market—, the writers reissued their debut work from the publisher Molino.
The book was released in October 2022. Since then, became one of the most beloved novels by fans of Iria and Selene. Their reviews can be found, above all, in communities of bookstagram and booktok, where readers mark sentences on their pages with multicolored pens, or use their posthitis to remember the most romantic, moving and epic passages.
Synopsis for Paper Petals
trapped inside a book
In many books, movies, series, and other kinds of entertainment and study materials, they have evaluated the possibility of being immersed in a fictional story. Most fantasies in this respect they are, by definition, mythical adventures, in which surprising moments are often lived that would be treasured forever if they happened.
In this context, starting to read an amazing book and somehow getting “stuck” in it sounds just wonderful. This is precisely the approach that Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual propose in paper petals. It's not exactly original, but it works.
Dani She is an ordinary girl with a life without major inconveniences. Her favorite activity is reading, so working in a bookstore in Madrid makes her very happy. However, her parents are not very comfortable with that situation. After having dinner with them and discussing her future, the protagonist goes to her work and takes out one of the books.
A trip to another world
Later, Dani returns home, and decides to share her reading with one of her friends. Nevertheless, waking up the next morning, he realizes that he is not in his bed, nor in his small apartment, nor in his city... She is immediately spotted by a little doll-like girl, and a young, aristocratic-looking man. The protagonist thinks that she is trapped in some kind of Victorian dream, and she begins to despair when this "dream trip" extends.
Distraught, Dani tells her hosts that she wants to wake up. But she can't do it, because she's not dreaming. Marcus Abberlain, the young knight, informs him that he is in Amyas, capital of a country called Albion. This place is dominated by a monarchy in the best style of society https://www.actualidadliteratura.com/misterios-crimenes-amor-epoca-victoriana/Victorian, where nobles enslave people who accidentally come to their kingdom. Dani fears she will fall prey to this dynamic, so Marcus promises to help her get home.
A love at the wrong time
While they find a way for Dani to return to his life in Madrid, Marcus Abberlain proposes that she adopt a false identity to avoid the nobles noticing that she is a foreigner.. Thereafter, the protagonist poses as a woman named Ilyria Blackwood, who, for the purposes of the farce, is the fiancée of Marcus, Earl of House Abberlain. Next, a slow-simmering romance begins to unfold.
At first, Marcus and Ilyria don't get along very well. She thinks that he is too cold. And He, for her part, must arm himself with patience in the face of her lack of sophistication and poor manners. They both come from very different worlds. The mortal dimension from which the protagonist comes does not know magic, while, dangerous as it is for Marcus and all his family, he he is the only inhabitant of Albion who can travel between dimensions.
A way to return home
Dani's false identity works. While he is impersonating Illyria, she and Marcus discover many of the dark secrets that the monarchy hides. from Amyas.
In the process, the count confesses to the protagonist that the only way to return home is through the book that transported her to the kingdom. The problem is that she doesn't have it. It is then that it occurs to her that this title may be in the hands of her friend, and it is possible that she has come to Albion as well.
This search for the door that will lead Dani back home becomes, at the same time, in the common thread of the relationship between the main characterss. Thanks to this they have the opportunity to meet, become friends and, in the end, love each other.
However, this is where the darkness catches this fiction, because, once she touches his world again, Dani will forget everything she lived with Marcus in Albion.. paper petals It is a story told by both protagonists so that, one day, the Dani of the future will remember everything.
About the authors
Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual
Iria G. Parente
Iria Gil Parente was born in 1993, in Madrid, Spain. In addition to dedicating herself to writing, the author works as a publicist. She became known in the literary milieu after associating with her partner, Selene M. Pascual., with which he has published several books in recent years. She parent studied General and Comparative Literature. In addition, she obtained a degree in Modern Languages and their Literatures.
Selene M. Pascual
Selene Morales Pascual was born in 1989, in Vigo, Spain. Selene graduated in philology. Thanks to her career, worked for some time at the University of Vigo. During her blogging stints, she began following Iria G. Parente. Both commented on their respective jobs, until, one day, they decided to work together.
Other books by Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual
Saga marabilia
- Stone dreams (2015);
- magic puppets (2016);
- freedom thieves (2017);
- silk cages (2018);
- crystal realms (2019)
Trilogy Secrets of the Full Moon
- Alliances (2016);
- Meetings (2017);
- Hen&Stag (2018)
Biology The Dragon and the Unicorn
- dragon's pride (2019);
- unicorn's revenge (2020)
Saga Olympus
- The Flower and Death (2020);
- The Sun and the Lie (2021);
- The Fury and the Labyrinth (2021)
stand-alone novels
- Red and gold (2017);
- Antiheroes (2018);
- Alma and the seven monsters (2020);
- Anne No Filters (2021);
- From Soulcial with love? (2022);
- we will be the hurricane (2023)