proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Casia Greythorne has returned home to the Kethran Empire to claim the throne. Her brother Varen, the former king, is becoming a god and will be even more dangerous. Casia hopes she can use the crown to unite the Empire and survive a war against the gods themselves. But first she needs to find some answers from the past...
This fourth installment of the series continues where the third book ended, but then it kind of... stalled? Casia is trying to adapt to life as future queen, whilst also preparing a big gathering to make allies - and sneak off once in a while with Evander.
"Her warmth, her safe place, her captain, her guardian. And soon…her king."
I'm not saying it's uneventful, but some parts felt a bit drawn-out. At the same time I really enjoy hanging with Casia and her friends, but this still feels, to me, like the "weakest" book in the series, and it has taken me an unusually long time to read. Of course, at the end a lot of things happen, and now I wish that the fifth (and final?) book already was written and here for me to read! I highly recommend this series, although it might not sound like it, because Gaither's inferior work is still better than most fantasy author's!
* I received an ARC from the author and I'm giving my honest review. *
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence
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