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One of the best fantasy books I’ve read in a while! Absolutely thrilling and enchanting and I fell in love with the world-building and beautiful characterization of our leads. Thea captured the enemies to lovers dynamic perfectly without having to sacrifice the tension quickly, the chaos in both their minds as they struggle with their own loyalties and ideologies was deliciously written and I am so excited to see when they begin to choose each other over the greater good. The tumultuous “will they won’t they” had me tearing my hair out but by god was it worth it!! Cannot wait for the sequel!!

Also,

Chapter 38, page 450.

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is my new empire!

I loved every minute of this book. It’s a true enemies to lovers story and I am so here for it. The world building is superb, complete with a whole new set of wildlife, slang and colloquialisms, and a cool magic system. The story is a mix of war and politics. Talasyn is a fantastically angry girl, full of snark and fueled by rage and determination. Alaric on the other hand is such an awkward morally grey a-hole. And he’s my new number one book boyfriend.

I’ll be honest, about half way through this book I was getting Kylo Ren vibes from Alaric, only better and it took me until the end of the book and Alaric’s stupid, inelegant attempt at affection for me to piece together why I love him so much. Alaric reminds me of Zuko. A shadow daddy version of Zuko and I’m done. This beautiful, awkward boy needs love and care.

This book has a couple steamy scenes and one mildly spicy scene, I’d call it a 2-2.5 on the spicy level, as they haven’t gone all the way YET. But based on that one scene I am eagerly awaiting a higher spice level next book.

Also this ends with a mild cliff hanger. Nothing that will have you throwing a book or your phone against a wall and screaming into the void, but a solid plot hook to ensure you want to read book 2.

Anyways, if you’re hesitating to read this, or thinking about waiting until the whole series comes out, don’t wait. Take the plunge, and fall in love. I promise this book is going to blow everything else out of the water. Also I need more people to suffer along with me in the wait for October.

Off to preorder book two!

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is a romantacy book about two shoulders from waring lands. He has shadow powers and she has light powers, they could each be the other’s downfall. But for some reason they can’t convince themselves to cast the death blow. And then they realize they need each other, but can they truly trust each other.

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