A review by originalbooknerd
The Hunted Heir by Holly Renee

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

➿💞𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓗𝓮𝓲𝓻 - 𝓥𝓮𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 2 - 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀💞➿

Author: Holly Renee

Couple: Verena & Dacre

Tropes: hidden identity, dystopian fantasy, dark romance, enemy to lovers, political & court intrigue, slow burn, forbidden romance,, forced proximity, fated mates

Review: The Hunted Heir…Holly why don’t you rip my heart out and leave it in shreds! This. Book!! It had everything I needed after the conclusion of The Veiled Kingdom. Verena continued to blow my mind with her growth and evolution as she grows into the Queen she was always born to be and Holly was phenomenal at providing us the angst, the hate and the dichotomy of her bond with Dacre.

Verena and Dacre are COMBUSTIBLE in this book. From the beginning you begin to see the shift in their characters in their respective POVs. The split we began to see in Dacre won me over and also pummeled me into the dirt since I just knew Holly was going to throw a shocking twist at the end for us…and she really did that in this book! However, the way Dacre was there for Verena in this book and the way he was openly adoring of her was level 100 swoon and I CANNOT wait to see him go feral in book 3 to save her!

The Hunted Heir was a spicy and fast-paced intense read that left me salivating for more of Daddy Dacre and his dominance. Him and Verena were full stop the couple that kept me on edge the longest from Holly…EVER! All the ups and downs they go through; first with the King, then with Dacre’s father and then with the Royal Guard and the rebellion; just added to how much these two will be a power couple at the end and I really am excited for the progression we will see in the next book! Holly put out a fantastic release and so far this series has left me on a book hangover at each stop!

 

Rating: 5/5, Daddy Dacre is back and ready to rumble in this book and I cannot wait for more of him and Verena as they rebel against the King and the rebellion!

Thank you @authorhollyrenee for this eARC!