A review by taylasfootnotes
A Kiss of Iron by Clare Sager

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

I was captured by Sager’s work from the opening chapter! Kat, who is introduced as a highway robber with a fierce reputation, is struggling to keep her home together after the disappearance of her estranged husband. When a summons to the castle sees her fortune change, she is quickly swept up in court politics
and finds herself employed to spy on the visiting kingdom’s ambassador
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Strange things begin to occur in the palace as the Queen is courted by several suitors from across the continent. Kat tries to investigate these weird events with the help of Bastian Marwood, the ambassador from Elfhame. Stranger still is the attraction between the two
and the guilt Kat harbours after having stolen an irreplaceable item from Bastian the night before her arrival at court
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Games are played. Traps of sabotage are deployed and a heart is broken. To say I enjoyed the first instalment of the Shadows of Tenebris series is an understatement. Not only are we given a rich world but also a new Shadow Daddy to obsess over. Clare Sager has become a new ‘instant purchase’ author for me and I will hype her work to anyone who will listen. 
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