Bride of the Shadow King

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It's the perfect way for the King to win- he gets an alliance with Vor, keeps his treasured daughter, and gets rid of Faraine. She's the author of the bestselling Venatrix Chronicles, The Scarred Mage of Roseward trilogy, and the romantic fantasy duology, Of Candlelight and Shadows. As someone who picked this up for the Fae aspect I wasn’t disappointed but be warned it’s not a full fledge Fae story.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I was shocked by how long this book was and I fully expected everything to be wrapped up by the end, in terms of the plot and character development. Passionate and alluring, Bride of the Shadow King is an arranged marriage tale with dual points-of-view (his and hers). Both characters battled their personal feelings against their royal obligations while trying to continue the facade one is leading, and that is always interesting to see played out in a story but it does murk up the consensual aspect between the characters. And although the banter between Vor and his rakish brother Sul are quite fun, the latter is quite persistent in his innuendos.Miss Mercedes better fix some things in the second book and undo the terrible- lies, I'm sure it was just lies- or else I am going to be Put Out. So I was shocked when I realized this was a series instead of the standalone tiktok made it out to be.

I’m waiting until book two comes out on audio before continuing with the series and book three is due out September 2023. So Faraine is the one being treated the worst here, by EVERYONE, and the one person who should be caring for her is being a complete asshat. When the handsome and enigmatic Shadow King comes seeking a bride, Faraine is not surprised that her sister is his choice. Also, the emotional abuse heaped upon the MCF by her family and those around her is just not something I want to read about. I've only recently discovered Romantasy books after spending most of my time reading non fiction science and philosophy books, with the occasional historical romance thrown in for light relief.

So when she was offering ARC copies of the first book to a new series, I fought my way onto the list, and here we are. Closure: This ends on a cliffhanger with the next book, Vow of the Shadow King, that is not yet released.

The romance between the two main characters is slowly built and feels very special because of how believable it is. Also, towards the beginning of the story, I believe Vor made some strange comment on how he wondered if he'd find Faraine beautiful once he got to know her. This is likely why she was given her gods-gift in the first place - it’s her destiny to be the trolde Queen. She is such a surprise with her God's Gift, and becoming an ally and closer to a real sister to Faraine.I loved the fact I couldn’t necessarily predict where the story was going, what characters motives or actions would be and it definitely keeps you on the edge of your toes.