I love everything about this book, it took all the things I want from fantasy and wrapped it all up in one.

The only thing is that cliffhanger is a KILLER, waiting impatiently for book 2!

I really enjoyed this story and I thought that it was a good first book.

I thought that the story was well developed and a good setting for this new duo of books.

This is a romantic, wary, sexy story with action - and dragons!

It is 4 stars from me for this one - highly recommended!

I personally love fantasy/romance and medieval stories and happened to stumble upon this book that has all three! Lucky me :)
I really like the writing style for this book, I also like the dynamic between the main characters and the political aspects woven into this story.
It is a classic enemies to lovers trope which I adore and I think it was executed well. We have the ruthless male love interest and the intelligent female love interest. We have conflicts, political rivalries, betrayals and much more.
I feel as though the characters have great chemistry and this is definitely more of a slow burn type of book.
I just wish it was easier to know when the POV was a different person.

I must say though the cliffhanger is keeping me on edge I cannot wait to read the second book from this duology.

Overall heavily enjoyed it and I want to thank NetGalley for allowing me to read this.

Main Takeaways:
- Enemies to lovers
- Medieval
- Kingdom
- 3rd Person
- Multiple POVs

Thanks for the advanced copy! I went into this book thinking it was going to be something else, but ended up really enjoying it! I liked that up until the end they kept up the mystery. The relationship between the two main characters was entertaining! Would recommend only to those who enjoy spicy books! Can’t wait to see where the story goes next!

***ARC Review***

5⭐️ - Wow

I read this whole book in a day, and could not put it down. This book is a really interesting take on the romantasy genre, and is a book I’d recommend to fans of Fourth Wing. I really liked both of the main characters, though sometimes I found myself wondering how the FMC, Kora, has survived for so long when she makes so many little mistakes that end up snowballing into huge issues. I also really liked the MMC Derek, and am really looking forward to seeing how his character arc progresses in the next book. My only complaint is it is sometimes hard to deal with all the character perspective switching. I wish the chapters had an indication of whose perspective it was going to be written in, and maybe less of the inter-chapter chaotic switching. It just was personally a little hard to track for me, though I understand the purpose. Overall though, a really great book, and one I will highly recommend to anyone looking for their next romantasy.

I received this book as an ARC.

I really enjoyed this story and the twists and turns along the way.

I found the FMC and MMC to be interesting characters that grew as they spent more time together. It is frustrating, although realistic, when they just won’t divulge what they are going through/need.

I expected the cliffhanger but didn’t hate it and look forward to the next book.

An interesting, sexy, romantic and magical adventure between two magical creatures who are supposed to be enemies. I’m not sure where the title comes in though.