Sure pregnancy is a huge deal, but so are STIs and these bacterial and viral diseases can do to someone's body. The Shadows Between Us is this author's newest release and was a TBR & Beyond group read in April. He was charming and breathtaking, which is probably why I fell in love with him too, but he comes second to my queen. Tools to track, assess, and motivate classroom reading. Hestia and Rhoda are the best friends anyone can have. Get Your Book Reviewed. By the time this book has started, Alessandra has had multiple partners already since she first had sex when she was fifteen. However, Kallias is poisoned, and they learn that it was one of his advisors. The opening scene honestly made me laugh and truly endeared her to me. I gathered most of the intel as the story went on. A man slides his sword into a man's gut.
I also kinda wish there was a second book because I wanna know what goes down after the events of The Shadows Between Us. Others say they speak to him, whispering the thoughts of his enemies. I need to look as beautiful as Alessandra did in my head. Kallias Maheras; I loved him too, as a dark and twisted individual. She decided that she would never love again, but would take lovers. I was hooked and couldn't wait to see what would happen next. As she has her sights set for the highest prize and bachelor, the Shadow King, who cannot be touched by anyone or even go within five feet of anyone. Also, the shadows were really interesting.
I buried Hektor Galanis in a hole so deep, even the devils of the earth couldn't reach him. " Wow, I haven't loved and hated a character this much in an eternity. It's not exactly Shakespearean. Champagne is served at a ball. My dad lived to over 300 years until he fall in love with my mom which the shadows left. These are the stars of the story! As her father's chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. They start eating together, going out, and talking about everything. Fantasy – Romance | YA – M |Murder, Implied Sexual Content, Pretty perverse not really fully sexual content | Love, Freedom, Obsession, Greed. I knew I was going to love it from the first line. She asks him for more later. They will be wed. What I Liked: Alessandra; My QUEEN. It was a quick read for me however, and has a wicked sort of intrigue about it.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Fans of the Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake and the Folk of the Aire series by Holly Black may enjoy it. Because I had to know how it was going to turn out. Is she really that smart or is it because everyone else is dumb to make her words sound smarter? Maybe it's just because I'm not reading the right books, but it felt really nice to read a book with a character who was not ashamed of her sexuality or the fact that she had slept with numerous men before. Because she killed someone off screen?
One of those finish in a day books here. Warnings for a lot of talk of sex, blood, betrayals, complicated family situations, and death. I received this eARC in exchange for an honest review. Friends, family, people with a lower status. I enjoyed the ending, but I missed some development leading up to the big reveal. And everyone is trying and failing at getting him to court them. The poets can say whatever they damned like. After watching too many historical dramas and reading too many books where women are fighting other women for the sake of power and attention from men, I was pleasantly surprised and thrilled to see Alessandra form a friendship with Hestia and Rhoda. There are still horses and carriages and taverns with wenches... but these other random modern things. Even though I had a feeling how everything would end, some things in Alessandra's past come back to haunt her. It refers to this throughout the book. What I can't believe is how I didn't figure out the final twist. I guessed that pretty early but how we got to that point was unexpected.
She tells you in the first sentence of the book. And if I'm going to read a romance, I need a good plot to back it up.
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