Genres: New Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal / Supernatural 

Tropes: Magic, Found Family, Love Triangle, Slow Burn 

Moods: Adventurous, Emotional, Mysterious, Tense 

 

Available on Kindle Unlimited 

 

This is a book where I wish we had multiple POVs, because I frequently had the feeling interesting things were happening elsewhere, and we just weren’t privy to them. The world Cole has crafted is an intriguing one, but TBH, more often than not, the book feels constrained by its choice of narrator. 

 

Diem really feels overdue for some character growth now that she’s

queen

. She’s a little hard to buy as some kind of

fate-ordained monarch

and seems more like she’d just get everybody killed. 

 

I did like a lot of the supporting characters and the found family aspect. Luther also continues to be a swoony LI. 

 

Safety Stats: 

Ages:

Diem is 20. Prince Luther’s age is not stated, but he is implied to be mid to late 20s.

 

Cheating:

See OM/OW note.

 

OM/OW:

Lots of OM/OW drama. Diem is still technically betrothed to Henri while she has feelings for Luther, not that Henri is around much in this book. (There are some hints dropped to the reader that Henry is being unfaithful.) Diem is also flirted with by Aemmon, Luther’s cousin, who is interested in using her for power. She doesn’t have feelings for Aemmon but does flirt with him a little. We also meet Ileana, who Luther courted “off and on” for years before he met Diem. He does not seem to have feelings for her now..

 

Separation:

Luther and Diem are separated at the end of the book when she is attacked while being coronated. Cliffhanger.

 

Triggers:

Death of a parent.

 

HEA/HFN?:

Cliffhanger, book 2 of a series.