“The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.
I’ve spent my life kneeling―to their will and to my father’s. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.
I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.
But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.
Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him―bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know.
Everyone wants me to be something I’m not―a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.
But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated?
And what if―for the first time―I reached for it?”
This book took BookTok by storm as soon as it came out. I love a good romantasy novel with enemies to lovers and a ‘forced’ marriage.
This book follows Odessa as she is forced to marry the prince that was going to marry her sister (yikes). Now she is sent as a spy, which is what her sister had been training for her entire life. Except Odessa is reallllly bad at it.
I must say that I did call one of the ‘twists’ and it is not hard to see coming, but when it does happen I giggled and twisted in my seat.
This book has the following tropes.
Enemies to lovers
Forced/Arranged marriage
Forbidden Romance
Slow Burn
Found Family
When the second book comes out I plan to purchase it immediately. Probably pre-order it as soon as it becomes available. At this moment there is no current release date for the next book.
I also want to say that I would like to have my own guardian please. I would take one.
If you like romantasys, with enemies to lovers and a found family. A FMC that is a horrible spy, but will fight for everything she believes in, then I would recommend purchasing this book. Link below to grab your own copy!
-Fallon
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