A Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal by Holly Renee

A Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal by Holly Renee | A Review

Hi Readers!!!!

Welcome to Quills and Pages. This is Quills and I am back with the review of another series book; A Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal written by Holly Renee. This is the second book in the series of Stars and Shadows. And I took a long time finishing this book but finally in July I did it then I took a long time thinking about how to approach this review....lol.... Anyway let's start.

BLURB

My fate is bonded to two princes– one born of blood, the other of power— but my trust lies in neither.

My skin is cursed by the stars, my fate damned by desire.

But when the dark prince offers me a bargain that will save his people and my life, the cruel and intoxicating male gives me no choice.

Our union is his revenge, and I am his sacrifice.

His lies are unforgivable. His wicked touch still bathes me in sin.

He is my mate, and he is tortured by a curse to protect his people from his own family.

I could now see him for exactly who he was. So why can’t I get his alluring touch out of my head?

I am the key to saving his kingdom, but he alone has the power to ruin me.

GENRE
Paranormal Romantasy

THEME AND TONE
Somewhat gothic paranormal

LANGUAGE AND WRITING STYLE
Easy to read

CHARACTERS
Characters got boring in this second books

TROPES

☙ Paranormal Romance

☙ Fated Mates

☙ Vampires and Fae

☙ He kidnaps her

☙ She distrust him

☙ He kidnaps her

☙ Forced Proximity

MY REVIEW
The first book of the series; A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows was a good start of the series. there was something there that i wanted to know what is going to happen next and I finished it very quickly and ordered the next book. And when I started reading second book it was a good start too but somewhere in the first half the plot was lost to me.

I was not interested to read anymore. Everything got so predictable that i would predict what he or she would say next and that's exactly would happen. I stopped reading it....I went and listen to audiobook and then came back to this book again. Because I have a blog and I purchased the book so I really wanted to read it and write about it. so I made myself finish the book

The things went wrong with this book were too much unnecessary angst and slow burn and spice that author was trying to write but it was failing. I was more interested in the plot like what was the role of vampire queen, what was the role of fae queen, how Adara's powers play in the whole scenario, what will Gavril do but no most of the book was filled with Evren trying to woo and marry Adara and he was not even being original or good at it.

Anyway the big moment finally happened at the end of the book and that got my interest. There is a big plot twist and I liked it very much and because of just that I am going to continue reading the series.

MY RATING
Overall: ★★★ | 3 Stars

Plot: ★★★| 3 Stars

Romance: ★ | 1 Star

Characters:★ | 1 Stars

Pacing: ★| 1 stars

Mystery: ★| 1 star

Banter: ★| 1 star

Ending: ★★★★| 4 Stars

Spice Level: ugh it was spicy but not good spicy

Book Cover:★★★★★| 5 Stars (perfection)

THE BEST PART
☙ Only The End 😂

Best Words

A prince born of blood. Another of power. One will defeat. One will cower. The rage of the stars burned in her skin. Without her fate his rule can’t begin.

ABOUT AUTHOR

Holly Renee, is a small-town east Tennessee girl who is obsessed with all things romance. She love bringing flawed, sassy, and real characters to life in a way that makes you feel like you’ve been best friends with them for years. No two Holly Renee books are the same, but if you love real, relatable, fun female characters and swoon-worthy heroes, She is your girl. You can contact the author through her website(link).

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