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King of Battle and Blood

Adrian X Isolde Series, Book 1

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King of Battle and Blood

By: Scarlett St. Clair
Narrated by: Lilly Drake, Curt Bonnem
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From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance.

Their union is his revenge.

Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him.

But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court.

Except it isn't the court she fears most—it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king—fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort.

The answer will shatter her world.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Scarlett St. Clair (P)2022 Tantor Dark Fantasy Fantasy Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Fiction Royalty

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I really couldnt stop listening, i LOVED the story and cant wait for the next book to come out in December!

So good!

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I mean by chapter two she is feeling herself up over the thought of him. I was enjoying it still but it lost me a bit at the red palace. Especially when Adrian literally rips someone’s eye out as they said he’d been distracted by his new wife. I mean come on. What girl really what’s to be married to someone like that. Can you imagine your husband doing that? Getting a bit done with these dark violent immortal over sexed man types that are suddenly fascinated with the MC.

Not slow burn

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Interesting story line. The male character was interesting but under utilised. The female character was exceptionally annoying and confrontational for the sake of it. I will not be following this story into the next book. It was too much like hard work. Not for me but don’t let that put you off purchasing. It is an interesting and beautiful concept and the new world envisioned is very descriptive and well designed. The lead characters were just not my thing.

Hard going

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I don’t mind the level of spice, it’s just that I wasn’t expecting so much. I felt like it overshadowed some plot details that I wanted to hear more about. All together, a fun read.

The twist in the end elevates the whole book. Though the foreshadowing pretty much drowns in the spice.

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2.5
There were many points that I thought about DNF ing this book. But I thought the story would pick up.
Quite spicy.
The story is teased, an angry FMC and an underdeveloped MMC, who isn't given much chance to speak. I would have loved more of a story, but anyway the last couple of chapters everything was rushed together.
I was disappointed with this as I was thinking it would be good after reading Hades and Persephone.

Ok

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Absolutely loved this book! Could not stop listening, even when at work!!! I love a good enemies to lovers trope and the writing draws you in straight away!

Could not stop listening!

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Performance was nice, but the mmc pov at the end ruined it all for me. I imagined his voice to be like Gandalfs and my dreams were crushed.

eh

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This story could have been a delightful slow burn, but unfortunately the MC falls into the arms of her “enemy” within a few chapters.

The whole book feels lazy and half-baked. The writer seems scared to lean into her lore and storytelling and relies on the *spice* far too much. The whole relationship between Isolde and Adrian feels extremely rushed despite plot elements which are clumsily foreshadowed and ultimately easy to guess. The writer relies on telling the reader that her characters are “monsters” but really nothing they do ever seems very evil.

But it was entertaining and I wouldn’t begrudge it as a free book if it does get added to the library, wouldn’t use a credit on it though.

Plot gets lost in… other things

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It took me a while to get hooked, but then.. then I devoured it! It’s so good and I’ll start the next book in a second.

Love it!

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This book was just perfection. I consumed it within two days because I just couldn’t stop listening to it. Can’t wait to listen to the next one now.

Loved it

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