Reviews

Slaying the Shadow Prince by Helen Scheuerer

jvlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

romantasybooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

4.75⭐️ 2.5🌶️
Such an amazing love story! I read this after Vows & Ruins and I was so connected to the characters and devoured their story! 

kimnoooone's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

3.0

avgreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious

3.0

head_in_the_books23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

fairycorebookclub's review against another edition

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

kokechii's review against another edition

2.0

As I have not read Blood and Steel first, the world this is set in is what drew me in. I wanted to know more about the shadow wraiths, I wanted to find the grand solution... and I wanted a bigger story.
Loved Tal as a character, much more than Drue, despite everything we learned about her I think he was the more interesting character. Loved certain side characters also.
But my main problem was the writing I guess. The plot seemed choppy at times and it suffered from "and then..." moments to propel the plot forward. Also the smut was not it for me and certain character thoughts and actions bothered me.

bibliobeccas_bookshelf's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I binged this in a day. I really loved the concept and devoured it. It had a good balance of spice and plot but I feel that the enemies to lovers trope moved to quickly, more conflict could've really built the tension before they got to jumping each other's bones. The book was pretty short, so there was definitely room for more world building and more descriptive writing, since it was so short there was also a lot of unanswered questions. Helen   Scheuerer really has a way of sucking you into the world and I've already ordered the next 3 books in the Fate & Furies series.

nicholle91's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 ✨ definitely read this book in between #2 and #3 of legends of Thezzmar for best understanding. I really enjoyed learning about Talemir and how he met and came to love his wife, Drue. It was also great to learn about the other characters briefly mentioned in book #2 - Terrence and Dratos. It’ll be interesting to see how they tie into the final third book!

I didn’t feel compelled to rate the book higher as there seemed to be some smut for the sake of smut and it got a little tiring/distracting from the story line.

tisha_reads's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

I loved my first dive into Thezmarr. 

Drue was just the type of strong FMC that I love. Talemir was the perfect mix of strength and vulnerablity. 

Their banter was fun and their heat was hot! I loved that he let her be her. Didn’t try to control or stop her. 

Very excited to start Blood and Steel!