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Slaying the Shadow Prince by Helen Scheuerer

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

“Sometimes, to love someone, we have to let them go. And that sometimes, in order to go where we need to, we must turn away from one path, onto another.”

Read this book if you love;

• Enemies-to-Lovers

• Forced Proximity

• Found Family

• Touch-her-and-you-die

• He falls first

• Strong FMC in a world of men

• Bantering and spicy scenes!

The plot started out with a strong opening, the main characters (Drue and Talemir) meet immediately and I instantly fell in love with the spark between them. I love their bantering as well as the sassy and funny remarks from both of them!

The story is told in dual POVs with good pacing and great writing style which makes it easier to envision the action scenes and the world building.

The characters (both main and side ones) are well developed and loveable. I like that Drue and Adrienne have a fierce and determined personality which makes them a great leader.

I also like seeing Talemir's character grwoth in accepting himself.

I feel satisfied with the ending, although it’s not the end of everything. Things are from over and I would love to explore more about this world in the next book with Wilder as the main character in Blood and Steel!

Talemir and Drue will also make an appearance on the second book which will come out later this year, I feel so excited for that as well!

Overall, this is a great prequel to the series. It’s highly enjoyable and entertaining!

It’s the perfect combination of action, fantasy and romance with all of my favorite tropes thrown inside as well!

Thank you to Book of Matches Media and author for giving me an e-ARC of the book and for having me on this book tour. I’m leaving this review voluntarily!

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adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

Spicy fantasy romance stand alone = Trifecta 🤌🏽

I find Helen’s writing to be really easy to consume, but it’s not simple in any way. She is really good at her craft & I just inhale her books.

Overall the story had a heartwarming romance with a feisty FMC & an arrogant but ultimately cinnamon roll mmc. I really loved the two MC’s dynamic & it had the perfect amount of spice.

The plot was interesting & kept the momentum going, while also giving us more information into the world of the Legends of Thezmarr series.

There were lots of fun tropes like, one tent, reluctant allies to lovers, acts of service, shadow play & lots more ✨

I also LOVED seeing the MMC from Blood & Steel; Wilder Hawthorne ~ as this can be read as a prequel to that book ~ it’s made me so excited to continue that series!

This is her first romance forward story & in some moments I felt like I could tell ~ mainly towards the end there were some big impact moments that felt a little rushed, & one scene I wished was from the other characters pov so we understood the motivation behind their choices (especially as it was the conflict moment)

But these were the only moments I noticed in an otherwise throughly enjoyable fantasy romance.

Thank you Helen for the opportunity to arc read.

This review was provided voluntarily

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