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A review by mxphoebesviewpoint
Glorious Day by Skye Kilaen
5.0
Skye Kilaen writes a dramatic tale of rebellion and redemption in Glorious Day. Kilaen drops us into the story right at the end of the synopsis and the Princess has called Vice-Captain Hazen aka Elsenna into her suite to find out what is happening outside of her walls. Then the Princess decides that to be safe she needs her bodyguard back and assigns the Elsenna as her guard once again.
Kilaen brews up some trouble here. We hear the story from Enna’s point of view and get to understand the quandary she is between what is right for the people and her love for the princess. How she came to the difficult decisions that she has and how she comes to the traumatic decisions to come. Kilaen does not shy away from the harshness of war - bewarned my rainbows there are some harsh scenes ahead. The scenes happen off-stage, but the echoes are imprinted even as I type this. (I almost cried...almost!)
Kilaen writes twists and turns within the story so that you do not know who is the enemy and who is not. It’s awesome!
The romance itself is an emotional one rather than a physical one though it does get to fruition at the end and that is in euphemisms. This is the only area where I just did not feel the connection between Day and Enna. I definitely know how Enna felt, but I just did not feel it from Day. I say this because of one scene early on in the book where if you knew that someone you cared about was coming you wouldn’t be busy doing something else.
Overall, the uprising story and the happily ever after ending is a roller-coaster read!
I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.
Kilaen brews up some trouble here. We hear the story from Enna’s point of view and get to understand the quandary she is between what is right for the people and her love for the princess. How she came to the difficult decisions that she has and how she comes to the traumatic decisions to come. Kilaen does not shy away from the harshness of war - bewarned my rainbows there are some harsh scenes ahead. The scenes happen off-stage, but the echoes are imprinted even as I type this. (I almost cried...almost!)
Kilaen writes twists and turns within the story so that you do not know who is the enemy and who is not. It’s awesome!
The romance itself is an emotional one rather than a physical one though it does get to fruition at the end and that is in euphemisms. This is the only area where I just did not feel the connection between Day and Enna. I definitely know how Enna felt, but I just did not feel it from Day. I say this because of one scene early on in the book where if you knew that someone you cared about was coming you wouldn’t be busy doing something else.
Overall, the uprising story and the happily ever after ending is a roller-coaster read!
I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.