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Bride of the Shadow King
by Sylvia Mercedes
3.25 stars
I was enjoying this story in the beginning until the Princess Faraine's family's deception. In the beginning it seemed as if King Vor had some type of attraction/curiosity towards Faraine but that immediately went out of the window when he met and chose her sister to be his bride. Although thoughts of Faraine weren't far from his thoughts he still proceeded to court and make his vows to Faraine's sister Princess Ilsevel.
I feel that Faraine should have spoken up instead of continuing with the deception of making King Vor think he was married to Ilsevel instead of a glamoured Faraine; but because she was shunned by her family; her father the king demanded that she played her part even though she didn't want to. She could have used the opportunity to explain to King Vor what tragedy befell Ilsevel and her other sisters instead of making him think he was with the woman of his choosing, who simply wasn't Princess Faraine.
This book had all of the makings of a romantasy, but I just couldn't get past the manipulation and deception. The feelings and vows King Vor was professing were to Ilsevel not Faraine; but Faraine is who he ended up married to due to deception and know we will have to go through the pain of reading about King Vor and his conflicting feeling about the situation and how he was deceived and how Faraine will need to accept the fact that King Vor was professing his love, desire for Ilsevel and not her; in hopes that he will one day forgive her for her deception and profess those same feelings for her.
No thank you. All of this drama is bringing more harm than good between the two realms. The point of the marriage to become allies and combine forces against a common enemy but now with this deception uncovered how can King Vor look past the deceitful alliance that he has fostered? Why would Fararine continue to do her family bidding knowing they loathe her and will never treat her s anything more than an inconvenience?
I was enjoying this story in the beginning until the Princess Faraine's family's deception. In the beginning it seemed as if King Vor had some type of attraction/curiosity towards Faraine but that immediately went out of the window when he met and chose her sister to be his bride. Although thoughts of Faraine weren't far from his thoughts he still proceeded to court and make his vows to Faraine's sister Princess Ilsevel.
I feel that Faraine should have spoken up instead of continuing with the deception of making King Vor think he was married to Ilsevel instead of a glamoured Faraine; but because she was shunned by her family; her father the king demanded that she played her part even though she didn't want to. She could have used the opportunity to explain to King Vor what tragedy befell Ilsevel and her other sisters instead of making him think he was with the woman of his choosing, who simply wasn't Princess Faraine.
This book had all of the makings of a romantasy, but I just couldn't get past the manipulation and deception. The feelings and vows King Vor was professing were to Ilsevel not Faraine; but Faraine is who he ended up married to due to deception and know we will have to go through the pain of reading about King Vor and his conflicting feeling about the situation and how he was deceived and how Faraine will need to accept the fact that King Vor was professing his love, desire for Ilsevel and not her; in hopes that he will one day forgive her for her deception and profess those same feelings for her.
No thank you. All of this drama is bringing more harm than good between the two realms. The point of the marriage to become allies and combine forces against a common enemy but now with this deception uncovered how can King Vor look past the deceitful alliance that he has fostered? Why would Fararine continue to do her family bidding knowing they loathe her and will never treat her s anything more than an inconvenience?