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The Ever King by LJ Andrews
3.0
adventurous challenging hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I feel conflicted. While I really liked these characters and enjoyed this as a whole, I felt like the pacing was a little off. It set the romance up to be a slowburn but didn’t really give us that rewarding payoff. While Erik and Livia are sweet, I didn’t feel they interacted enough before everything did a 180 and they fell in love. I also didn’t feel like we got enough of a set up to really care about the side characters. It felt a little more focused on the cutesy aspect between the main characters, that everything else fell to the wayside. 

That said, I really loved the take on fated mates here, it was different from other romantasy’s I’ve read! I also enjoyed the ever kingdom and how that world was different than we thought it would be. 

I’m intrigued enough to keep reading, but idk when!