A review by alyssa_b_dub
Bloodguard by Cecy Robson

2.5

I really wanted to like this book. I love the idea of a gladiator romantasy. The pacing of the book just didn’t make sense to me. The immediate action fo the gladiator battles felt very fast paced. And the romance was ridiculously fast. He certainly went to loving and trusting a noble, who he claims to hate really quick. And sometimes it’s safe to be around Soro and sometimes it isn’t? And yet, with all this fast paced all the blood guard battles are so far apart. And he’s a slave but able to be the princess’s guard and just freely go around the city?

I also think it was super obvious that Leith’s family was dead and then he conveniently gets tattoos to also live for a lot longer since she’s elf and he’s human?