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Bride of Brutal Hearts by Kate Stevens
4.0
dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ?โ€

I love when a book catches me by surprise and Bride of Brutal Hearts did just that.

There is a lot to love within these pages - 
๐ŸฉธCheeky FMC
๐ŸฉธUnhinged MMC
๐ŸฉธEndometriosis rep 
๐ŸฉธUnique magic system

The magic system was probably one of my favorite things about this story. I really loved the rune magic and how it was incorporated. 

Although this is a why choose romance, I really preferred Jules to Luc. And at times I felt like the why choose was actually more for Jules (with Luc and Nessa) rather than for Nessa (with Jules and Luc). 

Iโ€™m often critical of books being overly long - and this one definitely couldโ€™ve cut down on the page count a bit - but for how long it was, I never felt like it lost my attention. The smut was a bit cyclical at one point, but it didnโ€™t stop the momentum of the story imo. 

Iโ€™m definitely looking forward to continuing this series.