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fireandfables 's review for:
Rose in Chains
by Julie Soto
First and foremost I want to make it clear that Julie Soto is an insta-read author for me and once again she not only did not disappoint, she showed me once again that she deserves that spot on the pedestal. I revived out of a slump to read this book in about 36 hours and then immediately fell back into one.
Rose in Chains is a medium paced, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, dark fantasy romance that is not for the feint of heart. Briony is a strong female lead with immense power but with a lot of innocence/ignorance. As a woman in a patriarchal kingdom, she was forced to make herself less, so her twin brother and heir to the throne, Rory could shine the brightest.
Toven is a sexy bad boy who toes the line of showing the outward appearance of being evil, without actually wanting to be. The mind games that he plays is 5d chess, where Briony is just trying to survive.
As soon as I heard this book was coming out it became one of my most anticipated reads of the year and I am so excited I was able to get an early eARC thanks to Forever Publishing and Netgalley. But now I don't know what to do with myself because book 1 isn't even out yet and I already want book 2.
This book was originally a Draco x Hermione fanfiction, and I love that I can see the parallels while it also does an amazing job of being its own story. Instead of death eaters and muggleborns we have two separate kingdoms (Bomardi and Eversun) that source their magic differently. Instead of Voldy, we have an enigmatic female woman who strategically brought herself into power. It was just so good!
It should be noted that there are trigger warnings, this is a dark romance as I mentioned. Once the Bomardi's win the war, they decide that instead of using animal familiars to boost their magic, they will use the captured Eversuns. And what better way to profit off of the war, than by auctioning the prisoners to the highest bidder. But nothing is what is seems, and loyalties are never as simple as they seem.
Everything is from Briony's 3rd person POV, so as the reader we are getting unreliable and limited information as the story progresses, which just adds another layer of secrets and intrigue that I also loved.
Overall, I will be buying this book when it comes out and probably giving it a reread then as well.
Rose in Chains is a medium paced, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, dark fantasy romance that is not for the feint of heart. Briony is a strong female lead with immense power but with a lot of innocence/ignorance. As a woman in a patriarchal kingdom, she was forced to make herself less, so her twin brother and heir to the throne, Rory could shine the brightest.
Toven is a sexy bad boy who toes the line of showing the outward appearance of being evil, without actually wanting to be. The mind games that he plays is 5d chess, where Briony is just trying to survive.
As soon as I heard this book was coming out it became one of my most anticipated reads of the year and I am so excited I was able to get an early eARC thanks to Forever Publishing and Netgalley. But now I don't know what to do with myself because book 1 isn't even out yet and I already want book 2.
This book was originally a Draco x Hermione fanfiction, and I love that I can see the parallels while it also does an amazing job of being its own story. Instead of death eaters and muggleborns we have two separate kingdoms (Bomardi and Eversun) that source their magic differently. Instead of Voldy, we have an enigmatic female woman who strategically brought herself into power. It was just so good!
It should be noted that there are trigger warnings, this is a dark romance as I mentioned. Once the Bomardi's win the war, they decide that instead of using animal familiars to boost their magic, they will use the captured Eversuns. And what better way to profit off of the war, than by auctioning the prisoners to the highest bidder. But nothing is what is seems, and loyalties are never as simple as they seem.
Everything is from Briony's 3rd person POV, so as the reader we are getting unreliable and limited information as the story progresses, which just adds another layer of secrets and intrigue that I also loved.
Overall, I will be buying this book when it comes out and probably giving it a reread then as well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, War
Moderate: Sexual violence
Minor: Rape