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A review by nikkilorene
The Raven's Ballad by Emma Hamm
4.0
Ok. I’m in the midst mentally slowing down after the emotional rollercoaster that is this book. Oh my gosh... I think this one is my favorite yet! I love book one and two of this series, but this one had that “dark love” I’m constantly craving in books. So, let’s get down with it...
1. Characters: is there even a more likable couple in the history of books? Is there? I don’t know but I’ve found one of my OTP for life. I enjoyed them in “the faceless woman” but I LOVED THEM in this book! I think it’s hard when a lot of the time romance books just focus on the “getting together” and then done. That’s it. No after the “getting together”.
Sure the ending of first title for this story was far from HEA, but it was refreshing to get a book that had a couple struggling through life that is less than ideal. To see them grow into the people they ARE, and the acceptance of that by their love. Bad guys are amazing, in that you want a horrible death for them. Cameo from our other beloved characters? Yes that’s there too!
***Another important note while I’m just ranting a whole lot of fangirling emotions, the best part was that there was never this good vs evil final decision. It was just the acceptance of who these people are and always will be. The only thing they struggled to change was the curse... not each other. Sure there was mortally questionable actions (that were solved with some in depth soul searching) but I loved that these two people were like ... “Im a shitty person but you love me for my solo moments off goodness too” and that’s that... no sobbing declarations of “ill only be with you if you stop the darkness” but rather a whole lot of “let me be the light to your darkness, and you the darkness to my light” .... BRILLIANT!
2. Story: personally I think there are two important things that this book gets right in story (the whole story is amazing but these are my favorite parts about it), and that’s having an initial problem (the difficult night and day transitions) and a whole lot of “shit hitting the fan” (because damn, every moment was a WTF didn’t see that happening.) and what was even better... it was GASP, original! The plot was totally new to me! There wasn’t angst it was all amazing development and badassery... is that a word?
So that’s my word vomit of emotions that I received from this book. Honestly, there wasn’t ONE thing I didn’t like. I loved it all. The smexy interactions, the bickering, the queen and king romance of the century! Emma... I want more!!!!
Anyway five stars, eight thousand thumbs up, and a shinny sticker of approval from moi.
1. Characters: is there even a more likable couple in the history of books? Is there? I don’t know but I’ve found one of my OTP for life. I enjoyed them in “the faceless woman” but I LOVED THEM in this book! I think it’s hard when a lot of the time romance books just focus on the “getting together” and then done. That’s it. No after the “getting together”.
Sure the ending of first title for this story was far from HEA, but it was refreshing to get a book that had a couple struggling through life that is less than ideal. To see them grow into the people they ARE, and the acceptance of that by their love. Bad guys are amazing, in that you want a horrible death for them. Cameo from our other beloved characters? Yes that’s there too!
***Another important note while I’m just ranting a whole lot of fangirling emotions, the best part was that there was never this good vs evil final decision. It was just the acceptance of who these people are and always will be. The only thing they struggled to change was the curse... not each other. Sure there was mortally questionable actions (that were solved with some in depth soul searching) but I loved that these two people were like ... “Im a shitty person but you love me for my solo moments off goodness too” and that’s that... no sobbing declarations of “ill only be with you if you stop the darkness” but rather a whole lot of “let me be the light to your darkness, and you the darkness to my light” .... BRILLIANT!
2. Story: personally I think there are two important things that this book gets right in story (the whole story is amazing but these are my favorite parts about it), and that’s having an initial problem (the difficult night and day transitions) and a whole lot of “shit hitting the fan” (because damn, every moment was a WTF didn’t see that happening.) and what was even better... it was GASP, original! The plot was totally new to me! There wasn’t angst it was all amazing development and badassery... is that a word?
So that’s my word vomit of emotions that I received from this book. Honestly, there wasn’t ONE thing I didn’t like. I loved it all. The smexy interactions, the bickering, the queen and king romance of the century! Emma... I want more!!!!
Anyway five stars, eight thousand thumbs up, and a shinny sticker of approval from moi.