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A review by jenhawk
Kingdom of Blood and Salt by Alexis Calder
1.0
The way the author wrote this book is in first person but majority of this read was the FMC asking herself questions, whether its questions about how she feels or the situation at hand. Obviously this wouldn't be an issue but majority of the whole book was just self questions with no answers.
There's a lot to unpack here but I'm going to try to keep it short.
The FMC is Ara, she is very loyal to her father and half-sisters ( there's a mean stepmother)
while reading its obvious that she's being betrayed by people close to her. The ones her kingdom makes clear are the enemies end up saving her life or protecting her countless times but She chooses to stay loyal to the ones betraying her.
Her father mentions that Ara is the wisest person he's ever known but it seems that wisdom is chasing her and she is just a fast runner so i will have to disagree with his statement.
The MMC Ryvin we absolutely know nothing about him except he is a shifter with magic, no explanation of his power or anything.
Ryvin is caught a couple of times with other women (sexual) and Ara is upset, clarifies hes the enemy and she doesnt care but still desires him for no explanation or any reasoning. so that was off putting.
There is this whole big deal about the dragons, towards the end of the book that plot was abandon.
nothing in this book is explained and again the whole entire time was just Ara asking herself questions or trying to hate Rayvin but sleeping with him. Everyone around Ara made it obvious she was being played with from her family and she was the only blind person it seems. its just pathetic.
theres alot more but ill just end this with i don't plan on continuing this series nor recommending it.
There's a lot to unpack here but I'm going to try to keep it short.
The FMC is Ara, she is very loyal to her father and half-sisters ( there's a mean stepmother)
while reading its obvious that she's being betrayed by people close to her. The ones her kingdom makes clear are the enemies end up saving her life or protecting her countless times but She chooses to stay loyal to the ones betraying her.
Her father mentions that Ara is the wisest person he's ever known but it seems that wisdom is chasing her and she is just a fast runner so i will have to disagree with his statement.
The MMC Ryvin we absolutely know nothing about him except he is a shifter with magic, no explanation of his power or anything.
Ryvin is caught a couple of times with other women (sexual) and Ara is upset, clarifies hes the enemy and she doesnt care but still desires him for no explanation or any reasoning. so that was off putting.
There is this whole big deal about the dragons, towards the end of the book that plot was abandon.
nothing in this book is explained and again the whole entire time was just Ara asking herself questions or trying to hate Rayvin but sleeping with him. Everyone around Ara made it obvious she was being played with from her family and she was the only blind person it seems. its just pathetic.
theres alot more but ill just end this with i don't plan on continuing this series nor recommending it.