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4.5 rainbows for All the Sacrifice of Shadows by Hillary Raymer" 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦" "𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯."
"𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵."
"𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦...𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦?"𝓡𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷:
Plot: 4.5
Pace: 4.67
Prose: 5
Characters: 4.67
Relationships & Romance: 4
Enjoyment: 5Happy Release day to Hillary Raymer and thank you for affording me the opportunity to read this book as an e-arc.
Y'all, the way you need to RUN to go get this book IMMEDIATELY. I cannot even tell you how much I enjoyed this book. If you enjoyed book one, All the Chaos of Constellations, then you'll adore book two.
These books are like Bridgerton meets the Fae realm. A big family of siblings, ballgowns and intense love affairs, but with Faeries and magical creatures, darkness and destruction.
In book two, we follow Creslyn and Drake who flew off on his Dragon at the end of book one, being betrothed to one another. Y'all know I love me an arranged marriage trope.
Drake is the shadow Prince, bloodthirsty, morally black at times but so utterly lost for Creslyn, a Fae with sun and rainbow magic from the moment he sees her.
This book follows their intense journey through discovering each other, accepting the darkness in each other, and in the end, saving each other.
As you can see with the quotes I added to this review, their relationship isn't all sunshine and rainbows (you see what I did there?) and they do have a few disagreements where one moment they're in love and the next they're at each other's throats with a pointy object...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Hillary should get a gift basket from the book community for the spice in this book ESPECIALLY considering it's a Romantasy.
You can look forward to:
Him piercing her nipnops
Shadow ridges on his peepee
Shadow penetration
They do it on the back of a flying dragon
Groveling
If you love an FMC who goes from weak to strong and independent, with a dark side she only shows to her shadow man, this is the book for you!
"𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵."
"𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦...𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦?"𝓡𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷:
Plot: 4.5
Pace: 4.67
Prose: 5
Characters: 4.67
Relationships & Romance: 4
Enjoyment: 5Happy Release day to Hillary Raymer and thank you for affording me the opportunity to read this book as an e-arc.
Y'all, the way you need to RUN to go get this book IMMEDIATELY. I cannot even tell you how much I enjoyed this book. If you enjoyed book one, All the Chaos of Constellations, then you'll adore book two.
These books are like Bridgerton meets the Fae realm. A big family of siblings, ballgowns and intense love affairs, but with Faeries and magical creatures, darkness and destruction.
In book two, we follow Creslyn and Drake who flew off on his Dragon at the end of book one, being betrothed to one another. Y'all know I love me an arranged marriage trope.
Drake is the shadow Prince, bloodthirsty, morally black at times but so utterly lost for Creslyn, a Fae with sun and rainbow magic from the moment he sees her.
This book follows their intense journey through discovering each other, accepting the darkness in each other, and in the end, saving each other.
As you can see with the quotes I added to this review, their relationship isn't all sunshine and rainbows (you see what I did there?) and they do have a few disagreements where one moment they're in love and the next they're at each other's throats with a pointy object...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Hillary should get a gift basket from the book community for the spice in this book ESPECIALLY considering it's a Romantasy.
You can look forward to:
Him piercing her nipnops
Shadow ridges on his peepee
Shadow penetration
They do it on the back of a flying dragon
Groveling
If you love an FMC who goes from weak to strong and independent, with a dark side she only shows to her shadow man, this is the book for you!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Thank you to the author & Literary Inspired for sending me an ARC in exchange for my review of this book.
Please note that just because some aspects of this book were not for me, it does not mean you won't enjoy it!
Rating Breakdown:
Plot: 3.7
Pace: 3.7
Prose: 3.4
Characters: 3.4
Relationships: 2
Enjoyment: 3
With new books, I never know what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the writing style was to read and how quickly I was pulled into this story.
Unfortunately, it started to unravel about a third into the book, which is why I gave it 3 stars. My main reason for this would be that there just wasn't enough of this book.
Just about every aspect that confused me or bothered me could've been fixed by making this a longer book instead of a novella.
Throughout this read, I kept going back to previous chapters seeing if I missed something because this book needed more scenes instead of just referring to things that supposedly happened. Having extra scenes would've firstly had me not getting confused or feeling like something was missing, but it would've also added so much to the main characters' relationship and growth.
Overall I really loved Kelci and found her very relatable and M.E. Giggle did a great job in making her a lovable character.
Please note that just because some aspects of this book were not for me, it does not mean you won't enjoy it!
Rating Breakdown:
Plot: 3.7
Pace: 3.7
Prose: 3.4
Characters: 3.4
Relationships: 2
Enjoyment: 3
With new books, I never know what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the writing style was to read and how quickly I was pulled into this story.
Unfortunately, it started to unravel about a third into the book, which is why I gave it 3 stars. My main reason for this would be that there just wasn't enough of this book.
Just about every aspect that confused me or bothered me could've been fixed by making this a longer book instead of a novella.
Throughout this read, I kept going back to previous chapters seeing if I missed something because this book needed more scenes instead of just referring to things that supposedly happened. Having extra scenes would've firstly had me not getting confused or feeling like something was missing, but it would've also added so much to the main characters' relationship and growth.
Overall I really loved Kelci and found her very relatable and M.E. Giggle did a great job in making her a lovable character.
