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𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Blood Beneath the Snow
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Alexandra Kennington
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:Blood & Souls Duology #1
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 416
𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙖 - A “godforsaken” princess who is the only one in her family without magic. Her parents are arranging her marriage to a prince from another kingdom but she wants no part of it. She would prefer to battle her brothers at the Bloodshed Trials to win the crown and become the Queen of the people.
𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 - The masked villain. He works for the Queen of the “enemy” kingdom. She has him kidnap Revena to train her so that she has a chance to win the trials battle.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬:
Romantasy
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity
Secret Identity
Magic
Slow Burn
Trials for the Crown
One Bed
Cliffhanger
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: I really enjoyed this book. There are some big content warnings so be sure to read the author’s note in the beginning of the book. I loved the MC’s in this book. Revena had such character growth and was such a badass! I am not sure how she could deal with her family growing up but thank goodness she had a couple of allies in the castle. Hellbringer was questionable at times but I really enjoyed seeing his softer side with Revena. I do wish we would have gotten a little more details with the characters. I feel like the trials were talked about so much in this book but the actual Trials were such a small part of it. This made the trials feel rushed to me. I thought there were some pacing issues and some repetitiveness that could have shortened the book a bit but overall, I was hooked. I loved the twists & turns throughout the book. That ending, really??? I am so impatient with cliffhangers! I cannot wait for the next book!
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