It was assault and the fact his mother (the Queen) was present in the room and has absolutely no remorse for doing any of this speaks volume.

Holly Renee impressed the hell out of me with this creative, engaging, perfectly paced, captivating fantasy romance.Owned by a ruthless Assassin Lord, Scarlett Monrhoe and her two sisters have been trained since they were children to torture and take life. Is he a brash asshole with some redemptive qualities or is he some savior of the people who's completely misunderstood? To touch on the language again, and why it was such an issue for me, this came across as a fantasy romance/smut set in a world where the pet name "princess" shouldn't have come across with the same tone as a modern day fuck boy pretending to be a Dom in your Snapchat inbox. This is yet another one of those books that are in the same vein as the Blood And Ash series AND I LOVED EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF IT!

Smut with cohesive storylines where the language used makes SENSE (what the fuck was 'bummer' used for? A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows is book one in the Stars and Shadows Series and will end in a cliffhanger. His brother Prince Gavril while handsome is a fucking creep who I didn't care for at all and especially after what him and his bitch mother the queen did to Adara! The queen is watching me,” I whispered, and Evren simply lifted his stained fingers and ran one over the other before my room was clouded in darkness.Unless you close your eyes and imagine that his fingers are mine, I think the only thing my brother will leave you is wanting. After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Aurora “Rory” Raven spends years forging herself into a ruthless vigilante killer. A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows is a fantasy romance featuring Fae and Vampyres and it's perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash. The romance happened too quickly for me, while yes I understand it's not a big book and things are bound to happen at a faster pace, but I just wish there was more build-up to make the romance at the beginning a bit more believable to me.

When she's not writing, you can find her reading, pretending to be a dragon for the hundredth time that day, being disgustingly in love with her husband, or chilling in the middle of the lake with her sunglasses and a float. I was lost within the pages as this world Holly has given us has all things: mystery and intrigue, angst and steam, and a myriad emotions. Why would you consume yourself for someone so ardently when you've barely interacted and know nothing of the other? However, it is Evren his half older brother (also captain of the guard) who she is connected to and falls for.The chosen one who continually puts herself and others at risk needlessly because her emotions rule her life. I have spent my entire life preparing for my betrothal to the crowned prince, and I am a fool to allow the queen to think I am loyal to anything but that. It makes it seem like Evren is the villain and that this will be an enemies to lovers romance, but that really isn't true. Adara's fate has never been hers, for her future was sold to the Crown Prince as his bride, but it's very well-known she would be anything but a blushing bride—she's a prized mare being exchanged for the luxuries the Citalian royal family is providing to her mother.

He is horrible deep down and only craves power, he could care less about Adara and it is evident in the way he forces her to be held by his guards as he feeds from her after he promised it would only happen AFTER they got married. The sparks immediately flew between Adara and Evren upon their first meeting, but what future is there for the promised bride of the Crown Prince and a Captain of the Guards. Evren is tasked to take her away from the Castle to another place to protect her from the threats they received, and he does so but I knew, I fucking knew that he would not be doing so.It lacked the tension and angst that usually come with forbidden love between two people who are supposed to be enemies. Simple words that have damned Adara Cahira, of the Starless and the chosen Starblessed whose blood is the key to unlocking the High Fae's dormant powers. Adara is a strong character, I like her determination and the fact that she wasn't ready to go down without a fight.