After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands that was supposed to end the fighting; however, being married to their sworn foe feels far from peaceful. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric’s willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign. But the longer the couple are forced together, the harder it becomes to deny the feelings crackling like lightning between them. When the time comes to act, can she trust him, or must she ignore her heart for the sake of so many others?
As the master of the Shadowforged Legion, Alaric has trained for battle all his life, but marrying a Lightweaver might be his most dangerous challenge yet. With tensions between nations churning, he needs to focus on the greater threat—the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only he and Talasyn can stop it, with a powerful merging of light and shadow that they alone can create together. But saving their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father’s more sinister schemes, and his wife is a burning flame in the darkness, tempting both his loyalties and his desires.
The Hurricane Wars aren’t over. It’s time to choose what—and who—to fight for. The world holds its breath amidst a whirlwind of new magic and old secrets that could change everything.
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First line:
A breeze that spoke of snowmelt in the Highlands tumbled across the barren plains and came whistling in through the lone window of Regent's private hall.
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Source:
Source:
eARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
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Publication Date:
December 10, 2024
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Rating:
5 Caves out of 5
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THEA, I NEED THE THIRD BOOK NOW! I devoured this book in 13 hours (and at least 4.5 hours I was doing something else). It was well paced with a few twists I was not expecting. This is definitely a series I will be re reading before the third book to see what things I missed the first time around.
I am obsessed with these two's love story. I love watching them both fall deeper and deeper in love but still thinking the other is indifferent to them. The way Guanzon builds the tension between these two is just delicios. And this is a true enemies to lovers (where as I feel most enemies to lovers are actually adversaries to lovers). ANDDDDD there's a "who did this to you?" except it's Talasyn saying it to Alaric; the scream I scrumpt when I read that. I loved that reversal from the standard MMC to FMC. And the growth these two are going through is just *chef's kiss*
Again, more people need to be talking about this series because it is so good. Definitely a must read for romantasy readers.
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