Xara was soo damn cool and yet she was still vulnerable and tender and I was soooo happy when she refused to give into Delton immediately even though she wanted him! For all of her strength and what she had been through I felt that she very quickly put aside her anger and hurt for him.

The King’s Bride is a Fantasy Romance book with a second chance enemies to lovers romance and an arranged marriage between a demon king and a human princess that I loved!She hated all these secret meetings undercover of darkness, for darkness, she knew, had a way of melting into light, and in the light, the truth of what happened behind the closed doors of Morecliff Manor would be revealed, and then what? The plot was good but it didn‘t make me much excited about it, however this can be different for everyone. e. Karina for not being as softhearted and emotional as Xara, thus pitting women against each other. It was like sitting in a trap filled with smoke, rowdy people, and the rank smell of human flesh and animal dung. Around a love story very much of its time, Hoffman arranges a narrative that brings to mind the most successful elements of contemporary magical realism and surreal comedy.

Though this book is definitely good as a standalone novel as advertised, I wish I’d read the other two first! i did hate delton at the start since he was a bit of an asshole, especially to xara, and i didn’t like how he always brought up his ex gf in almost everything. You won't marry him until his sixteenth birthday, of course, but the people can rest in the assurance that something is being done.Xara was already one of my favorite characters who has appeared in this series so I was excited to get her story. Trigger warnings: «contains explicit sexual content, adult themes, language, graphic violence, past SA trauma (the act is not shown but given to understand, and not done by the ML). I really appreciated the fact that the FMC didn’t fall for his apologies easily and made him work for it. It’s the third book in the Scions of the Underworld series, but can be read as a standalone (I haven’t read the two previous books and still enjoyed this one a lot). By purchasing the item from Charlies Chapters Ltd you agree that you are happy to receive a revised edition.

but reading about his past and how he was betrayed by everyone he thought was closest to him-did make me feel bad for him. It might be because it plays into every trope that I love, but I am a girl of simple pleasures if they are done right, and this DOES IT RIGHT. It seemed like so much led up to the reveal of Ifer’s identity, so I expected a more explosive final few chapters.Delton also went through some tragedies in his youth, although his parents were loving and brought him up well, having to watch them be slaughtered in front of him really scarred in a way none of us can really understand. Xara needed time to realize her own power and grow from the naive over emotional girl who tried to kill herself after being rejected. I was shocked by that and instantly pulled in because how the hell is she going to feed her family with one crow? The world and plot was described in such a way that it was so easy to picture what you were reading. And then the worst happens, Delton realizes he is in love with Xara and plans on telling her which also happens to be the same night they planned to capture Ifer.