Caelestias were born and caelestias aged, just like us lowborn, and at twenty-six, Claude had no plans to marry. This is another romantasy feather in her cap, rippling with palace intrigue, political drama and plenty of magic. The characters were drawn to each other, but I couldn’t tell if deeper feelings developed between them.

I’m always willing to give authors second, third, and fourth chances, even if I haven’t *adored* what they’ve previously written. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. She introduces us to an amazing, badass heroine whom I adore even more than her previous characters. It’s too soon for that to be revealed in book one, but again, the promise of Lis being a queen is smacking you in the face so not to worry. There’s a time jump and Lis is now 22 and is a favorite “paramour” of a Baron that took her and Grady in (who is serving as one of the Baron’s guards/soldiers).

And the shock of the century was JLA using a trope that felt similar to Jacob imprinting on Renesmee in Breaking Dawn.

Nankani captures the couple's developing relationship and imbues her performance with Calista's growing fear of her visions and her, at times, whiny personality. New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a scorching romance with high stakes, breathtaking magic and a searing enemies-to-lovers romance. And while I've read almost every single book by JLA, over the last decade, Lis was unlike any other heroine that we have met from Armentrout. It’s about a girl named Lis who has the power of intuition and she uses this to her advantage, as a sort of fortuneteller for a Baron, in exchange for his protection.But at the same time I LOVED it and it's imperfections cause the writing has improved big time, believe you me. It’s the same repetitive “banter” that makes you want to roll your eyes - she says no, he says yes, she relents after putting up some half-hearted fight.