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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: L.J. Andrews✍🏻 | 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 320📖

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️🌶️
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Single POV (MFC)
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Series (9 Books)
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲: Cliffhanger

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 5/5
𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: 5/5
𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5
𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5
𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 4.5/5

“𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉, 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.”

🩶Slow Burn
🪓He’s Cursed
🩶Take No BS MFC
🪓A Kind Heart
🩶Intricate Worldbuilding
🪓Fate
🩶Touch Her and Die

Know what’s harder than reviewing a book that altered your brain chemistry? Finally sitting down to write the review after your second—or third—re-read 😭😫.

It’s a travesty that I haven’t reviewed this series yet, but 2025 is the year I fix that.

I adore everything about this story and the incredible world L.J. has created. The magic systems? Unique and fascinating. The story? Familiar enough to feel like home but with twists that keep it fresh. And the characters? They’ll either have you cheering or cursing them (I’m looking at you Calder).

Every time I dive into any book in this series, it sucks me in as much as it did the first time. I don’t know what L.J. puts in her books, but I swear I go into withdrawals whenever I have to set one down to do “adulting” things like work or pay bills.

Let’s talk characters: Elise is my absolute favorite. (Followed closely by Halvar because, honestly, how can anyone not love that man?) I’m a sucker for a take-no-B.S. main female character, especially one navigating a time when women were expected to stay silent, and yet she still does whatever the hell she wants.
 

I mean…

Even the villains are fantastic. Because, seriously—f** every single other person in that castle who isn’t a serf*.
 

• The king? Arrogant waste of space.
• Her dad? I hope he chokes on his next cough.
• Runa? I would absolutely throw hands.
• Calder? Sniveling little weasel.
• Jarl? Festering pile of excrement.

On the brighter side, I love her friends—especially Mattis. Don’t ask me why; he just speaks to my soul.

Legion Grey is *Chef’s kiss*

His character arc is so well done that when he reveals his true identity during the siege, I felt a pang of betrayal—but let’s be real, it lasted all of half a second. I always root for the anti-heroes, and he had me back on his side in no time.

The concept of a curse of bloodlust is unlike anything I’ve seen before, and it adds such a unique layer to the story.

That said, I did want to punch Legion at the end when he chose revenge over Elise.

Men 🙄

As if our Kvinna would ever put up with that nonsense.

Excuse me while I binge the rest of this series over the next few weeks, but somehow take all of 2025 to write and post my reviews 😆.