There’s a lot of action, some (sort of) answers and some reveals that are probably supposed to be pretty shocking but I kind of already knew them so it was less so. Only picked it up yesterday to finish it and look, it’s better in the second half. Slow as molasses and at about 50% I put it aside as I had a bit of a headache. I read half of it about a week ago – it’s very slow in the beginning.

It seemed to fit the bill for the sort of read I am looking for at the moment and so I bought the first book on my kindle.

Everywhere I go, people were talking about it, about the romance, it was being suggested for me on various sites and it was recently announced as the Goodreads Choice Awards Winner for Best Romance. It’s been blowing up on the socials lately. I didn’t hate this….but I didn’t love it either. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.įorsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance.

And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. Blurb :Ĭhosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own.

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