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A Shadow Crown

The Halfling Saga, Book 2

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The highly anticipated second installment of the new adult fantasy saga that took BookTok by storm picks up where A Broken Blade left off.

To the kingdom, Keera is the king’s Blade, his most feared and trusted spy and assassin. But in the shadows, she works with Prince Killian and his Shadow—the dark, brooding Fae, Riven, who sets her blood on fire. Together, they plot to kill a tyrant king.

In Myrelinth, the lush, secret city of trees, Fae, Elves, and Halflings like Keera live in harmony. But Keera cannot escape her past: her crimes against her own people have followed her all the way to the Faeland. There is a traitor in their midst, and Keera is the top suspect.

Keera finds comfort in the allies that have become her family. She swore she would never open her heart again after a loss she barely survived. But she will soon find she has more to lose than she ever imagined.

Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass series, A Shadow Crown is a tour-de-force high-fantasy novel with stunning world-building and a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance. Listeners seeking more LGBTQ+ and BIPOC representation in the fantasy realm will fall in love with the unforgettable cast of characters introduced in A Broken Blade, whose sagas are only beginning.

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I’s definitely say that this book is an improvement on the first, though I will say the first 15 or so chapters were a little slow. Well, actually, most of it was a little slow until the last few chapters, at which point I did feel like the ending was rushed. The time between us finding out about Keera’s history and how the king needs to die and then the ending was very short, to the point that the consequences of it didn’t feel as dire as what it could have been had the stakes been higher for a longer portion of the book. Still not 100% sold on Riven, although we learn a little bit more about him in this book, there’s still secrets that he’s obviously keeping to himself and I still feel almost like he’s a bit of a 2D character at the moment, both of which that are making me really reluctant to like him. Bit of character development for Keera in this book, and it was nice that there wasn’t as much emphasis on the drinking in this one, though judging by the synopsis of the next, we’ll be back at it again soon unfortunately. Overall, I think it was a fine 2nd book, there’s a bit of mystery still, with a lot of questions going into the next book. I’ll be sticking around and reading the 3rd once it’s released, which I think warrants giving this 3 stars for keeping me interested enough to come back.

Narrator still isn’t the best, and I’m sure that at least 60% of my indifference towards Riven at this point is because of how the narrator talks for him? I’m tempted, at this point, to read the next in the series on my kindle than listen to the audiobook, just to see if that warms me to him at all.

Solid 2nd book

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