General Fiction (Adult) , Romance , Sci Fi & Fantasy
Don’t show compassion for men. Never save a man’s life. And no matter what, never fall in love with someone you must ultimately kill. But some rules are meant to be broken, even if it means risking your life by betraying your valkyrie sisters.
The plan was simple—attack the Pits, kill the male slaves, save the women. But when Skaja runs into a fae man she can’t kill, she instead breaks all the rules to save him.
Prince Calle was sold into slavery by his jealous brother, and he would do anything to taste freedom again, even put his trust in a dangerous Valkyrie. To protect his people and gain the throne, he and Skaja must trust each other. But neither of them expected trust to turn into something more, and the cost of love has a much steeper price than either of them anticipated.
5 STARS
I found this to be a unusual story that I enjoyed. I've read different stories that had a fae in one form or another. But not quite like this one. It definitely was intense and kept me involved. I never knew what was going to happen next.
The world building was really good with it having depth and some pretty good details.
Prince Calle was different than some heroes and that's not just about his magic. A lot of stories have the hero being a good warrior with and without magic. Not in this story. He had a lot of good qualities but being a good warrior wasn't one of them.
Boy, did Skaja have some things to figure out. And a lot of the information was coming at her fast and furious. One of those things in the beginning was that being raised up as a Valkyrie, why didn't she kill Calle on sight? In fact, she ends up saving his skin quite a bit. Their interactions did lead to some humor.
There is plenty of emotions, dangers and battles to keep things really busy. The friendship, and trust builds between Calle and Skaja and then so does a romance.
There are several surprises waiting for the reader before the dramatic end.
I received an advanced reader copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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