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Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes

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adamsistliterarygarden's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

scriptrix's review

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It really started to seem like this series ran out of plot after book 1. I made it through book 2, which was pretty thin on the plot, but this one started off so boring that I had no faith it was going to build into anything substantial. Maybe it does. I really hope so.

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4.0

💥💥💥 Book Review 💥💥💥

Heart of the Shadow King

By. Sylvia Mercedes

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars

The Heart of the Shadow King is the last installment of the Bride of the Shadow King series. I read this book so fast. 💨 I was a little worried going into this book because this series is so vast. I was worried how she was going to wrap everything up, but she did well. I loved Theodore! I am glad she wrote a little epilogue of him. I enjoyed this series and was sad that it ended.

I want to thank NetGalley for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

shanisshelves's review against another edition

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4.0

This is such a fun series. The magic is unique, the world is vibrant, the characters are compelling, and the romance is swoony. This book really focused on Faraine’s growth as a character and the development of her magic. I thought it was a great conclusion to Faraine and Vor’s story. It answered all the questions and confronted the problems that arose in the first two books, and I’m totally satisfied with the way it ended. I’m especially grateful for the epilogue where we finally find out who Hael ends up with.
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My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level: 🌶️🌶️
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Read if you like:
▫️trolde, humans, and magic
▫️court politics
▫️heroine learning her powers
▫️dual POV
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Thank you to Ace Books, Berkley Publishing, NetGalley, and Sylvia Mercedes for the ARC. I received an advanced copy for free, and am leaving this review voluntarily.
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ottavia_bookworld's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I was a bit scared to read this book. The second one was boring and too long and didn’t grip me at all. This one was much better, even though some plot is still missing and I have many questions.
Happy to see a bit of action and have a happy ending conclusion (a bit rushed though the last couple of pages).
Sometimes the protagonists were a bit boring and made stupid decisions but I can understand why.
Like I said, I think the problem I had with the second and third book is the plot…it changed from the first one and something was missing.
But overall, happy I’ve completed this trilogy.
4 ⭐️

shereadsbymoonlight's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lululovesbooks77's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭- 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴

You would think that with world building and context of story, many fantasy books take time to get a good pace going, but honestly, Book 1 started off well and kept a good pace with good context and story building. The one issue I always have is that sometimes the author is too much in the mc’s thoughts…. Too much thinking and explaining and not enough action happening…. Which is something that carries throughout the series landing it my 4 star for all 3 books….

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮- 𝗩𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴

So the Secret is out! But will that chemistry simmer….. only time will tell. And a bit more explanation as to the ‘end of the world’ but overall good book!

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟯- 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴

Ahhh where All the action happens! The MCs are separated for a big chunk of the book for good reason… of course! And unfortunately I skim pieces of this one because as much of the action is good story, meh, I want the book to get to the end already! 😅 cause I want to know what happens! But thats just me being impatient, not that the story isnt good!

Overall, I really enjoyed this romantasy, I think im ready to dive into ACOTAR next!

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀…

👑Romantasy

👑Arranged Marriage

👑Hidden Identity

👑Save the World

👑Mutual Pining

👑Dual POV

👑Mild Spice