A review by lululovesbooks77
Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes

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

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ- ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
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 mcโ€™s thoughtsโ€ฆ. Too much thinking and explaining and not enough action happeningโ€ฆ. Which is something that carries throughout the series landing it my 4 star for all 3 booksโ€ฆ.

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ- ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
So the Secret is out! But will that chemistry simmerโ€ฆ.. only time will tell.  And a bit more explanation as to the โ€˜end of the worldโ€™ but overall good book!

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ- ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
Ahhh where All the action happens!  The MCs are separated for a big chunk of the book for good reasonโ€ฆ 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! ๐Ÿ˜… 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!

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‘Romantasy
๐Ÿ‘‘Arranged Marriage 
๐Ÿ‘‘Hidden Identity 
๐Ÿ‘‘Save the World
๐Ÿ‘‘Mutual Pining
๐Ÿ‘‘Dual POV
๐Ÿ‘‘Mild Spice