Empire of Blood

The hype is real, friends! This was un-put-downable. I immediately loved it out of the gates and my notes after finishing it include 1,000 exclamation points because SO.MANY.FUN.TWISTS come barreling at you in the last 10%!

Arvelle is our FMC and she's mouthy, impulsive and a trained killer, so of course I love her. There is OBVIOUSLY more to the story with Tiernon, her first love that goes slumming in the Thorn and then disappears. And Rorrick is going to devastate me, I CAN ALREADY TELL. Just bring it on. This is queued up be emotional blackmail and I am here for it!

The writing did feel rushed at times and some major events were glossed over at times. I also get tired of a cagey MMC, it's a cheap trick to make us hate a character just because he won't divulge information.

I had to sit on this review for awhile because I'm still so confused on my feelings about it. Which isn't a bad thing, but also, isn't a good thing. ;) IYKYK

I ended on a 4/5 because I'm excited for where I'm hoping this will go in the next few books in the series. I think when I step back and look at book 1 I DO really like it. It has all the things we love in a Romantasy book but I think my issue is the love triangle. It's done VERY well but without spoiling it - I don't like it and it gives me the ick. I'm hoping Stacia can change my mind because I did love the characters - especially the FMC Arvelle. She's the best kind of badass FMC and I'm excited to see where this takes her. Girlfriend deserves a HEA!