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Melting the Troll's Heart by Lyonne Riley
4.0
adventurous fast-paced

I was having a whole The Sound of Music moment, because these are a few of my favourite things:
♥️ MCs who are literally trying to kill each other
♥️ MCs who are getting turned on by how close the other person is getting to actually killing them?
♥️ The switch from trying to kill each other to working together to survive the elements, with all its cave-life and sharing body heat goodness
♥️ So much language barrier
♥️ An anti-war message
♥️ Breeding kink 
♥️ Slightly terrifying size difference, human and troll style

So why not five stars? I just wish it had been longer! I felt robbed but also there were some plot things that I wish had been resolved on-page, rather than mentioned in the epilogue.

But I totally recommend it. A great slump buster. I read it in the free ‘My Monster Valentine’ anthology but you can also get it free on its own with the newsletter.