this is the wives of karadok book i’ve enjoyed the least. i accidentally read the books out of order and the first in the series is the last of it i had to read, lol.

i think the author learned a few things along the way, since the latest books in the series have some new tricks and are slightly less formulaic. i’ve no complaints about alice coldbreath’s formula, of course, since i honestly don’t know what i’ll do with myself now that i’ve read all of her medieval novels… i suppose i’ll move on to her victorian ones, lol.

but onto this actual book! the villain was delightful and i kinda wish she did more, he’s one of my fave characters, lol. i also deeply enjoyed the female lead, mathilde grew a lot and it was a lot of fun to read her being cunning and seductive, asking and going after what she wanted! the male lead… was a bit more of the same, but the way mathilde had him on the palm of her hand was very good.

all in all very fun read and i recommend this entire series to anyone reading this review.

oh! also!

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apparently there’s a tristan book in the works, i’m so excited for it!!!! i hope there’s spies and intrigue!!! and although reformed he continues to be just as fun!!