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A Duel with the Vampire Lord
by Elise Kova
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!
A Duel with the Vampire Lord is the third novel in the Married to Magic series. It is a story about Floriane, a force maiden, who is taken by the Vampire Lord to help him break the curse on his people.
“I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron. I will bend for destiny, but not for any man.”
A Duel with the Vampire Lord takes place in the same world as A Deal with the Elf King and A Dance with the Fae Prince. You don’t have to read either book to enjoy this one! I’ve only read A Deal with the Elf King myself previously and could enjoy this book fully without having the idea I missed something because I hadn’t read A Dance with the Fae Prince yet.
I really enjoyed the plot of this book, with a curse that needs to be broken and enemies being forced to work together. The world building was done very well, a lot more complex that A Deal with the Elf King in my opinion. Maybe that was also the reason it was a little harder to get into. The same could be said about the magic system, while very unique, it was very complex and sometimes I had to re-read a passage to fully understand what was being told.
I really enjoyed Floriane as a character. She was very over paranoid, which made her quite funny sometimes. She is more than meets the eye and I loved discovering those layers. Ruvan is just super sweet to be honest. I had expected him to be more of a grey character than he was.
The romance between the two is quite cute, I loved the line “Let’s hate each other so we can forgive ourselves for wanting each other.” It actually really sums up their dynamics of trying to hate each other to not have to think about their real feelings for each other.
The ending was really satisfying to read. There wasn’t really a super big plot twist, but I really liked the direction the ending had gone.
Overall, it was another enjoyable book written by Elise Kova! A story about hope that I enjoyed with likable characters and a well developed world.
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!
A Duel with the Vampire Lord is the third novel in the Married to Magic series. It is a story about Floriane, a force maiden, who is taken by the Vampire Lord to help him break the curse on his people.
“I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron. I will bend for destiny, but not for any man.”
A Duel with the Vampire Lord takes place in the same world as A Deal with the Elf King and A Dance with the Fae Prince. You don’t have to read either book to enjoy this one! I’ve only read A Deal with the Elf King myself previously and could enjoy this book fully without having the idea I missed something because I hadn’t read A Dance with the Fae Prince yet.
I really enjoyed the plot of this book, with a curse that needs to be broken and enemies being forced to work together. The world building was done very well, a lot more complex that A Deal with the Elf King in my opinion. Maybe that was also the reason it was a little harder to get into. The same could be said about the magic system, while very unique, it was very complex and sometimes I had to re-read a passage to fully understand what was being told.
I really enjoyed Floriane as a character. She was very over paranoid, which made her quite funny sometimes. She is more than meets the eye and I loved discovering those layers. Ruvan is just super sweet to be honest. I had expected him to be more of a grey character than he was.
The romance between the two is quite cute, I loved the line “Let’s hate each other so we can forgive ourselves for wanting each other.” It actually really sums up their dynamics of trying to hate each other to not have to think about their real feelings for each other.
The ending was really satisfying to read. There wasn’t really a super big plot twist, but I really liked the direction the ending had gone.
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The only thing I found a pity was that they had to put Ruvan to sleep at some point, making him absent in the ending "fight" and everything.Overall, it was another enjoyable book written by Elise Kova! A story about hope that I enjoyed with likable characters and a well developed world.