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The Bridge KingdomIntroduction of the ebook: The Bridge Kingdom
Đánh giá : 4.09 /5 (sao)
A warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is driven by two certainties. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And the second is that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees.
The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara’s homeland. So when she’s sent as a bride under A warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is driven by two certainties. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And the second is that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees.
The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara’s homeland. So when she’s sent as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses. And the defenses of its king.
Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. And as her feelings for Aren transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save… and which kingdom she’ll destroy.
Passionate and violent, The Bridge Kingdom is a seductive fantasy perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses. …more
Review ebook The Bridge Kingdom
“I will be the next Queen of Ithicana. And I will bring the Bridge Kingdom to its knees.”
ENEMIES TO LOVERS COMBINED WITH A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE IS THE BEST MIX OF TROPES EVER CONCEIVED. IT JUST IS. I DON’T MAKE THE RULES. (For others, see: Falling Kingdoms, The Cruel Prince, Serpent & Dove, Cruel Beauty, Spinning Silver…)
This is a re-read in preparation for the sequel, The Traitor Queen, releasing in September, but I had initially picked up this gem on a whim. I was bored and the synopsis was “I will be the next Queen of Ithicana. And I will bring the Bridge Kingdom to its knees.”
ENEMIES TO LOVERS COMBINED WITH A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE IS THE BEST MIX OF TROPES EVER CONCEIVED. IT JUST IS. I DON’T MAKE THE RULES. (For others, see: Falling Kingdoms, The Cruel Prince, Serpent & Dove, Cruel Beauty, Spinning Silver…)
This is a re-read in preparation for the sequel, The Traitor Queen, releasing in September, but I had initially picked up this gem on a whim. I was bored and the synopsis was intriguing enough…but little did I know that I was about to discover one of my new favourite books!!!
“This man might be a hunter. But he was mistaken if he believed she was prey.”
Lara Veliant, the Princess of Maridrina and the daughter of King Silas (aka the “Rat King”), was raised as an assassin. She was trained in the knowledge that she’d be married off to the evil, demon-like king of an enemy kingdom with the orders to spy on and then kill her new husband within her first year of marriage. Her kingdom is held captive between the Red Desert and the Tempest Seas, leaving its citizens impoverished and starved, so this is the only way that she can save her people from suffering as they do. Having grown up in harsh conditions and seclusion, however, Lara’s true motive is the acquisition of her freedom. She wants to complete her mission and then be able to live her life in the manner of her choosing.
“She wanted to stay, to fight and sweat and bleed for him and his harsh, wild, and beautiful kingdom.”
Aren Kertell, the 37th King of Ithicana, is her soon-to-be husband. Ithicana, or the Bridge Kingdom, makes most of its income from the bridge that protects the kingdom from would-be invaders and serves as a source of revenue due to trade with the neighbouring kingdoms. Oh, and it also encompasses a series of islands made up of a jungle terrain, dangerous waters, incessant storms, and an infestation of SNAKES (no, thank you!!!)
“It’s yours,” he murmured into her ear. “Ithicana. Everything that I have is yours. To protect. To make better.”
“I will,” she whispered. “I promise.”
Lara arrived in this new kingdom, expecting to be treated poorly and to hate this new husband of hers, but it turns out that her father had not been entirely truthful with her. Aren is more than he seems – loyal and honourable, rather than sadistic and cruel – and not the villain who wanted to do harm to her people. As the truth is slowly revealed, she gathers that this mission of saving her kingdom would only destroy another, one that she had sworn to protect and had come to care for. Lara then comes to the realisation that she must ultimately make a choice: Will she believe her father or her husband? Will she fight for Maridrina or Ithicana? DUN DUN DUNNN!!!
“Aren’t we bold now that we believe we are untouchable.”
I LOVE Lara! SO MUCH! She’s a beautiful, yet deadly, siren who’ll do whatever it takes to fight for what she believes in. And I can’t write this review without mentioning the STEAMY ROMANCE. Lara and Aren make such a swoon-worthy pair with sexual tension that’s OFF THE CHARTS!!! <333 The political intrigue and actual spying bits were also extremely compelling, making this a remarkably easy book to complete in merely a sitting or two.
“Even if I’m a goddamned fool for it, there will never be anyone but you.”
If you like your girls deadly, your enemies sexy, your romance intense, and your plot twists mind-blowing…then THIS is the book for you!!! Luckily, this cliffhanger that nearly KILLED ME and RIPPED OUT MY HEART should be resolved within the next couple of months. This is everything you could ever want in a fantasy novel and MORE! 😉
PSA: This is NA, NOT YA. This is explicit, both in terms of profanity and sexual content. …more
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