Patrícia

This reads just like a studio Ghibli movie - dark yet whimsical with charming yet somewhat caricaturish characters. I really enjoyed it! I can't wait to read the next ones and find out more about Farouque's book and why it's so important to him. Also if Ophelia ever warms up to Thorn and forgives his misdeeds. Although, not gonna lie, I might drop the entire series if it becomes a love triangle story with Archibald 🙃

3.75 stars

Weirdly enough, my favourite part of the book was actually the warfare/political storyline. The romance was okay and had some good moments, but a lot of their dynamics grated on my nerves at times. Especially the constant repetition of phrases from the first book (I didn't count but I think Raihn might have said “there she is” at least 20 times or more). I did like how the story wrapped up though. I was afraid the ending would let me down but thankfully that wasn't the case.

It seems the next book in the series is gonna focus on Mishe and the House of Shadow so I'll be looking forward to that one.

Had to stop at 45% because I was just rage reading at this point and my time is more valuable than that. Sorry, but not for me. I couldn't stand Bonny or his sister, spent half the time wondering why Valentine didn't just up and leave - especially right at the first-time he was (very rudely) rejected - and the historical inaccuracies were really just the rotten cherry on top of a terrible tasting cake. I liked Boyfriend Material, but this was just not at all for me. I think I'm gonna give Alexis Hall books a break for a while... 

I do believe my rating is mostly due to the narrator of this audiobook. I haven't laughed this hard while reading in a while. The cover had me believing it was gonna be a Red, White and Royal Blue knock-off but I was so wrong. I don't get why they put the union jack on the cover tbh, apart from the fact that the story takes place in London and everyone is British I guess. I'm glad I gave it a go. There were some bits that I didn't particularly like but overall it was a pretty awesome romcom and I loved the side characters. Any scene with Alex or Luc's mom and me rolling in stitches 😂 strongly recommend

Well...this was...idek. It was still entertaining (partially because Joe Jameson is an incredible narrator) but the story was a bit all over the place. It felt like they kept having the same issues recycled over and over...like Luc would reassure Oliver of something and the next minute be having a mental breakdown over the same thing...it didn't make much sense to me. Also the ending felt a bit abrupt. I'll probably still read (listen to?) the sequel when it comes out though