She also has vivid descriptions of the world as you explore it with one of the main characters, and the pacing keeps you riveted and turning the pages when you convince yourself “Just 1 more chapter…” like 5 chapters ago. I feel like I’ve read plenty of ‘deadly girl infiltrates enemy kingdom and plans to kill the king after marriage-by-convenience, but falls in love instead,’ but the author just tells it so well it really draws you in. The story itself is nothing too groundbreaking or unique or innovative, but my higher rating simply is because of how this story is told. I must say this book surprised me because I was instantly hooked! We have a Game of Thrones Red Wedding-esque scene almost right away in the beginning of the story, and within the first three chapters I’m slightly terrified of our heroine, and emotionally invested in her when a big secret is revealed right away afterwards in explanation of her shocking scene beforehand, and can’t wait to see what else she can do!

Maas and Jennifer Armentrout, and I’ll admit that upon looking into this book that I was definitely curious! I hadn’t heard much about the author nor have I read anything by her-Although I do have a hardcover copy of Dark Shores on my shelf at home to be read soon!-but with how often I saw this title brought up, I knew it’d eventually end up in my hands. The Bridge Kingdom was a book that’s been thrown around multiple Facebook groups I follow for Sarah J. Slow burning sexual tension mixed with distrust up the WAZOOOO… Genre(s): Fantasy, New Adult Romance Total Star Rating: 4 StarsĪ princess who’s secretly a trained assassin…Īn ACTUAL enemies-to-lovers where one of them tries to kill the other at one point…

The bridge kingdom series book 4