Review
Of Love & Cruelty
Gosh, where do I even start with this book? " Of Love & Cruelty " billed as a romantasy, but it’s more a period romance than a fantasy romance. If you’re looking for dragons and mages and elemental battles, this book ain’t it. This book is ladies in waiting and expensive gowns and embroidery circles. It took until chapter 30 for anything of substance to really happen, but it was a peaceful build, not mentally taxing trying to keep different royal lineages or magic systems separate in your mind. The only element that makes this somewhat fantastical is that magic has been eradicated, but still persists in small objects here and there. One of those ”objects” being our FMC. But because she’d be put to death if she was discovered to have magic, she has to use it in small quantities, on the sly, or not at all. Mostly, not at all.
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Not Every Heroine Needs a Small Town
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