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𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 • 𝗖𝗵𝗹𝗼𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗴
★★★.𝟳𝟱

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁
- Fantasy
- Inspired by Antony and Cleopatra
- Political court intrigue
- Unique magic system
- Morally grey characters

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
I absolutely adored book one, Immortal Longings, it was easily one of my top books of 2023. So, why do I feel oddly disappointed with this second installment?

I remain deeply in love with Calla. She’s fierce, smart, quick to anger, slow to love, but when she’s on a characters side you simply know that that character will come out on top. In fact, I enjoyed all the characters except maybe Otta, simply because there’s too much mystery and uncertainty she is shrouded in.

I loved the cutthroat games of the first book. However, I found this installment confusing and overwhelmingly political. There were so many plot points that were brushed over and it’s left me half-satisfied. I’m hoping that the third installment will stamp out any lingering bafflement and this series will soar to a new favourite of mine, as all CG’s books seem wont to do.

What really shines in this book is the writing and the romance; both intense, both seductive, and both entirely enthralling.

𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀
“𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, “𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥.”

“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.”

“𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥.”

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