A review by ellensbookishcollection
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ."

Was this vampire smutt with a side of action and a dash of political intrigue? Yes. Was it a quick read that I had an absolute blast with? Also yes. This book is for you if you like spicy, fast-paced, action-packed, new adult, fantasy smut books. 

๐Ÿฉธ Vampires
๐Ÿ—ก Enemies-to-Lovers 
๐Ÿฉธ Arranged Marriage 
๐Ÿ—ก "Touch Her and You Die"

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž... ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž.

If you're looking for a deep world building, complex political intrigue, fantasy romance... sorry to disappoint. Yes it has romance, but it is very erotic/smutty. I really liked getting to know the characters and the world. The twists are super fun, and it has a TON of action. This is very much, "touch her and you die" and I love that. I especially loved Isolde and Adrianโ€™s spicy romance. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

"๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š ๐ง๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ." ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž. "๐€๐ง๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ, ๐›๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ."

I found it very hard to put down, everything was happening so fast I wanted to keep reading. As a fan of short chapters, I did find the chapters to be on the longer side. I really don't like stopping halfway through a chapter. But overall I really had fun with this book!

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