Leading the army is Commander Rip, a notorious warrior whose name is whispered in taverns and street corners all over the six kingdoms.

The cliffhanger ending. Raven Kennedy is an evil genius because the endings of the last two books have nearly sent me to the hospital due to heart failure. While reading the last few chapters, I was genuinely afraid for Auren and Slade. It felt like my heart was being painfully squeezed, shredded, and stabbed, all at the same time. I just know the next book is going to be INSANE. Since it's the last installment in the series, I'm assuming we'll get answers about Auren's past (her parents and why she was brought to Orea) and more world-building about Annwyn. I am foaming at the mouth for the next book! June 8, 2023 cannot come fast enough! I'm happy with how Raven dealt with Auren's arc especially after the events of Gleam. Her healing journey is one of my favorite fictional journeys of all time and the trauma and grief she had to come to face with after she had awoken simply shattered my heart. Auren is also still at the stage of understanding the world around her since she is a grooming victim so she has plenty to come to terms with. Raven truly did it justice.Queen Malina still has a few chapters, and honestly, they still bored me, but at least now I understand why she was important to the plot, and why I had to read about her journey. I still don't like her at all, and I still find her storyline boring, but at least I can see the huge impact it will have on the last book now. Book Genre: Adult, Fae, Fairies, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fiction, Magic, Mythology, New Adult, Retellings, Romance I’m so frustrated this was split in two books like this, ughh this could’ve been executed so much better!! I’m angry at the missed opportunity. For 10 years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. But one night changed everything.

Raven Kennedy is a famous American writer of paranormal, romance, erotica, romantic suspense, urban fantasy, humor, supernatural, and fantasy stories. She is the creator of several mind-blowing novel series of paranormal romance, including the Savannah Heirs series, Heart Hassle series, Void Universe series, Plated Prisoner series, Hellgate Guardians series, etc.Another way of dealing with or facing her trauma is found for Auren in submission, at least that's what she repeatedly claims in the book, while also not wanting to rely on others (especially men), yet continuing to do exactly that: