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What can I say - LOVE the cover, I'm not sure about the title, but will drop everything to read the book.
Tucker introduces an intriguing world of elemental magic, gods, warring Elven kingdoms and political intrigue. oh, Romy was exceptionally stealthy and a fine seductress; or, Zander was the benevolent king with a villainous streak. I also in general love books that take place in parallel worlds as it gives the excuse for contemporary writing and language to infiltrate fantasy in an easy and natural way that makes it not feel out of place. But her situation is made all the more difficult because she has landed in Islor in the blood-soaked body of the Princess Romeria – an assassin from a neighbouring kingdom who is betrothed to Islor’s Prince, and she has just murdered the king and queen.
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It was literally putting me to sleep… all the politics, history and world building bored me so much I actually took two naps while trying to get through this book (which is never a good sign) - but even though it took me a while to wrap my head around what was going on… once I did, I got pretty invested in the story and was intrigued enough to make it through all of the info dumping. It's not the first book like this I read and I loved the transition between these two worlds, it was so well written.
But with their enemies closing in – and as she fights her growing feelings for the king – it’s time for Romeria to find out who she truly is. There’s a fabulous cast of side characters that Romy meets along the way - both friends and enemies, and sometimes a little of both - and I loved the different dynamics that all of those relationships bring. The person who ‘asks’ (this is an understatement) her to complete said mission and dumps her into said realm also inexplicably PUTS her inside the body of her evil doppelgänger—Princess Romeria of Ybaris.
The lore is intricate and rich with political intrigue, which you obviously need to appreciate to properly enjoy this book because trust me when I say there's a lot of politics and backstabbing, and the terms and names flow is infinite. Her life is anything but ordinary but then it becomes otherworldly when a stranger with a secret agenda thrusts her into a realm that's a different world entirely. While I do try not to compare books but I'd say this has a dash of From Blood and Ash and Throne of Glass into it yet it still feels authentic. Princess Romeria's father, the king of Ybaris arranges the marriage of his daughter with the prince of Islor, now King Zander of Islor for peace. makes so much sense for the scenarios they find themselves in that it just keeps me all the more invested!
I think the authors imagination is vast and she penned it imaginatively since I felt I was deep into this story. She works for an underworld dangerous mafia boss although reluctantly, her expertness saves her from getting killed. After one very strange encounter, Romeria wakes in the land of Islor, and her mission is to take a stone from the palace’s sacred garden, without anybody realising who she truly is.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves slow burn, forced proximity with a fake relationship. It was still a pleasant, easy read and the plot did get more interesting as the book progressed but overall it lacked maturity and depth. But the identity she has inexplicably assumed is that of the captured Ybarisan princess-an enemy to Islor after she poisoned their beloved king and queen on the day she was to marry the prince. Strange events differ Romeria as she used to be, Zander believes it's a ploy she plays to save her life.
Romeria of New York tries prove her innocence and for a fact that she has remembers nothing about being Princess Romerio. When truths are at long last revealed will she survive or will everything around her crumble to ruins? It was confusing at the beginning because we were learning everything as she was, but they all started to come into place in the second half. PS - prologue in 3rd person but most of book in 1st - these things don't bother me but know some don't like it. Her taking on Evil Romeria’s identity, pretending to have amnesia, and never told Zander about her being from another world created this sense of foreboding in me that wasn’t so nice to carry throughout the book until it was all revealed.
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