"Chosen from birth to
usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the
Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never
to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of
her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the
evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the
gods. But the choice has never been hers.
The
entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not
even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart.
And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound
to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become
tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question
everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.
Forsaken
by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once
more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through
violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer,
the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred.
Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found
unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread
that holds her world together begins to unravel."--Goodreads blurb
With the third book of this series coming out recently, I thought it was time to get this series under my belt, even though vampire fiction isn't my usual genre. I was a fun fantasy novel with all the usual blood and lust tropes. It wasn't anything I hadn't read before, but it certainly kept me intrigued, though it started very slowly. I will continue on with the series.
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