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| Kingdoms of the Compass Book 1 |
An outcast burdened with a curse and a mercenary who's out for himself collide in this star-crossed, slow-burn, high-stakes romantic fantasy
In the dead of night, passions rise and empires fall.
Welcome to Kingdoms of the Compass.
The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world, stalking the night.
No one is safe.
Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast, she’s spent her whole life within the walls of her small village, ostracized for her mystical abilities. She wants to survive…and maybe find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans.
Sorrel has been chosen. Cursed.
She must cross the Badlands to return the Queen's crown and convince the fearsome female to save their world from destruction.
Well aware she’s no brave hero, Sorrel makes a dangerous deal with Merc, a brooding, commanding mercenary known only by his unscrupulous profession.
The deal? A night in his bed that she will never forget, in exchange for her safe passage.
But Merc has secrets of his own, and even though passion runs hot between them, enemies are around every corner, and danger and betrayal threaten at every turn.
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My Review: 4/5 Stars
I’m a big JR Ward fan. I loved her Black Dagger Brotherhood series where we get vampires and romance. So when she announced she was doing some romantasy? I was all in. And she doesn’t disappoint! She creates a whole new world of kingdoms, magic, darkness, and an unlikely heroine. This is the start of what I think is going to be a very interesting series. Sorrel has been doing the one thing her mind has always told her to do: hide. She knows she needs to and she has no family of her own. An orphan and outcast who has this ability to see someone’s death the moment she looks them in the eyes. It’s a curse and yet she does as much good as she can in trying to heal those in need. But those around her do not appreciate who she is. And when they finally turn on her, she has no choice but to run. And she’ll need some help. She makes an unlikely deal with a mercenary who goes by Merc. Together, they start on a journey that bit by bit gives Sorrel the answers she desperately seeks but at the price of having to fulfill a bit of a prophecy. We got so many good twists in turns in this story. Especially at the end! I enjoyed seeing Sorrel becoming braver and more into the hero she is meant to be. Even when the answers she finds tells her otherwise. This was a great way to kick off the series and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
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