King of Battle and Blood
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4.3 • 1.6K Ratings
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Publisher Description
An instant USA Today bestseller! From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance.
Their union is his revenge.
Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him.
But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court.
Except it isn't the court she fears most—it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king—fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort.
The answer will shatter her world.
Adrian X Isolde Series
• King of Battle and Blood
• Queen of Myth and Monster
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
St. Clair (When Stars Come Out) breathes new life into an old trope as a princess and a vampire king wed to end a yearslong war in this outstanding series opener. Eager to avoid more bloodshed, King Henri de Lara forms a truce with the Blood King, Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev. Adrian agrees to peace, but he wants to take Isolde, Henri's daughter, as his wife and future queen of Revekka, the Empire of the Vampire. Isolde reluctantly accepts, hoping to save her people. It helps that a quick encounter between Isolde and Adrian before the wedding sparked a palpable sexual tension between the born enemies. In the face of this intense chemistry, Isolde questions both her sanity and her loyalty to her homeland. Despite animosity from the townspeople who oppose their union, the sexual tension between the unlikely newlyweds only mounts, and readers are treated to a deliciously slow-building romance as Adrian and Isolde discover an evil power and work together to defeat a common enemy. St. Clair has a masterful hand with the couple's slow burn, balancing banter, contention, and highly charged moments. Readers will be chomping at the bit for the next installment.
Customer Reviews
Missed Opportunity
While the overall plot is great, the random hardcore erotica was unnecessary and seemed more like a placeholder for when the author lacked an original idea for that section of plot. Outside of that issue, the writing is great, as is the world building, but I also disliked some of the nicknames the author gave some of the main characters because the words seemed random and a tad corny. I think the series should have stopped with this book; the author should have cut the other books out (2nd is out, 3rd slated for 2024) and just added a final chapter to this book where she explained the rest of the loose ends because the narrative honestly doesn’t need any other additions.
Amazing!!!!!!
Best book I have read in a while!!❤️
Good read
Good, but I wished there were other terms to describe nationality outside of “my people” 🤣