ARC Review: Blood & Fury by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland
YA Romance
Blood & Fury
Book Info
Released Date: May 14th
Publication: Penguin Teen
Pages: 352
Format: Hardback
After that shocking betrayal, aka cliffhanger, I was more than ready to read about Darling and Talon's next adventures. Darling never truly knew her true purpose until the very end of the first book. And she is now wondering what she needs to do to serve her purpose. She may have some feelings regarding Talon, but she won’t betray herself. She already learned from her experiences that Talon would never be loyal to her.
Talon couldn’t believe his luck. After Darling's betrayal, he is more than willing to push his feelings aside and bring the kingdom to peace again. However, he has the worst luck, with family betraying him left and right. He has no idea what to do to save the kingdom, but he is more than willing to keep trying.
I am kind of mad that we didn’t start off right after the cliffhanger. Apparently, time has passed in Blood & Fury, and we go from there. I feel like it’s a cop-out because I needed all of the characters feelings. Their angst and betrayal feelings will bring the tension between the kingdoms even higher. Anyway, I definitely enjoyed the high-strake fantasy aspect. It brought the world-building in Blood & Fury even more in style with the dragons and phoenix.
I truly think that we need to stop thinking about this book as a romance fantasy read. It’s more political fantasy with messy family drama. The romance is more of a of a sub-pplot. It’s not the true focus, which I don’t mind. It just needs to be marketed as a bit more political fantasy than romance.
Definitely read book one before reading this book. It’s a more high-strake political fantasy read.
