A warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is driven by two certainties. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And the second is that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees.
The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara’s homeland. So when she’s sent as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses. And the defenses of its king.
Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. And as her feelings for Aren transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save… and which kingdom she’ll destroy.
Passionate and violent, The Bridge Kingdom is a seductive fantasy perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
SPOILERS IN THE REVIEW. SPOILERS
Review:
Dear Danielle L. Jensen,
Unfortunately your book did not work for me at all. I am giving it a DNF rating, even though I did not technically skip any chapters, but after about 63 percent of the book I started skimming and I guess could have missed some important things this story had to say. It took all my willpower to get to 63 percent without skimming. I also read last two chapters without skimming.
I started rolling my eyes almost from the beginning. Why would a King who wants to conquer a neighboring country and took time and care to train his multiple daughters as deadly assassins decide that those daughters who were not as suitable as his Chosen one need to be *killed* rather than you know, use them as spies somewhere else? Why? How does it make sense and why does it make sense? Can someone explain it to me pretty please?
I mean I am not even talking about the fact that other country so badly wanted a real alliance that all of this was not necessary, but let us pretend that Lara’s daddy wanted just to be a Big Bad Conqueror, why would he waste his prized weapons? Especially since his only explanation was that he did not want anyone around him to know that he would use his children that way in case he would want to use another child in the future that way as a bride but really a spy. Somebody make it make sense please.
Why is Lara prepared to do what her father asked though? I mean if the author wanted to make a case that she is a trauma survivor, fine, but to me in the events that unfold in the beginning of the book there was no indication that she suffered from some variety of Stockholm syndrome, considering how she tried to save her sisters from their fate. She says it herself that if she wanted to just save her life she would have faked her own death.
Let us assume though that she is prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure the Bridge Kingdom and her new husband will fall from her hand and eventually from her insane father’s hand, because I am sorry after he unnecessarily tried to kill his daughters rather than saving them for later to infiltrate other kingdoms, the only thing I can call him is insane.
I honestly feel that Lara was one of the stupidest heroines I have ever met in any book. All she had to do to see that all was not as she thought in the Bridge kingdom was to open her eyes, but even when she *saw that nothing was like she thought* she convinced herself that doing the betrayal that she was sent to do was for the good of her people.
Aren, the king, was as noble as they come and frankly several times I thought of him as too stupid to live. Yes, yes, I know you saw a pretty girl, you chose to ignore the warnings of everyone around you. You know that your wife can be a spy, but sure let her see all your secrets.
PS. If you wanted the romance to have a happy ending (for me, them both being dead would be a happy ending, but I am talking about the real happy ending), be prepare to buy a next book in the series.
Grade DNF even if what I feel like giving to this book is F but as I said because I was skimming at least thirty – forty percent of it, I will stick to DNF rating.
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Sirius started reading books when she was four and reading and discussing books is still her favorite hobby. One of her very favorite gay romances is Tamara Allen’s Whistling in the Dark. In fact, she loves every book written by Tamara Allen. Amongst her other favorite romance writers are Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling, Josephine Myles, Taylor V. Donovan and many others. Sirius’ other favorite genres are scifi, mystery and Russian classics. Sirius also loves travelling, watching movies and long slow walks.
