Crown of Crimson and Crows By Tessa Hale
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 Stars: Enjoyed)
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5 Peppers: Spicy)
Tropes: Fated Mates, Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Reverse Harem, Why Choose, Found Family, Morally Gray, Slow Burn
Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance
Tags: Witches, Vampires, Magic, Book Review
Series: Blood Bound Book 1
Rae has lived a quiet life and is studying botany. Then suddenly, she learns that she isn’t who she thought she was, and that she is a witch with magic. She is told that she was taken as a child for her protection but now must go home. While Rae is wrapping all this around in her head, she learns that she has four fated mates. One who hates, one who was her childhood best friend, and the other two are unknown. They all must work together to find Rae’s other fated before her magic becomes unstable, and she loses control. Will they find all her mates in time?
This is the first book in the Blood Bound series. Rae is used to being independent, not having others take her choices from her. With this new discovery of herself, she is just wanting to get home. Learning her best friend, Pax only started in her life to keep a watch over her has her reeling. Rhys is full of anger and resentment, but is also in the touch her and die kind of male, when it comes to Rae. Kian was surprised to learn his newly returned friend is now his fated, but takes it in strides. This world is full of magic. The witches are called Luminaries and vampires are the Nocturnae both takes make for interesting story telling. I enjoyed reading this book even when it ended on a cliffhanger. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Thrones of Traitors and Thorns.
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Pages: 352
Read: Digital
From: Kindle +
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“Four ruthless vampires. Enemies by history. Allies by necessity. Bound by the gods themselves to…me.
Hidden in the human world, I was meant to live quietly, unaware of the power bound beneath my skin. But magic doesn’t stay buried forever. Neither do secrets. When the bindings on my power begin to crack, the truth is finally set free—and so are the men fate tied me to.
The King of fire who would rather kill me than kiss me.
The Prince of starlight, my childhood friend, whose tie to me could cost him everything.
The King of ice, whose cruelty is only matched by his coldness.
And the King of earth and blood, whose feral nature and death toll is feared by every being in all four kingdoms.
These are the men destined to love me…if we can only stop trying to kill one another first.
But when the truth about me is uncovered, they say my power could fracture our world. That demons are hunting me. That war is coming—whether I’m ready or not.
What they don’t say is how impossible it will be to resist.
Because the bond doesn’t ask.
It claims.
And when my magic finally awakens, it won’t just bind me to my destiny—it will decide the fate of the very realm.”
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