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A review by starcrossedstacks
A Promise of Peridot by Kate Golden
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ. ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ɴɪɢʜᴛᴍᴀʀᴇ.”
A Promise of Peridot by Kate Golden
🖤 Dual-POV (FMC, MMC)
🖤 High-Octaine Romantic Drama and Tropes
🖤 Win the Treasure but make it Strip Poker
🖤 Who did this to you
This was a JOY. Kate Golden is the master of writing books that play into romantic dramatics and angst.
This book contains a lot more development of the main character, and she struggles with the newfound knowledge of her role in a prophecy. There were some good raw moments here about how she deals with the trauma and heals past it (albeit not in the healthiest way, of course).
"ɪ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ. ʀᴇʟɪꜱʜ ɪᴛ, ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ. ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʟɪꜰᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏʀᴘꜱᴇ. ꜱᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ. ɪ'ʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ. ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴘᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ."
The romance continues to carry this book for me. Every scene feels like it is set up perfectly to induce angst or further the romance. It's like eating my favorite bag of junk food, and I honestly love every moment of it. This series is an extremely slow burn which is lovely, and I was a bit startled by the explicitness of some scenes (I think this is being advertised as New Adult?) but they were done well!
"ɪ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀʏ," ɪ ᴀᴅᴍɪᴛᴛᴇᴅ. "ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ."
"ɪ'ᴍ ꜱᴜʀᴇ," ʜᴇ ᴍᴜꜱᴇᴅ, ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴜɴɢʟᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ. "ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴇᴀꜱɪᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɪɴ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴍɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴘᴀɢᴇꜱ."
The plot continues to thicken, and the end of the book (similar to the last one) leaves us on a cliffhanger that leaves me wondering how Golden will bring us along on the next book. I frankly can't wait for it to come out, and have preordered it already!
I highly recommend this if you are looking for a dramatic, romantic fantasy that is packed to the brim with tropey romance moments, angsty love, and an extreme simp of a "morally grey" MMC.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5/5
A Promise of Peridot by Kate Golden
🖤 Dual-POV (FMC, MMC)
🖤 High-Octaine Romantic Drama and Tropes
🖤 Win the Treasure but make it Strip Poker
🖤 Who did this to you
This was a JOY. Kate Golden is the master of writing books that play into romantic dramatics and angst.
This book contains a lot more development of the main character, and she struggles with the newfound knowledge of her role in a prophecy. There were some good raw moments here about how she deals with the trauma and heals past it (albeit not in the healthiest way, of course).
"ɪ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ. ʀᴇʟɪꜱʜ ɪᴛ, ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ. ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʟɪꜰᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏʀᴘꜱᴇ. ꜱᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ. ɪ'ʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ. ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴘᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ."
The romance continues to carry this book for me. Every scene feels like it is set up perfectly to induce angst or further the romance. It's like eating my favorite bag of junk food, and I honestly love every moment of it. This series is an extremely slow burn which is lovely, and I was a bit startled by the explicitness of some scenes (I think this is being advertised as New Adult?) but they were done well!
"ɪ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀʏ," ɪ ᴀᴅᴍɪᴛᴛᴇᴅ. "ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ."
"ɪ'ᴍ ꜱᴜʀᴇ," ʜᴇ ᴍᴜꜱᴇᴅ, ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴜɴɢʟᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ. "ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴇᴀꜱɪᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɪɴ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴍɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴘᴀɢᴇꜱ."
The plot continues to thicken, and the end of the book (similar to the last one) leaves us on a cliffhanger that leaves me wondering how Golden will bring us along on the next book. I frankly can't wait for it to come out, and have preordered it already!
I highly recommend this if you are looking for a dramatic, romantic fantasy that is packed to the brim with tropey romance moments, angsty love, and an extreme simp of a "morally grey" MMC.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5/5