A review by bellebookcorner
The Hand and the Heart by Sarah M. Cradit

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Pick this up if you’re looking for: 
💖 M/M romance 
💖 friends to lovers 
💖 found family 
💖 animal familiars 
 
This is the sequel to The Melody and the Master where this time it feature Desemir’s brother – Pesha that we saw on the 1st book. 
 
This series has a couple character arts on the inside which is just as beautiful as the cover at the front! 
The plot is interesting to follow with easy to read writing style, and comes with a few loveable new characters like Air and the spicy parts is also well written. 
 
I enjoy my time following Pesha and Fen’s journey to find the Medvedev clan for help in order to save Pesha’s sister – Farren. The new clan is a great touch to the story because we're able to know more about the Medvedev people like their culture and familiars. 
Even though, to be honest I was slightly annoyed with some of their rules and how they treated the halflings. 
 
As for the romance, Fen and Pesha love story is not a smooth one. The miscommunication between them made me feel frustrated sometimes, things would be so much easier if they could just sit and talk. But, Pesha is not a man of word so it was definitely a challenge for both of them.  
 
Overall, this is a really good read because everyone got the ending they deserved and I’m glad for that. 
I’m looking forward to read more about Farren and also her possible love interest – Wulf, I had a feeling their story would be a good one. 
 
I received an advanced audiobook copy for free from the author, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
 
⚠️ 𝐓𝐖: knife play, scenes of difficult childbirth and deep trauma 
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