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Blood & Steel by Helen Scheuerer
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
๐ Blood & Steel (The Legends of Thezmar #1)
โ๐ผ Helen Scheuerer
โ๏ธ Fantasy Romance
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Spice: ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโฆ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.โ
This was fun! What a solid first book to a series!!
Overview:
โขEpic Romantasy
โขWarrior Training Program
โขStabby FMC x Broody MMC
โขFound Family
โขโWho Did This To You?โ
๐๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐น๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ. ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ - ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
This was a really enjoyable opening to a new fantasy world! The world building was both thorough and easily digestible, and Iโm excited to dive in deeper during the next books.
โ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ.โ
I loved the warrior training sequences, as Iโm a sucker for a good Mulan-esque training montage. The ragtag group of misfits becoming a friend unit was my favorite part.
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐. โ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ.โ
โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฎ.โ ๐พ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ง๐จ.
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐. โ๐พ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐, ๐พ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ?โ
I loved that Thea has an equally feisty and steady presence, and I appreciated her integrity. Wilder has the Broody Personality on lock. Their relationship wasnโt my favorite part of this book, but Iโm hopeful for the rest of the series.
โ๐๐ค๐ชโ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐โ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐.โ
Book MVP: Malik and his dog Dax. I love them both eternally!!!! MVP Runner Up: Theaโs sister Wren.
My reason for less than 5 stars: This was marketed as a Slow Burn, and I didnโt think it was slow at all. It had InstaLust vibes, and I just wanted a little more tension.
โ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐.โ
โ๐๐ค? ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง?โ
Overall, Iโm looking forward to the next books! If you enjoyed Fourth Wing or similar Romantasy novels, I recommend checking this one out.
This is now a completed series (4 main novels, a prequel novella, and a standalone prequel novel).
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