Vampires that are kings, a mortal who is becoming his queen who he worships at her feet even though she doesn’t trust him. Everything you could want and expect from Scarlett St. Clair when it comes to spice, romance, and an easy to follow fantasy. I was hooked and ready to fall down at King Adrian’s feet from the start, and my love was solidified as the book went on. Isolde is a princess who was raised to be a queen and she is no docile pet either, she has an attitude and is a warrior first before you is a queen. She keeps getting these visions that feel like she was there before, of her and King Adrian, but she most definitely wasn’t there, or was she? As she comes to terms with what King Adrian is and her place as a queen she also has to face a deadly mist of magic that is taking over their lands and killing people by the hundreds. Will these two come to trust each other in every way and overcome what is set out to tear them apart?
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair, (List Price: $18.99, Bloom Books, 9781464239601, January 2025)
Reviewed by Kelli Dynia, Copperfish Books in Punta Gorda, Florida