Review: Blood Beneath the Snow

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Revna is no stranger to struggle. As the only member of the royal family without a magical ability, she is seen as an embarrassing mistake by her kingdom and a blight on her bloodline. Luckily, Revna has found family in other outcasts in her kingdom. But when her two closest friends’ lives are put in danger, she is determined to save them by any means necessary, no matter the cost. The Bloodshed Trials—a competition where the last sibling in the royal family standing takes the throne—might just be the ultimate price.

Revna turns down her arranged marriage and commits to competing for the throne only to be kidnapped by the mysterious and terrifyingly powerful Hellbringer, the general of her country’s greatest enemy. He has the ability to rend souls with the flick of his wrist and is every inch as intimidating as the war stories say he is. But Revna wonders if there may be some humanity left in him—especially when he reveals there are other parties who want her on the throne for their own secret reasons.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: March 2025

Mature content: yes

Review: I'm a bit on the fence about this book. I liked the beginning and the end of the book - even if it takes a while to get into the story and then it ends at a sort of cliffhanger. But there are some places where the story moves very slowly, there are several details which make little sense, and the characters are not always consistent. 

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Once or twice I thought about giving up and moving onto another book. After all, I'm glad I didn't because the twists and turns which come up at the end are very much worth reading. Still, it's a pretty dark story and both main characters are not very nice people a lot of the time. This being said, I'm now curious about the second part of the story.

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