My oh My oh MYYYY JONAS JONAS JOOOOOONAS!! 😮‍💨💋❤️ honestly I was worried that this book was not going to live up to the duology that were soo Love but I shouldn’t EVER doubt L.J. Andrew’s!! This was probably one of the best installment in this world I have ever read! This book was everything! And it’s official, she can’t write anything I won’t love! I love that cinnamon roll soooo much 🥹❤️

3.5/5
A continuation of the Ever King/Queen books but focusing on the dark and handsome Jonas and the quiet and deadly Skadi. To prevent further war and foster peace, Jonas decides to take Skadi as his wife - an arranged marriage. is resigned to this fate, but feels she deserves no more. However when she goes to her husband's home land, she learns that her whole life was a lie and that maybe she isn't a monster to be feared due to her powerful magic. Jonas, once determined to not care for the princess, quickly realizes there is more than the "ice queen" than he thought. There is political intrigue, fae and elven, foul mouthed fiends and thieves. Great banter between the characters. I find this authors writing to be a little disjointed at times, and the pacing kind of lagging in certain parts. A lot of potential, just slightly misses the mark for me.

I don’t know how LJ Andrews continues to do it but oh my god this book was so incredible. I am only sad because we won’t get another book of Jonas and Skadi.

The marriage of convenience vibes were immaculate from the BEGINNING. The story unfolded beautifully, the found family was so heart warming and the way Jonas loved Skadi was kick your feet heartwarming. I loved Skadi’s love of reading and story telling and wowowowowow her character arc??? amazing.

I loved seeing Kase and Malin again (🥵) and it was so much fun to get to know Sander a bit more too.

Can’t believe this was my last LJ Andrews book in this world and I am already losing my mind for stolen crown 😩😩😩

This was such a fun ride with marriage of convenience, reluctant allies to lovers, and found family. I really had a fun time with this book.

I love Skadi, and felt so much for her as you find out about her backstory. And Jonas is… whoo! I love that man! Jonas is protective, playful, giving, and VERY sensual. I had such a fun time understanding him, and his isle more.

This was not as good to me as the two initial books- I found myself missing Livia and Erik a little too much and got so giddy when they showed up or got brought up, hahahah. This was still an interesting read, but I do wish this story had sped up a bit in the middle. That being said, the love story was still compelling and I enjoyed myself.

I am giving this book 4 stars! Would still 100% recommend, I think it comes down to MMC preference on this.

Okay this is my favourite book from LJ Andrews (so far). Did you love the funny banter of Tangled? Where Flynn is cocky and annoying but also it makes him really funny when pitted against Rapunzel? Well this had that dynamic for me! But with a lot more death. No way is Jonas ever going to let Skadi get the last word.

Overall the pacing and stakes of this book felt more fluid than the last two, I felt like I was gripped the whole time. Honestly I could have had more heists but thats a me thing. I crave the mischief of this kingdom.

Skadi finds so much love with Jonas that it made my feet kick, the ability to embrace her darkness was so needed, and the ragtag kingdom of darkness was exactly what she needed. For Jonas, I love a reformed rake, he really learned how to step up and fight despite the fear. There were a couple of themes that could have been developed more (like the bleeding that Skadi is convinced to do when younger) and I would have liked to know more about the politics and worlds but honestly there are so many characters that I was a little overwhelmed.

Give me all the arranged marriages tropes please! LJ does a fantastic job at doing arranged marriage correctly. There was spice, chemistry, and character development right. I love the deeper plot of this book that they need to work together and actually be partners and equals. And the spice in this book? The spice was TOP TIER!

I love how much I loved this book, LJ has changed the game for romantasy, and I cannot wait to read more of her books!

Thank you NetGalley for an eARC!