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Reign & Ruin (Mages of the Wheel, #1)
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A true adult fantasy romance with a beautiful slow burn romance ✨
This book epitomises restraint - helped by the cultural setting & forbidden romance between the two MC’s.
It melded magic & political manoeuvring with finesse, with a strong female lead fighting against a patriarchal system to help balance the currently unbalanced world of magic & power.
Naime was such an amazing FMC, her intellect shines through while she has to navigate the feelings of the men all around her with thought out moves & clever words.
Makram is a beautifully strong mmc who is happy to stand beside a woman in power & be the rock her waves break on when she needs. ‘break I’ve got you’
‘your safe’
‘I have missed you like a drowning man misses air ‘
He worships her & believes in her completely & utterly, & seeing their relationship slowly develop, full of tiny moments was perfection.
When the spice did happen… it continued with the beautifully, emotive restraint that was felt throughout the whole book.
I also really loved the exploration into the grief of slowing loosing your parent to dementia (in this world a side effect of certain magic) it was heartbreaking to witness but really sensitively handled.
4.5 ⭐️
2 🌶
This book epitomises restraint - helped by the cultural setting & forbidden romance between the two MC’s.
It melded magic & political manoeuvring with finesse, with a strong female lead fighting against a patriarchal system to help balance the currently unbalanced world of magic & power.
Naime was such an amazing FMC, her intellect shines through while she has to navigate the feelings of the men all around her with thought out moves & clever words.
Makram is a beautifully strong mmc who is happy to stand beside a woman in power & be the rock her waves break on when she needs. ‘break I’ve got you’
‘your safe’
‘I have missed you like a drowning man misses air ‘
He worships her & believes in her completely & utterly, & seeing their relationship slowly develop, full of tiny moments was perfection.
When the spice did happen… it continued with the beautifully, emotive restraint that was felt throughout the whole book.
I also really loved the exploration into the grief of slowing loosing your parent to dementia (in this world a side effect of certain magic) it was heartbreaking to witness but really sensitively handled.
4.5 ⭐️
2 🌶
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