Book Tour Review: Bride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes

Amanda Kay Oaks
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3 min readNov 12, 2024

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A Your Book Friend review of the first book in the romantasy trilogy

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Hello, dearest book friends, and welcome to another exciting book tour review! Many thanks to Berkley for the digital review copy of Bride of the Shadow King and the chance to be a part of the book tour.

Bride of the Shadow King is the first in a trilogy by Sylvia Mercedes, which is being republished by Berkley with new covers and bonus content. The first book is out today, November 12th, and the others will follow on January 15 2025 and March 11 2025.

Bride of the Shadow King Synopsis

Bride of the Shadow King follows Faraine, oldest daughter to a king who only sees her as a disappointment. Her gods-gift gives her impressive insight into the feelings of others, but at the cost of great pain. As a result, she’s lived a life separate from the court, until a deal with the trolde Shadow King brings her home to prepare her sister to wed a mysterious stranger. Except that she and this stranger are oddly drawn to one another…

Bride of the Shadow King Review

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Amanda Kay Oaks
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