"The money and power help, too."
"It is what originally caught my interest, but I lose interest in everything sooner or later. Everything save you."
Shadows Between Us was my buddy read with the sweet sweet @whyemmawhyyy and honestly she was the motivation that got me through this!
I know a lot of my booksta friends want to read this so I have refrained from writing anything that is even considers a mild spoiler but please be warned just in case. Also want to say that this book is loved by MANY so I could just be that one odd person out of millions!
I went into this hoping for it to be so amazing and for me to end up loving it but I actually found it difficult to get through especially the first few chapters. I only enjoyed the last several chapters and I enjoyed the moments. I particularly disliked how manipulative the MC was but at least it all comes to light so that was good.
I could not relate to the MC however, I liked that she designed her own clothes I found that idea to be very original. Her confidence and the way she won't hesitate to speak her mind or to stand up for what she believed in was well done. Kallias's shadows and his power was actually very interesting. His character was well constructed although he was a horrible king. I quite enjoyed the side characters and particularly loved how the writing was so descriptive about the last queen. It tugged at my heartstrings and I know just from those little moments that she must have been magnificent.
Enemies to lovers? More like "I don't know this stranger and he's done nothing wrong to me but I'm gonna kill him and take his kingdom for myself even though I know nothing about running a kingdom". Talk about being ambitious.
Conclusion was that they deserved each other and that Demodocus is bae. I loved the plot however, I felt that it had so much potential that was left unused.
Anyone who's read this I would love to hear your thoughts!