
A Taste of Gold and Iron
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Casey Jones
The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century"—a queer central romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire.
“A delicious tangle of romance, fealty, and dangerous politics.” (Tasha Suri)
Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court - the body-father of the queen's new child—in an altercation that results in his humiliation. To prove his loyalty to the queen, his sister, Kadou takes responsibility for the investigation of a break-in at one of their guilds, with the help of his newly appointed bodyguard, the coldly handsome Evemer, who seems to tolerate him at best. In Arasht, where princes can touch-taste precious metals with their fingers and myth runs side by side with history, counterfeiting is heresy, and the conspiracy they discover could cripple the kingdom’s financial standing and bring about its ruin.
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Slow start but by the end I’m laughing so hard.
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I also really loved the person narrating this story. Nice voice and well read
Lovely story
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I need more of this universe
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fantastic world, fantastic characters, fantastic growth
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Beautiful men in a beautiful world
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The narrators voice is smooth as butter, sweet as honey, wonderful to listen to, and great at emphasizing emotion or humor when the story calls for it.
The political intrigue in this book is fun, with enough depth to be interesting, but not particularly twisty. It serves the function to put our heroes into interesting situations and built romantic tension more often than it serves to interest you in the politics themselves.
Queer Romance with a political fantasy backdrop
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Wowowowow
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Loved it
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The slow build between Kadou and Evemer is wonderful, but if you aren't a fan of slow burn, you'll find it extremely frustrating. Personally I prefer a longer, drawn out approach to romance and attraction so I found it very much my speed.
What wasn't really my speed was the ending. While everything was wrapped up neatly, it all seemed to happen a little too fast at the end. It definitely came off as a HFN ending, with an off screen impending threat - after basically 18.5hrs of story, I wished there was more closure for Kadou and Evemer's future, especially since I think (as of writing this review) that this is a stand-alone book.
I don't think I've seen other reviews mention it, but it's SO refreshing to see a world with a trinary gender system that is presented without fanfare. I was confused at first since Rowland uses unique pronouns but once I caught on I was so delighted! There was one spot where I had some doubt about something that was mentioned-- without giving anything away, having a binder on or anything that compresses the chest while also potentially having broken ribs would be a very, very bad thing. It wouldn't "hold everything in place" so to speak.
Beautiful
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I absolutely LOVED this book! The writing was detailed to the perfect amount, never bordering on too much or too little, and the characters were easy to get attached to.
The performance was beautiful! Characters were easy to distinguish even just based off of voice and they were perfectly matched for the characters.
I really hope this author makes a sequel, loved this! I finished this in the span of 4 days after working from 4am-7pm each day, if that gives you an accurate idea for how much I enjoyed this.
A Divine Romance with a Compelling Plot
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