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Blood & Steel

By: Helen Scheuerer
Narrated by: Mollie Stark, Sebastian Grove
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With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend. Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms.

The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone. All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms.

Will Althea pass the perilous initiation test and take her place as a champion of Thezmarr—or will the invading evil snatch away her dream before it starts?

Blood & Steel is the gripping first book in the heart-pounding, epic romantic fantasy series, The Legends of Thezmarr.

©2023 Helen Scheuerer (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

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So so so good

This is the book I’ve been trying to find for a while. Something to scratch my romantic fantasy itch. It’s perfect in every way. So excited for the next books!

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It was ok

Rating: 3.75 🌟🌟🌟💫
Spice Level: 🌶️
Genre:
- Forced Proximity
- Warrior
- Forbidden Romance
- Prejudice
- Training
- Who did this to you
- Found family

Blood & Steel throws us into a world where warriors reign and women fight for their place.

Thea, our protagonist, have determination that is admirable, but her self-absorption can be annoying. (I found myself in a love-hate relationship with her throughout the book!) Wilder, the brooding love interest, feels a bit basic 🫣, but his protectiveness (and the towel scene!) definitely adds some heat 🥵.

The real stars of the show are the side characters. Kip and Cal provide humor and camaraderie, reminding me of the golden trio in Harry Potter 🥰.

The training sequences were great, kept me engaged and remind me of Mulan 🌸. The romance kinda fell short 🫣 for me.

Unfortunately, the female narrator's voice fell flat for me. It felt overly dramatic and witchy, hindering my enjoyment. But, one thing that threw me off was the writing style. While the book is marketed as New Adult fiction, the characters and some aspects of the story felt more YA. Imagine 24-year-olds acting like teenagers – that's the vibe I got in some scenes.

Since I used an Audible credit, I pushed through, but I'll switch to physical copies for the rest of the series - the world and characters hold potential!

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Great series starter

I can’t wait to dive into the rest of this series. It was a wonderful fantasy adventure

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Loved the Intrigue

This was a truly captivating storyline following on the heels of Slaying the Shadow Prince and setting up another strong storyline.

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Narrators are AMAZING

The narration makes this audiobook what it is. The story is easy to follow and enjoyable overall. I did get sick of certain things appearing again and again, but if you like basic fantasy romance, this will check boxes for you.

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Good storyline

Slow build but good story. Military training with a spicy twist. Definitely going to continue with the series.

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Slow burn

The process in this book. Thea is probably one of the most brave women/characters I have ever read through everything. She tries to persevere and complete the task that she wants to complete in her young life add in Hawthorne, and it warms your heart to know in to see the development of the characters within this book. I can’t wait to read the next!

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Great Hangover Cure

if you are having a releasing slump after Throne of Glass, pick this up! strong FMC and who did this to you lover MMC, great world with so much more to learn!!

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Romantasy at its finest!

Mainly listening on audio which is really good. The female voice is like this sultry, alluring smokers voice. It works. Also dual pov has a male voice which matches the description of Wilders deep timber voice, sounds powerful and it’s hot. I’m going to be listening to book 2 as well.

This book had the perfect amount of action and plot along with burns and desires and just the right amount of spice and longing. At first I thought, ‘man they really hate each other this is going to take awhile for them to see eye to eye here’ but it turns out for the better. Enemies to lovers trope along with a little forbidden love. I also like that there is no miscommunication, they own up to their feelings quickly and FMC knows and voices what she wants.

I’m antsy to see where this story goes in book 2 of the series. The build up is amazing and has me whirling. There are many new questions to be answered and secrets to be revealed!

Also, I hear book 2 has more spice and relationship, so I’m hopeful for the MC. Eee!

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What a book!! 📚

This was such an amazing story, it will give you a little bit of everything and more. Slow burn, intense drama, action, mystery and Yeap you will become invested in the characters. Worth a credit and believe me you will not regret it. 🫶🏼🤗😉

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