Name: Rain of Shadows and Endings
Author: Melissa K Roehrich
ISBN: 9781960923059

About the book

A world the gods forgot.Of all the worlds and life they created, the gods favored their children the most. But with that favor came the fear that their Legacy would one day become too powerful and overthrow them. Devram was created. A realm hidden amongst the stars. The gods gave their Legacy the best of all the worlds, and then they left, a sworn agreement to never return and to never interfere.A historical event.Forced to a life of servitude, the Fae are required to provide for the Legacy in more ways than one. Every five years, the eligible Fae are gathered for the Selection and assigned to serve in one of the six Kingdoms. To be chosen as the personal Source for a Kingdom Heir is the greatest honor, and for the first time in a millennia, all six Kingdoms have heirs choosing a Source. But their selections could tip the power balance a little too far.A chosen that was never meant to be.Tessalyn Asura was as forgotten as the realm. But when she finds herself the personal Source to the Heir of Endings, she winds up serving in the darkest Kingdom of them all . The secrets within the Arius Kingdom are meant to be learned and kept, but this was never the life she wanted. Fighting not only the fate thrust upon her, but the temptation to lose herself to desire, Tessa will do anything to escape her new destiny. Until she starts to realize maybe their world wasn't as forgotten as they thought, and maybe she's the reason why.

ISBN9781960923059

PublisherTractors & Heels LLC

Publication Date08/13/23

Pages670

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"It would break her. And she didn't burn when she broke. She shattered, and the world shattered with her."

Ich habe Band 1-3 Anfang letzten Jahres schon einmal gelesen - oder vielmehr verschlungen. Leider bin ich nicht dazu gekommen, Band 4 zu lesen, als er vor knapp einem Jahr erschien. Und da ich jetzt doch ein wenig lost war, habe ich die Reihe eben nochmal von vorn begonnen. Die ersten Bände waren dabei mein Jahreshighlight 2025 und auch beim Reread hat mich die Geschichte sofort in ihren Bann gezogen. "You will learn soon enough that being the most cunning and wicked is the only way to survive in a realm of villains, little storm." Und wir befinden uns tatsächlich in einer düsteren Welt voller Intrigen und Geheimnisse. Die Charaktere sind zudem alle morally grey im dunkleren Bereich und auch auf die eine oder andere Weise zerbrochen. Tessa's und Theon's Beziehung ist dabei vieles, aber gesund gehört wohl nicht dazu. Trotzdem habe ich für sie mitgefieber. Am besten beschreiben es wohl diese Zitate: "He's to controlling and you're not controlled enough. You're two forces that should repel each other. Fire and shadows. Light and dark. Beginnings and endings. Instead, you're drawn to each other. " "I want everything you have to give, and then I want more. I want every piece of you - every secret, every tempest raging in those stormy eyes. I want all your fear and all your pain, all your smiles and all your laughter. I want all your mornings and all your nights, all your days and months and years." Dabei sind nicht nur die beiden Hauptcharaktere unglaublich interessant, sondern auch die Nebencharaktere sehr gut ausgearbeitet, von denen einige in den Folgebänden auch nich mehr Raum einnehmen. Insgesamt ein unfassbar gutes Buch und einer meiner All Time Favorites. Dazu kommt, dass ich die Cover einfach unglaublich schön finde. "Do you know why I like storms? Because it reminds us that even chaos needs to scream sometimes. That even with all the magic and power among the realms and between the stars, even with technology and all the tools we have at our disposal, some things are, in fact, uncontrollable."

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