I enjoyed the first book The Wolf Throne, but right off the bat, this book disappointed me. Why did we spend most the first book building up Jazz the librarian who didn't know she was a wolf to a more confident leader and Queen. Just to immediate start this book with her a shell of a person and her husband being problem number one? Damien was beyond infuriating. He was the first person to believe in her, push her, and train her, but now he's just crushing her? The character dynamic was too jarring it was like I was reading a completely different story, same names, but different people...
The overall plot idea was okay, an interesting struggle on both sides of the marriage, war, psychological warfare. Topher was interesting he actually had me rooting for him sometimes, mostly because Damien was that insufferable. Aria was horrible from beginning to end, so great job on the villain there. Most the story was the same struggle over and over I really wanted to have ups and downs, pushing and pulling, but with different instances. Aria pushing Damien to marry, even though he promised Jazz it would only ever be them against the world. Jazz being hurt, Topher coming in to 'mark' her and get under Damien skin. Literally that all happened multiple times in barely different ways. We didn't get the two main characters to snap back into the ones we saw at the end of The Wolf Throne until the 80% mark?
I am too stubborn to DNF a book, but this one had me reeling, there were brief moments in the plot that I thought 'okay, yes we are going to move in the right direction here.' just be hit with the same struggle, anger, hurt, deception. There were also so many inconsistencies just sentences apart, they were on the wall and moved to the bed, they finish and she slides down the wall. The note was crumpled in his hand, I looked over to the vanity were I left the crumple note. There were so many times the characters recalled something quoting it incorrectly or completely recalling something that didn't happen? Aria touched a bruise on Jazz that she gave her in the training ring?? When were they ever training together?
I am just left frustrated and disappointed. This book had so much potential.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
🩵 Blurb- Six months after events at the Cannery, Damien Ashford claimed the Throne by fire, ending thirty years of blood. Beside him stands Jasmine “Jazz” Snow, his human mate and the Queen who helped him win. But in the Ashen Compound, peace is just a ceasefire with everyone hiding a knife. Fragile stability shatters when Topher—Damien’s exiled cousin—returns with a terrifying secret that could destroy everything. As the High Council closes in and the pack starves, Damien is forced into a monstrous ultimatum by the War Princess, Aria Grimvale: marry her to secure an army, or watch his people die . Now, Jazz must prove she is more than a "human mistake". To save her husband, the Snow Wolf Queen must walk into the heart of the enemy and face the monster who wants to own her. 🩷 Review - I enjoyed the first book in the series and The Snow Wolf Queen certainly didn't disappoint. If you love shape shifting Romancy novels then you will love this 💕. From the first page I was hooked and drawn into the story along with the characters and I kept reading until the end as I wanted to know what happened. I found the author's writing style easy to follow with good pacing. I loved Damien and Jazz's chemistry and there were plenty of spicy scenes. I also loved the other characters in the story. Overall, a brilliant novel that I highly recommend to other readers. 💚 Thank you to the author, Sophie L. Hart for my free download copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
While this story continues the future of Damien and Jasmine, it is also the beginning of Damien’s rule, and things are anything but calm. Chaos, politics, and difficult choices surround them. Damien shifts between warmth and coldness as he struggles with leadership, and there seem to be more problems than solutions.
Jasmine is strong but also vulnerable. She second guesses herself more than is healthy and has a lot to work through, including political manipulation and the effects of being conditioned by others. Despite that, I admire her loyalty, the confidence she finds when she stands her ground, and the determination she brings to the story.
This book had me teary eyed at one point when Damien makes a choice that is absolutely heart wrenching. The amount of political maneuvering and manipulation in this story keeps the tension high, but it also makes the book incredibly addictive. I found myself unable to stop reading even when my heart hurt for Jazz and some of the choices being made around her.
I’m trying very hard to keep this ARC review spoiler free, but I am truly grateful I had the chance to read it early. After so much turbulence, emotion, and conflict, the ending felt powerful and satisfying.
I would absolutely read this duology again. I love that the focus stays mostly on the two main characters and their journey together. At its core, this is Damien and Jasmine’s story, and it’s an intense one.
I was so immersed in the plot and political drama that it almost felt difficult to step back and identify the tropes because I was simply caught up in what was happening next.
Sophie L Hart’s second book to The Wolf Throne, The Snow Wolf Queen, takes us back to the world of Jasmine and Damien after the war. Where peace is a fragile string working to rejoin the factions under the new King. This was an amazing follow up to The Wolf Throne. We join Jasmine as she tries to figure out how she fits into Damien’s world. It is heartbreaking and whew I did cry. Her struggles are so relatable.
Sophie L Hart brilliantly creates these characters and the world around them to draw us in and keep us holding on. She taps into our base, universal emotions and weaves us through the beautiful tapestry of her creation.
wanted to love this at the start but honestly it just got worst and worst. much was just a wet wipe for most of the book. things didn't make sence. fire places descriped as cold and full of debris one page we're casting light on the next. and honestly any romantacy book thats says I plowed her puss is just asking for bad reviews. world building was dire. everything was just rushed and un-sequential .