4.38 avg rating — 43,339 ratings

"I almost don't want to say why I adore this book and it belongs on this list, so go read it. Shoo."

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"I adore Sharon Shinn. All of her books are basically romances, but with a well-written political and magical plotline in the background. Pure gold."

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"The foreshadowing to the big romantic moment in this book gets me every time."

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"A little power-trippy, but all right. It's romance, I suppose."

4.03 avg rating — 84,213 ratings

"I didn't like the romance in this book as much as in the first in the series by a long shot."