A review by rockin_reads
A Kingdom of Blood and Magic by Chiara Forestieri

5.0

I am beyond grateful that I discovered Chiara Forestieri and this masterpiece of hers ๐Ÿฅน Completely blown away that Iโ€™m honestly left speechless and donโ€™t even know where to begin with this review, except to say that it is an AMAZING story and I highly recommend you snag a copy off Kindle Unlimited and get reading โ™ฅ๏ธ

Our FMC, Mareina, has spent the last 29 years as the Queenโ€™s personal assassin, with her only reprieve in life being her best friend, Malekai, the General of the Queenโ€™s army. The friendship and love between Mareina and Malekai is undeniable, contagious, enviable - itโ€™s the definition of true love and itโ€™s absolutely beautiful to witness. He even collects teeth of the males who violated her - a present for the future, when the time is right. How sweet is that?!

๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜โ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.

And then thereโ€™s Nakoa, Mareinaโ€™s soulbound, who also happens to be her next assassination target. Their relationship digs deep into the complexity of fated mates - itโ€™s not always love at first sight, especially when youโ€™re enemies. They do have their sweet moments thoughโ€ฆ

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?โ€
๐˜ˆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด. โ€œ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ.โ€

Throughout Mareinaโ€™s journey you can expect plot twists, revelations, banter, unhinged moments, spice, entertaining characters, and a Glossary that will become your best friend ๐Ÿคญ Iโ€™m so excited to see what awaits in book 2!