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Prince of the Sorrows (Rowan Blood, #1)
Kellen Graves
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dnfing at 20% mark, because it's too hard for me to read..
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So while the tone of this book is a lot different than the first one for the couple (HR vs TLG), I was trying to think why I am still glad I get to read another book about these two (apart from the fact that they are super addictive). So often in the romance genre, the book is usually about things like the meetcute or first encounters, the ways they get to know each other, the things that keep them apart, and then ultimately the happy ending of them coming together.
It is SO rare to actually get to sit with the couple in their day to day, the maintenance of a relationship, long term- and all the things that come along with that. I so so so appreciate having a book like this. I think there are a lot of readers that can relate to those challenges and experiences; whether it is figuring out future plans, building a career, noticing change in oneself/or partner, dealing with health issues, building or integrating family, and also the misalignments and heartbreak that sometimes comes from a long time being one's partner. Even if things ultimately work out in the end. It's not always easy.
I just wanted to share that with y'all cause I know it's a "different" book and so I didn't quite have expectations for it, but I'm just sitting with these scenes between Shane and Ilya and feeling such an ache of familiarity, and thinking about this being the why. ❤️