The Bridge Kingdom

4.5 Stars INCREDIBLE!!!! CAPTIVATING!! already started reading the Traitor Queen because I couldn't wait to find out what happens next. Guess I'm back to enjoying a Danielle L. Jensen series again because I remember awhile back loving the Malediction Trilogy but then being so disappointed with the last book of the series that it left me very hesitant to start one again. Anyway, here I am and I can say I really loved this book so many conflicted emotions between Aren and Lara because they both start realizing things aren't as they appear and I personally love that. I didn't want to put this book and the plot wasn't the most original in the world, but none the less it really pulled me, and I really liked the way the relationship between Lara and Aren developed in their marriage of convenience. Dual POV is really fun too especially when it's going back and forth between two very different perspectives and an ever-growing attraction they both are fighting (Lara more than ever)! Now after the events of this book I'm dying to see it all play out and I can feel book2 already sucking me in!

I could put this down, I started it yesterday morning and I have finished it. It was brilliant. If you are a fan of Throne of Glass or just kick ass females, fantasy, world building, countries at war this is for you. Great romance, the next book is going to be so good !!!

** spoiler alert ** Update: After two weeks of finishing this I can't stop thinking about it and for that reason I'm going to up this from four stars to five stars. The plot, the banter, the politics, the romance, the world, the characters, ugh, everything was so amazing and unique. This had me hooked from the start! I’ve spent the entirety of this book scared for Lara, honestly there where parts where I just wanted to cry (mainly after the 70% point) I knew everything was going to end in shit but I still had my hopes ya know? Hope is the last one to die. THAT ENDING? *chefs kiss* it just left me wanting more, it was amazingly done! “You need me because I am the Queen of Ithicana, And it’s time my father was brought to his knees.” after that line I just jumped and did a little happy dance in my head, we are definitely going to see the full length of Lara’s abilities in the second book, and I’m so ready for it and for all the fight scenes we are probably going to get! I really did love this book and It definitely is a favorite of mine, the only reason why I don’t give it five stars is only because I had some trouble understanding the world building at first and because the descriptions of places and things were kinda hard for me to picture, but hey, that’s probably my fault not the book. Definitely recommend this to everyone who loves enemies to lovers and politic/intrigues filled stories, this has it all and a lot more. Super exited to read the second book!