Queen of Myth and Monsters picks up right after the events of King of Battle and Blood – so, you will need to read King of Battle and Blood first before picking up a copy of Queen of Myth and Monsters. Isolde is adjusting to her new role as Queen while grieving the death of her father and searching for a traitor in her mist. Whilst looking for ways to defeat Ravena and the deadly blood mist, Isolde reconnects to her magic and acquires some new abilities. Isolde also attempts to regain some of Yesenia’s memories and ends up learning some of Adrian’s secrets as well. Lastly, threats to Lara cause Adrian and Isolde to prepare for a vampire war. Queen of Myth and Monsters is a fast-paced and spicy paranormal romance novel suitable for adults. It would be perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash or A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the A Court of Thorns and Roses or Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas, and the Grishaverse books by Leigh Bardugo. This book deals with a ton of themes including appearance versus reality, darkness versus light, change versus tradition, religion, quest for power, love and heartbreak, family, female roles and feminism, fate versus freewill, strength, war and sacrifice, death, deception, secrets and lies, loyalty, betrayal, and reincarnation. I’ll admit that I was nervous to start Queen of Myth and Monsters; it had been over a year since I had read King of Battle and Blood so I was concerned that I’d forgotten most of the important information revealed at the end of King of Battle and Blood and would therefore be confused when I started Queen of Myth and Monsters. As such, I ended up rereading the last chapter of King of Battle and Blood before starting Queen of Myth and Monsters (and I would recommend this to other readers as well). To avoid this problem, it would have been helpful if St. Clair had provided a quick recap at the beginning of Queen of Myth and Monsters; like the preface provided at the beginning of each book in the Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon.
My main complaint is that Queen of Myth and Monsters seemed to end rather abruptly and in a bit of a cliff hanger; I personally would have liked it if St. Clair had included a few more chapters at the end to better wrap up the story. Again, I will probably have to go back and reread the last chapter of Queen of Myth and Monsters before I read book 3 as a lot of important information and discoveries were revealed. I also personally wasn’t a fan of all the political and religious elements (like people claiming to be saint-like or goddess-blessed) that St. Clair included in this book as I found them rather confusing. Lastly, there was a fair number of gory descriptions as well as a brief recount of rape included in this book, which may be off-putting or triggering to some readers.
Overall, even though I had trouble getting into it, I enjoyed reading Queen of Myth and Monsters and would highly recommend it to fellow paranormal romance readers.
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