4 Stars
The story grew on me.
The story starts with the reader meeting Lady Julianna of Bellemare and her brothers, who are preparing for her wedding to a much older neighbor. Julianna wishes otherwise, but for her family she’ll do this. Watching her from his kingdom from the otherworld is King Merrick of the Unblessed, King of Valdis. He hears Julianna wishing in her room to be taken on a adventure; Merrick comes to her, and coerces her to leave Bellemare, and go to the Otherworld on a quest. I found that the character of Julianna to be very immature for her age, and very colorless. Merrick is a much better developed non-hero whom I couldn’t help but root for. The story grew on me as I read further into it, but I never could care for Julianna. I like the Faery Queen Tania better, even though she had a very small part in this story. I plan on reading the next book Realm Immortal: Faery Queen. I was given and ARC of the book from the author through BookSprout, and this is my honest opinion.
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