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Radiance
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Start date
April 1, 2020
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April 30, 2020
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Melindeeloo
Grace Draven was doing this excellent fantasy romance as a serialized short on her blog and initially posting a new chapter every Sunday- later with some delays. It was really really good. The story begins on the eve of a marriage arranged to cement a political alliance ...

Here's the link: Radiance till 1/6 when it will be pulled and published.

I'll be buying a nicely formatted copy for reread when it's released to kindle.
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Cee
This book was recommended to me and while I found the synopsis interesting, I was a bit hesitant... enemies to lovers can go so wrong, especially when they are forced to marry one another, and I didn't want to dislike this. Let me straighten this situation out in case you have the same concerns: This is a slow burn romance!! The leads are honest with each other and respect one another building a strong relationship before they even consider if their partnership might become more.

Absolutely BEAUT
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T. K. Elliott (Tiffany)
Nov 10, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, reviewed
This was fun.

I would probably never have read it if it hadn't been recommended to me, and I'm so glad it was and I did.

Ildiko is human, with pink skin and red hair.
Brishen is kai, with grey skin and silver hair.

Ildiko thinks Brishen looks like a dead eel; Brishen thinks Ildiko is beyond ugly, with weird, scary eyes.

And they're about to get married.

There are times when you know within a few lines that a book is not for you, and you'd better give up now rather than waste several hours of your li
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Tracy
Wow, this book was so good from start to finish. I can read fantasy but it's not something I really gravitate towards. And possibly, if several of my friend hadn't already read it and raved about it, this would have set on the back burner of my TBR for awhile. I am so glad to have done a group read of this book. I loved both Ildiko and Brishen, such unique characters. I will definitely read on in this series. ...more
Kelly
May 04, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
I really enjoyed reading this book. The romance and the main characters captivated me from the beginning and it was quite an easy and entertaining read. With that epilogue I'm really curious to see what the author has in store for us in the sequel. It's not available on scribd at the moment so I'll see where I can get it tomorrow morning.

That being said I'm hoping the queen will get what she deserves.

Also I will try and read more from this author!
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Carrie
Apr 13, 2018 rated it liked it
Sean
Aug 22, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: high-fantasy
Keli
Jul 13, 2017 rated it really liked it
Kathy
Jan 02, 2017 marked it as to-read
Olivia
Jul 18, 2020 rated it it was amazing
SSBSMS
Feb 11, 2017 rated it it was ok
Nicole
Jun 01, 2017 marked it as interested
Brianna
Apr 04, 2018 marked it as to-read
Tali
Apr 10, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Harry
Dec 23, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Karine FERREIRA
Dec 16, 2020 rated it really liked it
Grace
Jul 22, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Aug 27, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Dec 16, 2020 marked it as own-not-read
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Sep 29, 2021 marked it as to-read
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