House of Ice and Shadows
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fantasy Romance
TAKE BACK YOUR KINGDOM
Gisela Bloodthorn is trained to kill. She has spent her life enslaved as an assassin in the court of the Centaurs, where only the strongest survive.
Now, the Centaur queen has a final assignment for her: protect the Oath Keeper who holds the contract that will keep their enemy at bay and kill the queen’s enemies and Gisela will go free.
But when Gisela discovers her first Outlaw known as Xaydin, Gisela learns that the Outlaws aren’t what they seem. Nor are they easily slain.
Xaydin isn’t just a bastard half-troll, he’s an assassin who has dedicated his life to ridding the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Oath Keepers, especially the one who holds the contract Gisela has been sworn to protect.
But trust doesn’t come easy to either of them. If they can’t find common ground and fight their real enemy, both of them will lose everything and everyone they care for.
Uncaged Review: In the second book in this series,
we meet Gisela, who is actually an assassin for the
Centaur court and her mother – the Queen Meara,
even though that bit of tidbit has been kept secret
from her people, maybe because of her “complete”
parentage. The Queen offers Gisela her freedom for
one final mission, to protect the apaswere who has
the contract between her and Dash – the Unicorn
King, as others have been sent to kill him to null the
contract. The one sent to kill him is Xaydin, a Prince
troll. Both of them will have to overcome their distrust
of everyone to go on a journey together to find
the apaswere.
This is truly Gisela’s and Xaydin’s story, but along
the way we meet a fantastic supporting cast, and the
banter is fun between Xaydin and his two siblings.
Gisela will learn what family should have been.
And yes, we will see Dash in this book, the main
character from book one.
This book has a lot of everything. Danger, suspense,
romance, spice, battle scenes and a whole
slew of mythical beings from Mermaids to Trolls,
to Unicorns and Shifters and Dragons and Centaurs,
this book has a lot going on, but it all fits together
so nicely. This book will not end on a cliffhanger,
but the world remains, and I’m sure we will see all
our characters turn up in future installments.
Reviewed by Cyrene
5 Stars
