Summary
Branded a heartless and cruel sovereign, Emperor Herace of the Tevente Empire has lost three empresses to betrayal and murder. Into his life steps Eleanor Snow, the fearless daughter of House Snow, offering herself as his new empress to protect her family from ruin. In a world of assassins, treachery, and political unrest, their alliance is forged out of necessity but eventually tempered by trust. Together, they will fight to defend the empire… and each other.
algengrutze
The storyline starts out promising – we have a clever FL/ML pair maneuvering treacherous palace life. It starts to get somewhat irritating when the side-villains and their weak, over-the-top motivation comes in (feeling overly jealous to the point of killing random ppl for unclear benefits or trying to obsess a fiance, that was already secured by trying to destroying her whole family does not really make sense)… feels like there are two wiriters involved, a good one for the general story line and someone else for the execution and fillers. Not bad overall, but a pity the storyline is needlessly dragged down a few notches – generous 4 stars from me:)