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Shadows and Crowns
Shadows and Crowns
Shadows and Crowns

Shadows and Crowns

Shadows and Crowns
Shadows and Crowns
By:
S.M. Gaither
  • Spice Scale
  • Number of books

    5 Published

  • KU

    ✅

  • Audiobook

    ✅

  • Series Status

    Complete

  • Interconnected

    N/A

  • Overall Rating

    Coming Soon

The old gods are growing restless. An ancient evil is stirring. Can they stop the coming storm?

Mercenary Casia Greythorne cares about two things: Completing whatever her latest job is, and earning enough coin to buy the expensive medicine that's keeping her mentor alive.

So when the king himself offers her a job, she can't resist the massive reward he offers-even if it means working with Captain Elander, the arrogant, mysterious right-hand to that king.

Her partner may be infuriating, but at least their mission seems simple and quick enough: Investigate the origins of the strange plague that's been ravaging their empire, help find a cure, and then call it a day.

But in a land brimming with old magic and meddling gods, nothing is ever that simple, and nothing is ever what it seems.

As the bodies pile up and strange monsters begin to wreak havoc throughout the realms, Cas and Elander will have to work together to protect their world whether they like it or not. Because one thing is clear: Something ancient and evil is stirring in the shadows of that world.

And their empire will not survive its full unleashing.

Jamie’s review

Jamie hasn’t read this yet, it’s on her never ending TBR

Erica’s review

I really struggled with this series. It's like Throne of Glass' ugly step-sister. Sorry S.M. Gaither. I honestly hate giving bad reviews because I COULD NEVER write like this but this just wasn't for me. What did I like? The world building is great. It def has some ToG vibes so if that's your jam, you might just love this. But it just dragged on forever in the weeds and those just aren't my books. If you are more into high fantasy - you might love this! Casia is a badass FMC and there are some things that kept me going because I refuse to DNF but it never took off for me.

I really struggled with this series. It's like Throne of Glass' ugly step-sister. Sorry S.M. Gaither. I honestly hate giving bad reviews because I COULD NEVER write like this but this just wasn't for me. What did I like? The world building is great. It def has some ToG vibes so if that's your jam, you might just love this. But it just dragged on forever in the weeds and those just aren't my books. If you are more into high fantasy - you might love this! Casia is a badass FMC and there are some things that kept me going because I refuse to DNF but it never took off for me.

Books in this series

  • Book 1

    of

    5

    The Song of the Marked
    The Song of the Marked

  • Book 2

    of

    5

    A Twist of the Blade
    A Twist of the Blade

  • Book 3

    of

    4

    The Call of the Void
    The Call of the Void

  • Book 4

    of

    5

    A Crown of the Gods
    A Crown of the Gods

  • Book 5

    of

    5

     The Queen of the Dawn
    The Queen of the Dawn

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