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

Shadows and Crowns is an adult fantasy-romance series that follows Casia Greythorne, a sharp-tongued mercenary who takes a job investigating a mysterious plague sweeping through her empire and ends up entangled with dangerous old gods, political conspiracies, and a maddeningly compelling captain named Elander. As strange monsters appear and the death toll climbs, Cas is forced to confront secrets about her own past and power, pulling her from hired blade to reluctant key player in a brewing war between mortals and divinities. Across the series, the stakes widen from survival to empire-shaping decisions, with Cas and Elander navigating court intrigue, cursed lands, and meddling gods while a slow-burn, battle-forged romance grows in the middle of all the chaos.

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.