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A City of Whispers by Jane Washington








A City of Whispers, (A Tempest of Shadows)
Jane Washington

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Blurb: 
A reverse harem, enemies to lovers, slow burn romance. “The relentless clock of fate was groaning over to the next hour, ringing the arrival of a battle as old as time, sounding the final alarm, the final chance to fall to our blades or lift them high. It was repeating infernal hours that grew hungrier with each turn, more vicious than the day, the year, the century before.” The end was here. The great war had begun. I had been torn apart and remade, a marionette to dance over the coals of this world, stitched together by my tormentors. The great masters thought they could break me down and own me. They were wrong. I had won my freedom, my place in this world, my golden-eyed protector by my side. Until it happened again; the grim call of fate looking out at me through eyes of darkness, the great masters waiting with the power I needed, curses and promises in their hands. It was time to make another deal. It was time to play their game in earnest. Book 2 in the Tempest of Shadows series. Over 105,000 words. This is a slow burn with DARK themes, unwilling anti-heroes, and one hell of a kick-ass heroine woven through a rich fantasy setting.


 



Series Order:
A Dream of Embers Releases 6/8/21


A City of Whispers is the second book in the Tempest of Shadows series and you most definitely have to have read the first book in order to read this second one. I don't want to delve too far into the actual plot of the book. What you really need to know is that Lavenia is a kick booty female lead. She is put through some stuff and she may be learning as she goes, but she is most definitely learning how to spin things to her advantage. Calder is, well Calder. He is intense for sure. The Masters are their usual gruff selves. We do get to see and learn a little more about them. But this is for sure a slow burn. We are in book two and we still have no real romantic connection with anyone. We have the connection with Calder but that's not solid either. In this dynamic though, it works.

I am really enjoying the story here. It is unique, adventurous and mysterious. And very intense. This is not one of those books you can just pick up and half way pay attention to though. You have to be completely focused on what you are reading or you will be lost. That's a bit annoying at times as I have a husband and 8 yo child who don't know what it means to let mommy just read. So having to go back and reread parts of what is already a thick book, well it took me days to make it through. That's my  only complaint though. 

The characters and the story are definitely gripping and the ending in this book, man! I'm ready to get further into this story and see what's going to happen next. 
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