Book Review: All This Twisted Glory (This Woven Kingdom #3) by Tahereh Mafi

Rating: ★★★☆
Audience: NA Fantasy Romance
Length: 416 pages
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: February 6th, 2024
Image & Other Reviews on: Goodreads

BOOK SUMMARY:

The highly anticipated third novel in the This Woven Kingdom series, full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi.

As the long-lost heir to the Jinn throne, Alizeh has finally found her people—and she might’ve found her crown. Cyrus, the mercurial ruler of Tulan, has offered her his kingdom in a twisted exchange: one that would begin with their marriage and end with his murder.

Cyrus’s dark reputation precedes him; all the world knows of his blood-soaked past. Killing him should be easy—and accepting his offer might be the only way to fulfill her destiny and save her people. But the more Alizeh learns of him, the more she questions whether the terrible stories about him are true.

Ensnared by secrets, Cyrus has ached for Alizeh since she first appeared in his dreams many months ago. Now that he knows those visions were planted by the devil, he can hardly bear to look at her—much less endure her company. But despite their best efforts to despise each other, Alizeh and Cyrus are drawn together over and over with an all-consuming thirst that threatens to destroy them both.

Meanwhile, Prince Kamran has arrived in Tulan, ready to exact revenge…

Layered with exquisite tension and heart-stopping romance, All This Twisted Glory is the explosive third book in the captivating, bestselling This Woven Kingdom series.

I CAN’T STOP.

You know those series that really aren’t AMAZING but you keep finding yourself reading the next book because you feel compelled to do so? That’s me and this series. It feels like a hot mess, but yet I want to see how the romantic drama keeps unfurling. I think maybe by the end I was even into this a little bit????

This lacks in world building and any major sense of plot. And the FMC disappeared for a good chunk of the book too. I don’t understand everything happening but grateful that Kate Reading is the audiobook narrator because she can do no wrong.

Also it should be noted, this is absolutely not a young adult romance. The content is definitely new adult.

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