ARC Review - Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa K. Roehrich

 Thank you so much Melissa K. Roehrich for sending me this ARC!

Title: Rain of Shadows and Endings

Author: Melissa K. Roehrich

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Series: Legacy Series (book #1)

Pages: 750

Synopsis:

Of all the worlds and life they created, the gods favored their children the most. But with that favor came the fear that their Legacy would one day become too powerful and overthrow them. Devram was created. A realm hidden amongst the stars. The gods gave their Legacy the best of all the worlds, and then they left, a sworn agreement to never return and to never interfere. Forced to a life of servitude, the Fae are required to provide for the Legacy in more ways than one. Every five years, the eligible Fae are gathered for the Selection and assigned to serve in one of the six Kingdoms. To be chosen as the personal Source for a Kingdom Heir is the greatest honor, and for the first time in a millennia, all six Kingdoms have heirs choosing a Source. But their selections could tip the power balance a little too far. Tessalyn Asura was as forgotten as the realm. But when she finds herself the personal Source to the Heir of Endings, she winds up serving in the darkest Kingdom of them all . The secrets within the Arius Kingdom are meant to be learned and kept, but this was never the life she wanted. Fighting not only the fate thrust upon her, but the temptation to lose herself to desire, Tessa will do anything to escape her new destiny. Until she starts to realize maybe their world wasn’t as forgotten as they thought, and maybe she’s the reason why.

Review & thoughts:

Rain of Shadows and Endings is the newest Dark Fantasy Romance by Melissa K. Roehrich and OMG that book was absolutely incredible, I loved it so much and it’s definitely one of my favorite books of this year! 

I won't say a lot about what is happening in this book because I think it is best to go in blindly, but let me say it was definitely not what I expected and it surprised me in such a good way! The world building was so well-written and fascinating, if you have read this author's other series, Lady of Darkness, you might be familiar with some of it and I loved seeing the little Easter eggs from that series (but you can definitely read ROSAE first).

When it comes to our main characters, I absolutely loved Tessa, she was so strong and even after everything she went though she wasn't giving up and was trying to fight for her freedom. Now, when it comes to Theon... He was one of the most complex and interesting MMCs I have ever read about and I spend most of the book actually hating him (and I honestly still don’t know whether I love him or hate him LOL, he is a whole new level of complicated). His and Tessa's relationship was so unique and fascinating, I can't wait to see more of it in the next book because OMG I'm still speechless when I think about everything that happened between them, I'm obsessed with these two and am dying to read book two. 

Rain of Shadows and Endings is an absolutely incredible book with complex characters, amazing would-building, slow burn complicated romance and so many plot twists and shocking revelations that kept me on the edge of my seat and had me finish this book in a few hours. I'm obsessed with this book and already can't wait for the next one after that ending!

Rating:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5