ARC Review - The Bonds That Break Us by Erin Mainord

 Thank you so much Erin Mainord for sending me this ARC!

Title: The Bonds That Break Us

Author: Erin Mainord

Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance

Series: Bound by Blood (book #2)

Pages: 382

Synopsis:

She wants revenge.
He wants her.

After learning of Sin’s dark deceptions, Wren travels to The Feral Vale where she is introduced to the rustic land of the elves. She vows to protect her family at all expense, even if that means keeping the Black Art’s treacherous secret. 

When a realm divided draws the unwanted attention of a neighboring king, Wren and the elves must resort to clever schemes to gain leverage in the impending war. Wren and her family are determined to lay low—a challenging feat when the entire kingdom guard is searching for the “white-haired witch.” She longs to forget the betrayal that drove her here, more so, she longs to forget him, but when circumstance thrusts them together, the result is nothing short of incendiary. 

As motives come to light, Wren isn’t sure who she can rely on, but one fact becomes startling, and infuriatingly, clear: Wren and Sin must combine forces if any of them has a hope to survive the disconcerting conflict ahead. With past hurts challenging them at every step, the road ahead is punishing. 

War is brutal, but nothing is more maiming than furious love.

Review & thoughts:

The Bonds That Break is the second book in a Dark Fantasy Romance series with angsty and spicy romance, amazing characters and interesting plot that I absolutely loved! 

After everything that happened at the end of book 1 I was desperate to know what happens next and this book definitely didn’t disappoint. It was even more captivating, dark, had more action, romance, character development and was just everything I’ve been hoping for and more. Wren and Sin are everything and I absolutely love these two. The feeling of betrayal, the angst, the longing and all they were feeling were written perfectly and OMG I was not ready for how amazing they were in this book, they have come a long way from who they were at the beginning of their story and I just love their enemies to lovers to back to enemies and again lovers romance, it was perfect and the spice was *chef’s kiss*. 

The plot was interesting and pretty fast paced, we get to see more of this interesting world the author created and get to meet some new characters and all the old ones. I really like the found family trope here, Wren’s chosen family was amazing and it was great to see how they all love and support each other, I hope we will get to see more of them in the next books and also to see how they interact with Sin more which was already pretty interesting, to say the least. 

The Bonds That Break Us is a perfect sequel to The Blood That Binds Us, I definitely recommend it to everyone who enjoys this genre and already can’t wait for book 3!

Rating:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5