Exquisite Poison by K. Margaret and Dagmar AveryMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Ice Princess Gets Her God
I’d probably give this book 3.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is the third book in continuing series which is part of a larger group of series. You need to start at square one, with Slumber, to truly understand all the nuances of this series. The full reading order, up to the start of The Ice Court series is on this blog post.
Eira, Faust and Vice are on the verge of finding Eira’s god, who will help gain powers for her Court and help them reconnect with Faerie properly. Finding him goes easier than expected, however waiting back home is a different kind of problem.
Eira’s ex-fiancé, Tanner, is up to something and won’t leave Eira alone. It also seems like Eira’s father is planning on making some changes to the way things are done. On top of all that, she’s up to her eyeballs in legal briefs and having meetings for councils every time she tries to sit down. She’s also still trying to make more time to spend on her men as they provide her with love and self-belief.
It feels like a lot of little things happen in this book, but nothing huge, even if one of those little things is gaining a god. Everything is handled in a matter-of-fact way, even when things go wrong. The prevailing emotion of this book is happiness. It removes a sense of drama from the book, even when bad things happen because everyone is always so happy, it can’t help but be fixed easily.
I still enjoyed the book, but it wasn’t as gripping as it normally is. I imagine this is a book where things change direction and important things come on the back of it. This is the problem with big series, you end up with books that have to achieve a lot in a short amount of time and sometimes the emotion and the drama gets lost in the plotting. I’ll still read the next one though. I can’t walk away from all these characters, it’s like a soap opera!
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