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“With the political intrigue and high heat of A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash, A Betrayal of Storms is perfect for readers who enjoy stories full of magic, romance, and adventure… but with added spice.

Half-fey Robin Vale has grown up amongst humans, but that doesn’t save him from being captured for coin by fey hunters. When he’s rescued by a fey princess, he’s taken to Wychwood, the fey realm – where everyone is focused on preparing for war against the humans who hate, hunt, and kill them for coin.

Robin doesn’t understand how he fits into the fey’s plans… until he’s revealed to be the lost heir to the Icethorn Court. Aided by the unclaimed, destructive power of the Winter Court, which had been thought destroyed with Robin’s mother’s death, the fey ready their numbers for complete domination of the human realm.

But by claiming the throne with the help of his devastatingly handsome personal guard, Erix, Robin’s very presence opposes the long-planned invasion. Along with his allies – including Althea, a stern princess hellbent on stopping the human hunters from killing her kin – Robin is thrust into a world of betrayal, murder, and lies. He must survive long enough to have the choice: listen to fate and claim his family’s power, or let it wreak havoc on a realm that turned its back on him for becoming who he was truly meant to be.”

400 pages

I’m so excited to share my review for the amazing A Betrayal of Storms by Ben Alderson today! Thank you so much to the amazing Angry Robot Books for my beautiful copy!! 

I loved reading the Darkmourn Universe series on KU and I have been so excited to read A Betrayal of Storms! 

There is so much I loved about this book but I want to start off by saying how much I loved the worldbuilding! It’s one of my favourite elements in any book and I really enjoyed how Ben Alderson crafts the worldbuilding in this story (and in all the previous books of his that I’ve read!) He has a great way of introducing the reader into the world he’s created that completely captures you! The descriptions made me feel like I was walking the golden lined streets of Aurelia and feeling the ice cold of the Icethorn Court alongside our characters and that is one of my favourite feelings to experience when reading! 

Plus, I loved the action throughout the story! It was heart racing and there were so many amazing twists and turns – I literally gasped out loud so many times my mum asked if I was ok 🤣

And I can’t finish the review without mentioning the fantastic characters! Robin is a great main character with quick witted sarcasm, compassion and a lot of inner strength! I loved the chemistry he had with Erix and I’m so excited to see what happens next with them both! Also, I loved how dynamic and fun our side characters were! 

A Betrayal of Storms is a fantastic introduction to what is going to be an enchanting series – I’m so excited to read more!