Crown of Shadows (Court of Midnight and Deception, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jan 20, 2023 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, kindle, shifters, fae, uf

Leila is chosen by the night mares to be the new Queen of the fae Night Court, and being half-human, her subjects are not happy (nor is she)

What I enjoyed:
* I liked Leila and loved the night mares
* Leila's staff is also interesting and I hope we learn more about them in the future books
* Leila finally deciding to take charge and run the court the way she wants was great and since she was raised human, she has a lot of things she wants to change
* I enjoyed Dion and Rigel's friendship

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Jan 14, 2021 ~♥*Marianna*♥~ rated it liked it

Not horrible but nothing spectacular either. Simple characters and simple dialogue. The heroine is very straightforward. The hero is still a bit of a mystery at the moment.

There was zero of what can be called “chemistry” in this first book. BUT there is progress in their relationship. I would say that they’re at the stage of almost friends. I’m not disappointed at it because it feels like a natural progression so far. I don’t hate the hero and I’m curious to see how his feelings about her change ...more

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May 21, 2023 Steph rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-completed, author-웃, loaner-amz-kindle-unlimited, series-ended, series-book1, series-spinoff-or-same-world, efreebie-amazon-kindle, year-read-2023, sos-games-bsb-r23

For those who've read Shea's Magiford Supernatural City series in order, you're familiar with Leila, the half-human half-fae who has an affinity for animals and lives next-door to Killian's vampire stronghold. If not, the main thing Leila loves to point out is how much she despises the games of the fae. She's happy living her life as a human with her human mother and step-father, caring for their animals. Until, that is, a herd of night mares show up which apparently makes her the new queen of ...more

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