Master of Salt & Bones

The book is long, and at some points really slow, but the ending really saved the overall story for me. I did not see the ending coming, and the revelations that happened, my jaw was on the ground.

The romance between the FMC & MMC was a little too hard and fast for my liking, but overall the tension and spice was ON POINT.

3.5 ⭐

⚠️TW: abuse, death, drugs, murder, rape, self-harm, knife and breath play, dubcon, pedophilias, sadism

Something about men named Blackthorne, can't shake it off. Why are they such smooth talkers?

I wish I had a highlight quote to put at the top but the most I've highlighted are words Lucian told Isadora during sex so.... go read that on your own.

I went in blind into this book, it was selected from my random wheel but I didn't expect it to be good. It was grey leaning into dark but I think it had to be that grey for a reason. If it wasn't this book would not have made such an impression.

I loved the mystery and thriller aspect it had, it kept me reading and wanting to find out what happens next. The dual POV with the jump in timelines, usually I would have been annoyed by the jumps but in this book it was important to better understand Lucian.

I did not connect with Isa initially, I didn't know why she behaved the way she did because it felt like she was a little too naive on purpose but Lucian, I understood him from the first page. Maybe darkness goes along with darkness, but I understood every behaviour and action that Lucian showed. I would have been the same too.

But the connection both Lucian and Isa had is something that can't be ignored. It was an exciting and sensual connection to one another that was mostly built on lust but it was nice to read. Them hiding and making out in dark corners made me feel the same way too