A Shadow Crown, Melissa Blair
A Shadow Crown, Melissa Blair
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A Shadow Crown

Author: Melissa Blair

Narrator: Kyla Garcia

Unabridged: 14 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/09/2023


Synopsis

The highly anticipated second installment of the new adult fantasy saga that took BookTok by storm picks up where A Broken Blade left off.To the kingdom, Keera is the king’s Blade, his most feared and trusted spy and assassin. But in the shadows, she works with Prince Killian and his Shadow—the dark, brooding Fae, Riven, who sets her blood on fire. Together, they plot to kill a tyrant king.In Myrelinth, the lush, secret city of trees, Fae, Elves, and Halflings like Keera live in harmony. But Keera cannot escape her past: her crimes against her own people have followed her all the way to the Faeland. There is a traitor in their midst, and Keera is the top suspect.Keera finds comfort in the allies that have become her family. She swore she would never open her heart again after a loss she barely survived. But she will soon find she has more to lose than she ever imagined.Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass series, A Shadow Crown is a tour-de-force high-fantasy novel with stunning world-building and a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance. Readers seeking more LGBTQ+ and BIPOC representation in the fantasy realm will fall in love with the unforgettable cast of characters introduced in A Broken Blade, whose sagas are only beginning.

About Melissa Blair

Melissa Blair (she/her/kwe) is an Anishinaabe-kwe of mixed ancestry living on Turtle Island. She splits her time between Treaty 9 in Northern Ontario and the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg in Ottawa, Canada. She has a graduate degree in applied linguistics and discourse studies, loves movies, and hates spoons. Melissa has a BookTok account where she discusses and reviews her favorite books, including Indigenous and queer fiction, feminist literature, and nonfiction. She is the author of A Broken Blade, the first book in the Halfling Saga. Find her on TikTok at @melissas.bookshelf.

About Kyla Garcia

Kyla Garcia is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. Born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, she discovered acting at the age of eight when she played Lady Macbeth in a children’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. She made her off-Broadway debut at fifteen when she played Dorothy in Oz: A Twisted Musical. Eleven years after she discovered her passion for acting, she would go on to play Lady Macbeth once again in London at the Globe Theatre, where she studied Shakespeare during her third year at Mason Gross School of the Arts. She received her BFA in acting from Rutgers University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ashlyn on January 26, 2025

Accidental buddy read with Kendall!💖 I feel like this book might’ve been rushed?? Some of the sentences had me blinking at the page like, “Did autocorrect write this?” But KEERA!!! I LOVE KEERA!!! She’s out here fighting for her life, and I’m just along for the ride, cheering her on like an over-inve......more

Goodreads review by Rivka on May 07, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley and Union Square & Co for this earc First, can we all acknowledge the fact that if Keera swore an oath to the Elverin and told them the truth right away we wouldn’t need this whole book? Okay! I’m glad we agreed. Now, let’s take it apart. I’m gonna start with, I take “mates” t......more

Goodreads review by ♥Milica♥ on December 28, 2024

Soulmates with a dash of love triangle goodness? Don't mind if I do. I know that, logically, Keera is going to end up with Riven, who I want her to be with, but I can't help but love the little moments she has with Killian as well. I knew based on the first book that *something* would come of it and......more

Goodreads review by Kendall on January 23, 2025

Accidental buddy read with ashlyn 🤭 Some things to expect inside: ~ First person ~ Slow ❤️‍🔥 ~ The weird one sided love triangle no one wanted ~ Badass FMC ~ LGBTQ+ Representation ~ 🌶️/5 spice rating I’m so glad I dived into this world again, it was such a fun… but sad time. The plot got a lot deeper in......more

Goodreads review by Casey Bee on July 11, 2023

This is book two of The Halfling Saga by Melissa Blair and I liked it even more than the first installment! I always feel it’s difficult to discuss a sequel without giving away spoilers for book one, so this is going to be a bit more minimal than my usual. This series is like the perfect fantasy—it......more