The Crown of Oaths and Curses

Two completely different people, two destinies intertwined. Rooke, a witch and Soren, a high fae, heir to a powerful kingdom. A seer has predetermined their fate. Rooke has been trying to hide from her fate for hundreds of years. Soren has been looking for Rooke for as many years, the fate demanded that he needs to practice his patience and once he mastered it, fate would bring him and Rooke together. What he didn't expect was that fate had brought him together with the kingdom's greatest enemy, a witch. When he finally finds her, it takes a toll on both him and Rooke. Will they be able to solve thousands of years of war and conflict even though they can't stand being close to each other? Will their inevitable attraction to each other overcome all obstacles?4/5⭐

J'ai beaucoup aimé la construction des personnages et l'histoire est prenante. Cela faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas dévoré un livre comme cela.

This is the best book I've read so far this year. The setting and the world building were amazing, and the characters were as well. It's a very strong start to what I hope will be a long series.

Overall Score: 4.25/5⭐️Character Development: 4/5Plot: 4/5Readability: 4/5Overall Enjoyment: 5/5I gotta take my time with this one. BrbAlright I'm back!Before I start this review I would like to note that you should definitely read the novellas before reading this. Although there is a lot of backstory entwined throughout this book, reading the novellas will give you a much better understanding of the events preceding Crown of Oaths and Curses. They're short and easy and are a good read!Okay now let's get started. Let's talk about what I loved:- ROOKE.Rooke is the baddest baddie I have ever come across. Her character is so wonderfully thoroughly developed and I adored reading her point of view because it was always insightful and provided me with either new information about the plot or about her as a person. Everything about her is amazing and she has easily become one of my favorite FMCs of all time.- The writing.I love J Bree's writing style. I do get a little annoyed when exclamation points are used frivolously and outside of dialogue (it's a weird pet peeve, mind ya business), but I will excuse it here because overall the writing was so great. Easy to grasp and entertaining and well thought out.- The plot.I can already tell this series is going to be a favorite. The complexity and longevity of the plot and subplot are simply exquisite. There are so many questions I still have and I can't wait to see where our characters take this story in the proceeding books. I was on the edge of my seat screaming for the last 15% of this book. And beware- it ends on a major cliff hanger and the next book doesn't come out until next April. I will be asking for thoughts and prayers during this long wait because I am unwell.What I didn't like:- SOREN IS AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER.I try not to do spoiler reviews, and I don't necessarily consider this a spoiler, but if Soren doesn't get it together I will riot. Outside of Rooke and like two other characters that I will leave unnamed, the majority of the people in this book are awful and I am unsure if there is anything that can be done to redeem them in my eyes but I am sure J Bree in her brilliance will change my mind. I just honestly found myself dreading Soren's chapters because he is so unlikeable. His personality outside of being the world's worst person ever was so underdeveloped I don't know how you could possibly like him. Which was a wild contrast to Rooke because I feel like I know every facet of her. This enemies to lovers just felt a little TOO much enemies without the possibility of ever becoming lovers, but this is TBD.- Editing/repetitivenessThere was a lot of repetition in this book- mainly within Soren's chapters. I found myself skimming his chapters because I felt they were all very similar and for that reason I feel like this book could easily be 150-200 pages less. There was a lot of information in Soren's chapters (and occasionally Rooke's) that could have been a paragraph the first time the information was divulged, but after that should've only been a sentence or two just to remind the reader or set up the paragraph with new information. While I think overall the editing was great, I think the delete button could've been utilized for a lot of the information in this book.Despite the longevity of this book, I was able to get through it quickly and if I hadn't been doing a buddy read where we spaced out the chapters, I would have been able to finish this in a weekend. The last 25% of this book was WILD and really picked up. I definitely recommend it and the series so far!!

(4.5/5) The way this book ended was cruel but in the most satisfying way possible. I am anxious to see how J Bree makes me fall in love with a romance between Rooke and Soren…because right now he can go to whatever they name hell in the Unseelie court lol. The magic system is not complicated to understand but still layered. This is my first read of a romantasy series in a very long time that I actually want to continue.