Twisted Loyalties | MM Romantasy Book Review

this review is spoiler free

This is the second book in the Knights of the Twisted Tree series. I gave the first book (review here) three stars, so you might wonder why I decided to pick up the sequel.

First off, I stand by my belief that a 3-star rating is still a solid read. I know opinions vary on this, but for me, 3 stars means it was good, though not without a few issues. A 4-star rating means it was great, with some minor flaws, and 5 stars are reserved for my absolute favorites.

Second, when I saw this on NetGalley, I could vividly remember almost everything from the first book—which is pretty impressive for a few reasons. But mainly because as a book blogger, I consume a lot of media, and most of it gets lost in the depths of my brain as soon as I finish reading it. But this one stayed with me.

I’m not exactly sure why, but I think it’s the strength of the worldbuilding that made it stick with me. I already gushed about it in my review of the first book, but it’s worth mentioning again. Also, these are relatively short books—the second one comes in at around 194 pages—but they don’t feel that short.

& in this one we get to see a more stronger connection form between Adan and Korin including more spice. However, the spice in this series is more on the mild side and I preferred it that way. I also noted in my review of the first book that it suffered form wierd/interesting word choices but this book didn’t seem to have that problem.

This one dives more into politics, expands the world, and gives us a closer look at the other wizards. That said, there’s definitely more secondhand embarrassment from Korin in this one—like, Korin, what are you even doing right now?!

Anyways, I’m honestly surprised by how much I’ve warmed up to this series—it’s quickly becoming a bit of a comfort read for me. I can’t recommend it enough if you’re on the hunt for a dark? cozy MM romantasy.

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