Liv Zander: Feathers so Vicious

In the first of a series, Liv Zander shows what happens when a women is just a pawn in a war:

Galantia has never felt love, never felt wanted in her own family. Her mother hates her, her father mainly avoids her and other than her maid she has no companions. Now she has figured out her value, she is to be a pawn and sold off to marry the Prince, to strengthen the alliance between them and finally be able to end the war against the Ravens. But the Ravens have other plans, they have seen that Galantia is important person in this war and they will do whatever it takes to get her, keep her and if need be destroy her.

This is the first book I have read by Zander and it will not be the last, minus the fact I NEED to read the next book in this series, Zander knows how to not only get you invested in the characters but an interesting plot, story and spice. Now with all that said this book is DARK, and not just a touch dark, it is probably one of the darkest romances that I have read (I will admit I have not read a lot). You will need to check your trigger warning for this book and take them seriously.  if you are looking for Emotional Damage then this book is for you.

I have not read many books where the shifters are birds and not just one bird for several birds and each bird represents a different part of the person and their power. Due to the fact that one changes into several birds, if one bird is killed does not mean that the person dies. It was also interesting the different forms of powers that they birds were afforded, and not all were battle related. From the ability to wield shadows, see the future, be a pathfinder there were also more subtle forms of magic like being a fabric weaver. 

I loved that this had three POV, felt like I really got to know the characters more, but Malyr is still very much a mystery to me, but I think that Zander does this on purpose for what he had suffered. You really get to know Galantia the best in the book as she is much more open as a character and is very honest in her search for acceptance and love. 

If you are looking for a book that will give you emotional damage look no further than this book, you will have some many feelings throughout this book and many of them are not happy ones. I will say that I predicted one part of the ending, but this did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the book.

I don’t think you can end this book and not need to pick up the other. I personally liked how Zander wrote this dark romance and not so much in the spiciness in the book but along the lines of the plot and what each character has suffered.

Enjoy!!!

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