Book: Queen of Foxes by Jennifer Estep
Reviewed by Anonymous
Rating: 5/5
I would like to begin by thanking NetGalley and Entangled Publishing as well as Jennifer Estep for the gift of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice:🌶️
Hired to steal the famous Imber Sword from her home kingdom of Feronia. The thief known as The Green Fox, Rinley Renard, accepts the task with the promise of the financial freedom it will provide her for the future… risks be damned. What she wasn’t counting on, was the dark and dangerous Dread Knight Prince Zoren Dreiko who wields a fiery dragon within his body, the natural magical enemy of a Dryad, like herself, or her past coming to haunt her. She also wasn’t prepared for a rogue vigilante and her two sidekicks as well as her merry men who want their kingdom back. Kingdom vs kingdom, slaughter for slaughter, a nasty history of murder, deception and betrayal, and prophecy that will leave everyone guessing the future of the kingdom.
“My curiosity got the better of me, the way it always did,” was exactly how I felt from page one. The unique characteristics of the Queen of Foxes stands out as a female interpretation of Robin Hood and his merry men. I enjoyed the spin on this and how the Rinley-the thief, the lore and the history is woven seamlessly into the story and how her magic is so strongly tied to Sherwood Forest.
The connection between the Prince and Rinley is undeniable and builds like a spark turning into a flame. Their fiery relationship is fierce and the pushing and pulling between attraction and duty is all consuming for the pair. This well-paced story is written such a way that you are left guessing until the end about if they will connect as lovers or fight as enemies; because sometimes, decisions won’t be made between two impossible choice and then you settle for both.
Favourite quotes: “Even when I’d lost my temper in the solarium earlier, she had never shown the faintest hint of worry. Rinley had merely looked at me with a mild consternation of someone, staring up at a dark cloud, knowing it was gonna rain.”
“Despite the growing sunlight, a faint chill frosted through the air. It felt like an omen of things to come, things I wasn’t certain I was ready for, despite longing for them in the deepest, darkest recesses of my bitter heart.”