Book: Silk and Iron by Alexis Calder
Reviewed by Michele (spicysithreads)
Rating: 4.5/5
Our FMC (Taylan) is sent to Pendralia under the guise of a political bride, but nothing about this alliance is what it seems. The princess has secrets. The prince has secrets. Even Pendralia itself is built on layers of deception, and court intrigue pulses through every corner of the story.
Pendralia has long oppressed the people of Iskvaland—starving them, freezing them, and burning entire villages when they dared to resist. After Taylan loses the last of her family to the empire’s brutality, vengeance becomes her only purpose. When the rebellion offers her a chance to infiltrate the imperial court by posing as Princess Sabina Volkov, she steps willingly into the lion’s den, prepared to marry the enemy’s prince if it means getting close enough to strike.
What she doesn’t anticipate is forming relationships within the very court she planned to destroy—least of all with someone she once swore to kill. But the emperor must die, and no one knows how to end an immortal. That burden falls to her.
Taylan questions everything... How far will she go to complete her mission? Can she truly kill those she set out to destroy? In a world where nothing is what it seems, every choice could be her undoing.
TROPES:
Slooooow burn! 🔥
Enemies-to-lovers
Forbidden romance
Morally gray
Deception
Court intrigue
Hidden agendas
2 love interests… or just 1?
Evil immortal emperor
Unique, secretive & mysterious magic
Cliffhanger! (hence why I need book 2 NOW)
This book was incredible and I highly recommend reading it! Thank you to the author for the review copy!