Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli on February 20, 2024
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Historical, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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“The hunted had fallen for the hunter.”
On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is. Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe, a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution, who she can’t help but find herself falling for. Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?
This was easily a character driven story and I honestly was so consumed by it that other aspects of the book didn’t even really mattered to me because the characters really shined for me. This was definitely a young adult novel, but I was so into it! The romance was so conflicting!! I mean I can see the main couple and I am fully willing to root for them, I actually am and it’s not even a love triangle lol but ughhh you guys don’t understand! I ate this novel up! The ending was so heartbreaking and shocking. This book ended on a huge cliffhanger, and I can’t wait to read the next one!
4.5 star rating from me on this book! This book was so good! This was an enchanting and exciting fantasy romance about love, friendship, betrayal, power and courage. I became immersed in this magical world from the very beginning. The pacing was great and the plot was very interesting. Though the plot twist were very predicable to me, I still loved it all!