A Kiss of Treason
Kate Avery Ellison
3/5
The third book in the Kingmakers' War fortunately doesn't skip another two years. It starts nearly immediately after the conclusion of book two, Briand is burned and split between her loyalties to herself and the loyalty to the monarchy which everyone thinks she should have. Also, we've had that very cliche and traditional reversal of affection that occurs sometimes when authors want to make us wait for something as Kael suddenly decides that his random attachment is a threat to his military duties. It's everything you would expect from a middle book in a series.
I would appreciate if there was a better indication of when the POVs were going to switch cause they kind of just went for it. Though I think overall, the mechanics of the writing has made significant improvements. I'm especially thankful for the reduction in the use of the term "guttersnipe". I'm also glad that we're addressing her lineage, I feel like we've just chosen to focus on her uncle's negligence that motivated the broad resentment of his people. Don't know why that's still a thing at all.
I don't know if I'll go on cause it's gotten a bit hard to follow with all the POV switches and changes in allegiance. Not to mention the two year time jump that we're kind of just glazing over to push the romance forward. I could respect it as an action pusher if it was actually pushing the action. At this point though I'm just confused on all that.
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