{"id":488,"date":"2022-05-25T23:42:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2022-05-25T23:42:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:42:25","slug":"crown-of-crimson-by-karina-halle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"Crown of Crimson by Karina Halle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thank you to Karina Halle and Social Butterfly P.R. for the ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How Karina manages to write two absolutely stunning dark fantasy books in less than 6 months is beyond me. This sequel to River of Shadows was a super anticipated read for me and it\u00a0<strong><em>did not disappoint<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>! This book was so hard to put down, and it is not a small book, filled with the same Finnish mythology that book one had. It starts right where the cliffhanger of book one ended, and, of course, this one has another cliffhanger, and so now I am dying for the next one (and the novella about Death). Also, can we talk about the spice in this book, because my GOODNESS, Karina did not come to play. Do not read this in public if you are unable to control your face when you read spice! My goodness. I love reading new mythology based books, and this is one of my new favorite series. Time to wait patiently for the announcement of book three. 5\/5 Hands down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See below for the blurb about the book, information about Karina, and links to the books!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Cover of Crown of Crimson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown of Crimson, an all-new dark fantasy romance with high heat in the Underworld Gods Series from <em>New York Times Bestselling<\/em> author Karina Halle, is out now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Hanna Heikkinen wants is to be reunited with her father again. After all, that&#8217;s why she ventured into the dark and dangerous fantasy world of Tuonela, the Land of the Dead, in order to save his life. But this time her devotion to her father comes at a cost&#8212;her growing relationship with Tuoni, the God of Death himself, who held Hanna captive in exchange for her father&#8217;s life. The last thing she expects is to feel remorse at leaving Death at his castle of Shadow&#8217;s End without even saying goodbye, and yet he&#8217;s all she can think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Death has always prided himself on never trusting the living, but Hanna&#8217;s apparent betrayal has left a scar fathom&#8217;s deep. Vowing revenge on his future bride, and making sure she upholds her end of the bargain, Death sets out across his realm to steal Hanna back, which only fans the flames between them. But Death and Hanna aren&#8217;t just fighting each other&#8212;malevolent Old Gods are rising to power within the realm, magic is being poisoned, and buried secrets are brought to light, secrets that may cause Hanna to lose everyone she loves dear once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read now!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xJqugE\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xJqugE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon Worldwide: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybook.to\/Underworlds2\">https:\/\/mybook.to\/Underworlds2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check out an excerpt below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He shakes his head ever so subtly, his fingers bruising my skin. \u201cAfter all you\u2019ve seen, all you\u2019ve done, all you\u2019ve felt, and you\u2019re still blind to the world around you. This is your world, Hanna. You know it is. You know you belong here more than you\u2019ve ever belonged in your other life, and more than that, you belong here with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My jaw tightens as I try to ignore the way my heart is skipping in my chest. \u201cYou\u2019re sounding sentimental.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re mistaking sentiment with facts,\u201d he says, lowering his masked face toward mine. \u201cA mistake I\u2019m sure you won\u2019t make again. You belong with me, because that is the bargain we made. There is no escape for you. Not now, not ever. You made a promise to me, and your promise will be held to the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a finality in his words that makes my blood run cold. For a moment he loosens his grip and sighs deeply. \u201cI know you don\u2019t like being told what to do, but you could have had it all,\u201d he says, almost wistfully. \u201cYou could have had my trust. Now you will become my wife and there won\u2019t be an ounce of trust or love between us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My heart skips again. \u201cWho said anything about love?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHmmph.\u201d He tilts his head, examining me. \u201cI could have loved you, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh. That I didn\u2019t know. And for reasons I can\u2019t explain, it feels like he\u2019s pulled a pin out from my heart and I\u2019m slowly deflating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add to Goodreads: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NN08A1\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NN08A1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start\u00a0 the series with River of Shadows today!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/519UPCbiKgL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/519UPCbiKgL.jpg 333w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/519UPCbiKgL-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption>Cover of River of Shadows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon:<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3874MbT\"> https:\/\/amzn.to\/3874MbT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon Worldwide:<a href=\"https:\/\/mybook.to\/underworld1\"> https:\/\/mybook.to\/underworld1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add to Goodreads:<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3rCxHvg\"> https:\/\/bit.ly\/3rCxHvg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meet Karina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KarinaHalle-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KarinaHalle-1-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KarinaHalle-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KarinaHalle-1-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption>Karina Halle Headshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon &amp; Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Karina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LCSTIw\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LCSTIw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vo9pq4\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vo9pq4<br><\/a>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LHKB21\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LHKB21<br><\/a>Join her Reader Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wAzpQt\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wAzpQt<br><\/a>Stay up to date with Karina by signing up for her newsletter here:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3PAEqQy\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3PAEqQy<br><\/a>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/authorkarinahalle.com\">http:\/\/authorkarinahalle.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to Karina Halle and Social Butterfly P.R. for the ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own. How Karina manages to write two absolutely stunning dark fantasy books in less than 6 months is beyond me. This sequel to River of Shadows was a super anticipated read for me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[165,85,71,87,305,298,302,304,301,306,200,307,199,125,308,303,299,300],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/COC-AN.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastpagepromise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}