Hi guys! I'm so excited to share the blog tour for King of Fools by Amanda Foody with you all today! It's the second book in the Shadow Game, and a simply amazing book. Keep reading for my review of the book, my favorite quotes and a chance to win the book! And don't forget to check out the other tour stops here.
King of Fools (The Shadow Game #2)
by Amanda Foody
My rating: 4.5 hearts
My rating: 4.5 hearts
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Publication date: April 30, 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Synopsis:
Indulge your vices in the City of Sin, where a sinister street war is brewing and fame is the deadliest killer of them all...
On the quest to find her missing mother, prim and proper Enne Salta became reluctant allies with Levi Glaisyer, the city’s most famous con man. Saving his life in the Shadow Game forced Enne to assume the identity of Seance, a mysterious underworld figure. Now, with the Chancellor of the Republic dead and bounties on both their heads, she and Levi must play a dangerous game of crime and politics…with the very fate of New Reynes at stake.
Thirsting for his freedom and the chance to build an empire, Levi enters an unlikely partnership with Vianca Augustine’s estranged son. Meanwhile, Enne remains trapped by the mafia donna’s binding oath, playing the roles of both darling lady and cunning street lord, unsure which side of herself reflects the truth.
As Enne and Levi walk a path of unimaginable wealth and opportunity, new relationships and deadly secrets could quickly lead them into ruin. And when unforeseen players enter the game, they must each make an impossible choice: To sacrifice everything they’ve earned in order to survive...
Or die as legends.
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Ace of Shades was one of my favorite reads of 2018, so I had way high expectations of King of Fools.And it was amazing. It wasn’t as good as the first book, but then again, it would be hard to beat Ace of Shades, so that’s not saying a lot. I loved this one, I really did. I might’ve wished for a little more action, but I loved everything else.
The characters were great. In this book, a new point of view is introduced: Jac, Levi’s second and best friend. I have to say, I really loved Jac from the beginning. And he really grew throughout the book, and I loved following his thoughts. And then we keep following Enne and Levi. Enne has really grown into herself since the first book, which I loved to see. And she kept growing throughout this book, so I honestly can’t wait to see where her character will go in the next book. And Levi… I loved him even more in this book. Honestly, I really loved all the characters, both the old ones and the new ones.
The characters were also what made this book utterly heartbreaking. I just couldn’t help but care about them, but everything in this story was uncertain. There wasn’t a moment when I felt certain the main characters would survive to the end. And it added so much tension to the story that it was hard to breathe.
The romance was a slow-burn, and in my opinion, it really doesn’t get much better than that. It makes it so much sweeter and irresistible. And speaking of romance, there was so much LGBTQ+ in the book, and I love how it’s such a big and important part of the book. YA literature really need more books like this.
The plot wasn’t exactly action-filled, and normally, that would bother me, but this book honestly didn’t need it all that much. To be honest, I’m not even sure more action would’ve worked for this story. Because of all the political intrigue and all the tension, it felt more fast-paced than it actually was, so more action would’ve likely made it feel too fast-paced.
In the first book, the reader got to know New Reynes, the City of Sin. In the second book, we get to know the legends of the City of Sin. The entire book feels like it’s centered around the legends, and the Great Street War, and the history the reader is introduced to really added to the plot, and made it more interesting. This is a world I really want to know more about, and I can’t wait to read more about it.
"If someone wanted to call her naïve, then they would. If someone wanted to call her heartless, then they would. It didn't matter whether she decked herself in knives or pearls. The world would always demand that a girl apologize for herself, but she would apologize for nothing."
"The hero of one story is the villain of someone else's. It's all just a matter of who wins."
"I think it takes more strength to be vulnerable than it does to appear invincible."
"Luck was a mechanism to be devised, and luck and destiny were merely two sides of the same coin."
"You have real power. And you don't want it. That's what makes you different from the other lords, different from everyone in New Reynes. You don't want it, and so, maybe, you could do good with it."
Her books include DAUGHTER OF THE BURNING CITY and ACE OF SHADES. The next installment of THE SHADOW GAME TRILOGY, KING OF FOOLS, releases on April 30, 2019.
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