⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Loved it! A must-own book.
Read A Vow in Vengeance if you like magic academies with actual stakes, tarot-based magic systems, forced proximity that hits, and fantasy romance that does not fizzle out halfway through.
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Some books restore your faith in fantasy romance.
This one grabbed it by the throat and said, “Relax, I’ve got this.”
📖 What’s Inside:
- Forced proximity
- 🐉 Magical creatures
- Single POV
- 🃏 Tarot magic
- On-page intimacy 🔴
- Magic school
- 🌈 Inclusive
- Touch her and 💀
- Explicit language
- Fake dating
Book Boyfriend Meter: ❤️
Would date. (I can fix him).
💭 My Thoughts:
I went into this one mostly blind—and honestly? Skeptical. Tarot magic academies and I have a complicated history. I’ve been burned before (no names, but 👀). Add that to a recent streak of fantasy romances that start strong and completely collapse by the 30–50% mark, and yeah… expectations were low.
By the bookish gods, my hesitant optimism paid off.
By 50% in, I was fully locked in. No boredom. It didn’t sag in the middle. No “okay but when does something happen?” moments. This book stays engaging from start to finish, which already puts it ahead of a lot of fantasy romance releases lately.
And the ending?? Action-packed, high-stakes, edge-of-your-seat chaos in the best way. There was at least one plot twist I absolutely did not see coming, and I was flipping pages like my life depended on it.
Let’s talk romance.
The banter? Bantering.
The tension? Delicious.
The spice? Well-placed and purposeful—just enough heat to elevate the story without hijacking it.
Also: friendships, bravery, academic pressure, found family vibes—it’s all here, and it all works. The fact that this is a debut is genuinely wild.
Fantasy romance winner, babes. No qualifiers.
📚Read Alikes:
A little Divergent, but with magic — plus One Dark Window strictly because of the cards.
Should you add A Vow in Vengeance to your TBR?
In case I haven’t been clear enough: YES.
Hands down. No notes. Add it. Read it. Thank me later.
Explore More
If the tarot magic and academy setup hooked you the way it hooked me, you’re going to want more where that came from. I’ve got a whole tag dedicated to fantasy romances with unique magic systems—the weird, the clever, the unexpected ones that actually feel fresh. Go browse, add a few to your TBR, and thank me later. 🖤
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