Anonymous

A Broken Blade

Jasmin 

I need to rework this review so... Patience please

"My body is made of scars."

Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the King's favoured assassin. When a mysterious figure called the Shadow starts making moves against the Crown, Keera is forced to hunt the masked menace down.

She crosses into the magical lands of the Fae, trying to discern if her enemy is Mortal, Elf, or a Halfling like her. But the Faeland is not what it seems, and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she discovers and can't help but wonder who her enemy truly is...

The King that destroyed her people? The Prince that tortures them? Or the Shadow that threatens her place at court?

As she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago. A promise not only to save herself but an entire kingdom. 

Myriam Oumheta

Perfect !
When the (Anonymous) author said they knew what Booktok wanted, they meant it. 
This book has (actual) enemies to lovers (spoiler: the passage when she stabs him when he kisses her), the one bed thrope, a sort of found family, and most important a really morally grey heroine, a masquerade ball and tons of weapons. It is well written, the rhythm is perfect, I laughed and almost cried, with tension in between. 
While placed in a fantasy world, with Faes and Elves, it addresses racism and something I before never read about, being caught between two cultures, which I could relate to. Questions of loyalty to the tyrant/dictator king are posed, and the lines between good and bad are blurred. Consent is addressed too, and LGBTQIA+ isn't pushed, or here just to be, but just normal relationships. 
It was so good I finished it at 2 am because I couldn't put it down. 
I want to read the second book so bad, I hope we won't have to wait years for it. 

I should warn about trigers with the murders and the addiction. 

I must say that I picked it because of the mystery of the author, but I totally forgot about it once in the book, so thank you Anonymous. 