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This book is one of my most anticipated releases of 2025 and I was ELATED to be able to read it early. What a wild ride this was. A Drop Of Venom was one of my fave reads this year and this book takes place around the same time. We follow Eshani, Manisha's older sister, who is surviving a war with her family the Naga people. She makes a deal with shades in order to save her family and the dark deal comes back to haunt her. We also follow Hiran, a disgraced prince of the underworld who is in hiding from his horrible older brother who views him as a threat to the throne. Together, they must work to save both realms and their families from the terrorizing Shadow King and the plauge that is threatening to wipe out the underworld. 

I truly loved how this series is meshing indian and greek mythologies. The way the underworld is described is truly haunting and got me a lil spooked at times! I also loved the new details we learn about the world and how it has influenced what we read in A Drop of Venom. This book is just as dark as the first, lots of gore and rape culture is present. Keep that in mind if you would like to pick this series up. I am very excited for this trilogy to be completed, I will be hoping to get approved for the arc of book 3 whenever that comes out!