Wow, what an epic story the Kingdom of Crowns and Daggers was. I was sucked in from the very beginning, why you ask? Because the FMC Alyx is the bad ass assassin, not only an assassin but one of the best!  I’m trying out new genres and I’m loving this high fantasy why choose romance. I loved that all the alpha males understood  that Alyx gets to decide who she would be with, and knew she might want to keep them all.  Joha (King), Orion (King’s Guard/Best Friend, and Crux (Thief King) all had a different connections to Alyx. Can I say I’m here for the dark and violent Orion, he’s my kinda guy.  There is a lot of twists in this story, who is trying to kill the King?  And I didn’t see coming who the actual mastermind was behind everything! If all fantasy is like this I am in for the long haul!