A review by rainbowsandbookshelves
Soul Hate by Hannah Kingsley

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Thank you netgalley and HarperCollins UK for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Soul Hate is an intriguing Romantasy, with the idea of those who are opposites of soul mates - those Soul Hates who are destined to hate each other.
I really enjoyed the premise of this as I've personally not read something with this kind of idea before. The concept is interesting and I enjoyed seeing how the relationships would develop. Renza was a strong female main character and I like that the story did have a lot of political elements and wasn't focused heavily on the romance. You can tell it's the first in a series and gearing up to more of the romance in subsequent books.
That being said, as someone who has to have romance in her reads, I would have liked a bit more development of Renza and Idris's relationship. It's very much a slow burn which introduces them as opposed to a Romantasy, in this book.
Some of their romantic interactions seemed to come a bit from nowhere as they weren't really a focus/we didn't get to know Idris very well. Renza didn't really get to know him so I wasn't really invested in them yet
- I'd definitely like to see more of Idris and their relationship developing in the next book!
An enjoyable read, especially if you're a fan of political intrigue with a bit of romance.

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