Vows & Ruins

The Legends of Thezmarr, Book 2

By: Helen Scheuerer

Narrated by: Mollie Stark, Sebastian Grove

Against all odds, Althea Zoltaire emerged from her trials as a champion. Now, she must train even harder and prepare herself to become a true warrior of Thezmarr.

But Thea’s world is turned upside down as she struggles to navigate her newfound magic and uncover the secrets of her past. Slowly, she begins to untangle the truth about her family, her powers, and the evil that threatens to engulf the kingdom.

When Wilder Hawthorne returns to be her official mentor, everything changes. Dark forces are gathering, and he will stop at nothing to prepare her for the challenges to come, even if it means breaking her.

As war looms and their quest for answers leads master and apprentice deeper into danger, the undeniable connection between them intensifies—defying all odds, but also threatening to tear them apart.

With secrets unravelling and evil closing in, Thea and Wilder fight to save the world and each other. The fate of the realms rests in their hands. Will they emerge victorious, or will the darkness consume them both?

Full of action, adventure, and steamy romance, Vows & Ruins is the second book in the spellbinding epic romantic fantasy series The Legends of Thezmarr.

©2023 Helen Scheuerer (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

so many Spicy scenes in this one!

The story is really good, but the amount of smut, was a bit too much for me.
the story about their relationship and the kingdom, was really intriguing.

The End

I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first. I found the characters more engaging, it was definitely much spicier but the end. What!!! I can't wait to read the next one.

What!!! It can’t be!!

This is so good and the ending what am I to do I need the next book because… nope 🙂‍↔️ I won’t say a word if the 1st book was good this is just as much or even better. I can’t, am crying 😭 no it just can’t be true. I love this series and Yeap it’s going to my top favorites this year. And it’s so worth a credit heck use cash if you’re out of credits because you won’t regret it!! 🤗

Slow moments

Definitely a good read, however it was really really hard to get through the center of this book. There is a lot of unnecessary romance like a lot.

Wilder is a top tier swoony MMC

“𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.”
“𝘼 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩?”
“𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚.”

It is official. Wilder Hawthorne is a top tear swoony MMC. 🫠

He’s obsessed. He fusses over her. He lets her fight her own battles. Ugh. He’s everything I want in a Romantasy Leading Man. 🥰

Thea is just as badass as ever. Still wildly stubborn, especially when it comes to anything other than officially becoming a Warsword.

And we start to learn more about the “villain”baddie of the story, and although she’s still mysterious, she seems just as badass as Thea. (I’m using “” here, because I’m not convinced?? 🧐)

The final climactic scene was super exciting, and then, just when it’s over…🤯. So, jumping IMMEDIATELY into Book 3!!!

Audiobook notes: Both narrators do a great job. I’m really enjoying the audios/KU combination.

What this book is giving:
✅ Romantasy
✅ Dual POV
✅ Warsword & Apprentice
✅ We can’t. We shouldn’t.
✅ Battles
✅ Mysterious badass lady “villain”
✅ Magic
✅ Cliffhanger

Really???

That ending pissed me off so badly! Even though we were prepared, we weren’t prepared prepared! Book number three better not piss me off lol

Furies that was epic

First let’s talk about,“Hold on to the rail”! This book is definitely scorching with romance (open door scenes). If you liked ACOSF this similar.
The Romance:Thea and Wilder are fighting the lines of mentor/mentee vs wanting to be lovers. Wilder cannot resist her, right!?. Not after what went down in book 1! Well really they can’t resist each other, but come on Thea really? Friends?! (Rolling my eyes). However, there is a lot of miscommunication between characters this time around, and too many secrets are being held. Betrayals are bound to happen.
The Fantasy/Plot: Anyways, the story does continue with Thea’s training and her skills have now amplified with her new powers unlocked, resulting in her becoming a fierce confident badass. Evil is stirring and talk of the Daughter of Darkness and a Shadow Prince are rising. There is more exploration of the realm, talks about different magic, and introductions to monsters and blights that Guardians and Warswords are to defeat. Oh and the Veil is become weaker and armies may be assembling 😏 Hope Thea and Wren can figure out those suppressed powers soon.
Thoughts at the end…. Ohhhhh snap!!! I had a feeling there was something else going on. Oh the betrayal! I told you! Love the twist at the end. I’m not even mad really. I’m rubbing my hands together ready for more in book 3. Oh this is going to be so good. Also, the very very end gave me LOTR vibes 😍

A True Adventure

Somehow this this was almost better than the first book? With even more adventure, heat and magic, Vows & ruins kept me engaged—and even got a few laughs out of me. It takes incredible writing to make such intimacy believable and palpable, and the author nailed it (no pun intended—well, kind of).

Guardians of Thezzmer

Lots of action; great story!! Characters well developed but not a litany of details to bog things down, but enough to build characters and a continuation of the series.

Spicy and tough women and battles

Overall I liked this book. The spiciness sometimes was a bit much because it was just there to be there and not a pivotal part of the story.
The battle scenes were great and needed more of those.
Thea is a bit immature and I kept forgetting she was in her mid 20’s and not a teenager which is how she was acting.
The plot twist was interesting and not expected so I’m interested to see where that goes in the next book.