My Review of The Empress by Kristin Cast

Title: The Empress

Author: Kristin Cast

Published: January 7,2025

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Genre:Fantasy/Romance/Adult Fiction/Romantasy

Pages: 400 pages

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:

This was an interesting tale. Hannah was having a terrible time with work, where she was supposed to deliver a pitch to a new company. She struggled with her word choices so, Stephanie took over the pitch and made it work. So, not only did she fail, but someone else took over the pitch and while she was in a self-loathing era she went to her boyfriend's house in the hopes that he could help her forget. Only when she arrived was he entertaining another woman and breaking it off with her. She left in tears while a stranger gave her his monogrammed handkerchief. 

Then she falls and when she does she wakes up somewhere she doesn't know where she is and when she tries to escape she ends up in a tavern with people who end up trying to kill her because she's a witch when she is rescued by Kane. Only then does she realize that she is no longer in her world, and not even her period. This does have the outlander type of vibes! 

Ultimately Kane saves Hannah and takes care of her because he believes she was sent by the Empress to help save the kingdom and Hannah accepts the help because she wants to get back home. Slowly they start working together and the banter between the two is very comical, and I loved it! I also really enjoyed how the story is woven in with the elements and everything like with the tarot cards, that was an interesting take that I was not expecting but was unique. 

I love the way she builds off the characters and the mission and stuff like that however, the pace was rather slow and I did have to take several breaks because I would lose interest in the book. Overall I did like the book but the pace was rather slow for my liking! 

Thank you Sourcebooks Fire and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this one! 

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