Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway
Series: Glass Alliance #1
Rating: 3 stars
Published: February 5th 2019
Goodreads Synopsis:
Aurelia Isendare is a princess of a small kingdom in the North, raised in privilege but shielded from politics as her brother prepares to step up to the throne. Halfway around the world, Athan Dakar, the youngest son of a ruthless general, is a fighter pilot longing for a life away from the front lines. When Athan’s mother is shot and killed, his father is convinced it’s the work of his old rival, the Queen of Etania—Aurelia’s mother. Determined to avenge his wife’s murder, he devises a plot to overthrow the Queen, a plot which sends Athan undercover to Etania to gain intel from her children.Dark of the West is a fantastical romance of epic proportions. It alternates between the POV of Aurelia, Princess of Etania, and Athan, son of the General of Savient. Etania and Savient are two Northern countries meant to be allied together in their fight against the South. However, that changes when Athan's mother is assassinated and his father, the General, blames Aurelia's mother, the Queen of Etania. Now Athan is tasked with spying for his father and for his country, but that becomes difficult when he falls for the enemy.
Athan’s mission becomes complicated when he finds himself falling for the girl he’s been tasked with spying upon. Aurelia feels the same attraction, all the while desperately seeking to stop the war threatening to break between the Southern territory and the old Northern kingdoms that control it—a war in which Athan’s father is determined to play a role. As diplomatic ties manage to just barely hold, the two teens struggle to remain loyal to their families and each other as they learn that war is not as black and white as they’ve been raised to believe.
