Title: One Dark Window

Series: The Shepherd King #1

Author: Rachel Gillig

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.

Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.

Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

‘There once was a girl clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King – a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: The girl, the King…..and the monster they became.’

I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved this book because I don’t have the words for the absolute amazingness of this book (that’s a word isn’t it!!!)

~ Marvellous
~ Superb
~ Out of this world
~ Yes it was the cats pajamas

The world, the writing, the characters, the plot…. everything…..it was just the best ever!

Ravyn, Elspeth, Elm, Jespyr = loved. The Nightmare loved him more than anything that sarcastic monster!

I really can’t string a sentence together so I think you can gather I loved it, would 100% recommend and I’m off to see when book 2 is coming out!