King of Battle and Blood

This didn't really work for me, that's why it took me this long to finish the audiobook.

The world is somewhat interesting but it was too much like From Blood and Ash.
The characters were okay. It was slow, the world was underdeveloped and the plot was all over the place. I was thinking I might enjoy the romance at least, but there was no pining at all in it. I mean... they were enemies... And then BAM they were in bed. No pining, no longing, nothing. It was just weird.

It was slow paced and nothing interesting really happened in the middle. There was mention of a hunting, but I still don't understand what exactly it was and what was the point.
The ending only reiterated what I didn't like in it. The final scenes made no sense at all and only served the purpose of a second book.

Isolde's father was ready to go to war with Adrian for Isolde's sake (everyone would die!) and then he tries to kill her, because Adrian would die too, in the end? Whaaaat? Way out of character. Made no sense at all.

Additionally, I don't usually like the trope used to forge a connection between Isolde and Adrian, and the foreshadowing was so heavy-handed that I could see it coming from a mile away.