I cannot spoil this but f•••, i am in love~ this book is six stars. Update : i’m gonna try to make sure this review is spoiler free.

The heir clause as of now is a standalone contemporary romance, with morally gray characters, arranged marriage trope, and the best debut book by Gigi Kiru.

No spoilers for now.

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Story : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Plot : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Writing style : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

MMC : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

FMC : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

side characters : celeste and isolde are so funny bickering over aurora, the MMC and FMC’s first child. They’re so sweet. Loved them. And orion’s three friends? I liked them, but not much not because they were not written well, but because the FMC’s friends and the story took my attention.

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Pacing : slow to medium.

Tropes : ☑️ arranged marriage.
☑️ contemporary romance.
☑️filthy mouthed MMC.
☑️strong FMC.
☑️ touch her and answer Orion.
☑️domestic moments that make toes curl.
☑️fluff that leaves one wanting more.
☑️Angst that hurts the heart.

Type of romance : contemporary.

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What i loved : from the beginning of this book, I was invested, and i wanted to know where this arrangement goes, and what happens next, i’n a very curious person, so i kept wanting to know more, and before i knew it, I was in chapter 24. And the story kept building the mystery and a high, i didn’t know i wanted, and then boom the angst. Wow, this book was written so well, the angst elements, the fluff, the smut, everything was balanced, nothing was more or less in a boring or too much way. It was perfect. I enjoyed reading every single word of this story. I love arranged marriage tropes so much, but this book? It was a magnet, pulled me right in. I love Orion so much, he’s a reserved golden retriever 🥰 man just needs his léonie and he’s good. His character is so reserved, stoic and calculated, he says he does not care and proceeds to do more than a distant fiance would do for their partner. All men do is lie, after all.

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Is a part of a series : not known yet.

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Plot or character driven : plot driven.

Loveable characters : yesss. 10000000%

Strong character development : yesss.

Flaws of characters a main focus : yes.

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Recs from the same author : this is a debut book by Gigi Kiru, and i am so grateful that I received an arc for this book, thankyou ma’am, i just know you ate perfection when you wrote this book, don’t lie.

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(Will update all the blanks after the book is published).
Thankyou miss ma’am for providing me with the arc, this is my honest review. And giving me the best book after such a long time. This book is gonna stay in my head rent free, Orion is my roman empire now. I love dark romance, but this book stole my heart, and don’t wanna change a thing.