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thereadinghammock's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
I don't know if I've read a more intense, fiery couple than Lennix and Maxim. To start off with an "oh no" jailbait moment at their first meeting, to then the time skips leading us to their eventual reunions. It was as spicy and glorious as I could have hoped! Lennix was an absolute BAMF and I loved her from the moment we met her. I saw their inevitable fall out when Maxim's identity as a Cade was finally revealed. What I didn't see coming was the tease of their HEA and then a LITERAL cliffhanger of an ending!! I wound up finishing the book in the middle of the night (had trouble sleeping so I was reading to get back in a sleepy mood--boy was this the wrong book to pick!) and I bought the second book immediately when I woke up! Ms. Ryan knew what she was doing ending the book there!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Grief
unfriendly_black_reader's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Police brutality, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death
dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
Moderate: Kidnapping
midnightrose_reads's review against another edition
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
emfass's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I mean, I just, I can't....PHEW. Kennedy Ryan has been at the top of my list of Authors I Need to Check Out and my friends, the rumors are fuckin' true. She is writing on another level.
The intense emotionality, the crystal clear characters, the consent--my god, the CONSENT! The way Maxim checks in with Lennix, over and over again, while still making it abundantly clear all the ways he wants her. *fans self*
I was also SO INTO the political discussions in this book, and the awareness raised by making the heroine, Lennix, "a proud member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation."
I loved the way both Maxim and Lennix were uncompromising and ambitious in going after what they wanted for their lives. The way that (small spoiler) Ryan uses time in this story to track a relationship over many years, and the ways people grow and change and come to know themselves and hold onto the memories that matter most was just...UGH. SO GOOD.
That's all the words I have for now. Please note this one ends on about as high stakes a cliffhanger as they come, and you will want to have The Rebel King teed up and ready to go.
The intense emotionality, the crystal clear characters, the consent--my god, the CONSENT! The way Maxim checks in with Lennix, over and over again, while still making it abundantly clear all the ways he wants her. *fans self*
I was also SO INTO the political discussions in this book, and the awareness raised by making the heroine, Lennix, "a proud member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation."
I loved the way both Maxim and Lennix were uncompromising and ambitious in going after what they wanted for their lives. The way that (small spoiler) Ryan uses time in this story to track a relationship over many years, and the ways people grow and change and come to know themselves and hold onto the memories that matter most was just...UGH. SO GOOD.
That's all the words I have for now. Please note this one ends on about as high stakes a cliffhanger as they come, and you will want to have The Rebel King teed up and ready to go.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racial slurs
Lots of references to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women