A review by thereadinghammock
The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan

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!
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