A review by katie_83
Empires and Kings by A.C. Bextor

5.0

Empires and Kings
By A C Bextor
5 stars!
This book was AMAZING!!! I don’t really know what I was expecting when I first read the synopsis for it but it certainly wasn’t what I read. From that very first page I was completely captivated by Klara and Vlad! Should I like Vlad as much as I did? Probably not but I couldn’t help myself from falling completely in love with him! I will admit this is a dark romance story so if you are after a sweet romance you won’t get it here but what you will get is a dark gritty read, full of hot steamy scenes and characters that you can’t help but fall in love with. There are parts of the story which, as I’ve come to expect with some mafia stories, are hard to read but it is a story at the end of the day.
The story ended on a slight cliff-hanger and I am so excited to see where the author will take this storyline next – I also hope we see more from Klara and Vlad even if they don’t appear as main characters in the next story. This is the first book that I have read by this author and I don’t know how I have never come across her work before – it was a seriously brilliant book. The writing was fantastic, it started slow and built really well – it definitely one of those books that creeps up on you and before you know it its over! There were so many twists and turns in this book and a few ‘oh my god’ moments – especially towards the end! I definitely need the next book as soon as possible!!
An absolutely fabulous 5 star read from A C Bextor that I loved every single minute of!!