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A review by rooskie87
Empires and Kings by A.C. Bextor
4.0
Empires and Kings by A.C. Bextor
4 stars
Wow!! Not what i was expecting at all. Empires and Kings is my first read by A.C. Vector and I have to say I really enjoyed her writing. It was a little slow to start, but it did pick up and really got into the story. Of course with any mafia type story, there are things that happen that of course we'd never condone in real life, but in books we know some behaviors are expected. I didn't fall fast for the characters but they wormed their way in slowly!
Vlad was delivering punishment to a traitor when the traitors young daughter runs onto the scene. Vlad keeps her and she Lives with him even now 15 years later. Vlad was of course cold and calculated but he seemed to have a deeper layer to him we get to see throughout the book.
Klara was taken after her father was killed and has lived with her captor ever since. As the relationship she fights against begins to develop, we see her struggles and of course the actions of Vlad that made me cringe.
For a darker read I enjoyed this as it wasnt all glitter and rainbows. I wasnt ready for it to end the way it did though so I hope to see more of these two, at least a little bit.
4 stars
Wow!! Not what i was expecting at all. Empires and Kings is my first read by A.C. Vector and I have to say I really enjoyed her writing. It was a little slow to start, but it did pick up and really got into the story. Of course with any mafia type story, there are things that happen that of course we'd never condone in real life, but in books we know some behaviors are expected. I didn't fall fast for the characters but they wormed their way in slowly!
Vlad was delivering punishment to a traitor when the traitors young daughter runs onto the scene. Vlad keeps her and she Lives with him even now 15 years later. Vlad was of course cold and calculated but he seemed to have a deeper layer to him we get to see throughout the book.
Klara was taken after her father was killed and has lived with her captor ever since. As the relationship she fights against begins to develop, we see her struggles and of course the actions of Vlad that made me cringe.
For a darker read I enjoyed this as it wasnt all glitter and rainbows. I wasnt ready for it to end the way it did though so I hope to see more of these two, at least a little bit.