I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Maxon by Christina Bauer Published by Ink Monster LLC on May 12th 2015
Genres: Coming of Age, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 250
Read it as: eARC
Source: Netgalley
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Synopsis
Prince Maxon may be twenty-two years old now, but he’s still haunted by his boyhood abduction and torture in Hell. To deal with his past, Maxon limits his present-day activities to killing demons and seducing women. No long-term relationships. No combat too dangerous. No problem, right? Wrong.Maxon’s life has stalled out. The old thrills aren't there anymore, either on the battlefield or in the bedroom. While staking out his next fight, Maxon meets what seems like just another girl after a good time. What he gets is a close encounter with Lianna, a lady warrior with ties to the mysterious elemental rulers called the monarkki. It’s love at first fight. Trouble is, Lianna’s running from a dark history of her own, and her elemental enemies are closing in. When Lianna gets taken, Maxon realizes that after years of wrong choices and dead ends, the right woman is worth risking it all. Book contains adult language and sexuality. Can be read as a standalone.
I don’t generally pick books with covers that feature bare-chested hot guys. While it’s nice to admire the hotness, I’ve learnt that nice abs
don’t always equal good story, but the blurb of this one intrigued me so I requested it.
I didn’t dislike it. But there are some things that put me off. Like the heavy amounts of exposition and telling, which was especially irritating when there was a fight scene and I wanted to see action, but the pace instead of picking up, slowed.
As for the romance, I did like it. There was lust at first sight, and that’s okay. Because from there it went to a much deeper attraction, to trust, until it became love.
But it was really confusing to get what was happening at first. I struggled to grasp how the world worked because people kept throwing strange words around; and I guess it’d have been easier if I’d read the first three books. But I didn’t know it was a sequel until I was reading it, and then after a second of disappointment, I was relieved that it said it wasn’t necessary to read the previous books. But as I read, it was more and more evident that it was probable I should have done it.
So I’d have to go with it was a tiresome read at the beginning, that I started enjoying halfway through, when things began happening.
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