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theeuphoriczat's review against another edition
4.0
Set in an Asian Inspired Dystopia, where clans are controlled or at least in some way ruled by and with the aid of artificial intelligence. We meet Marcuse who has just been woken from a near death experience, with very murky memories of his past life and name but strongly attune to his dangerous training. He is assigned as a bodyguard for Ares, the son of a powerful clan (more mafia like, with all the killings, betrayal and sex dungeons). Ares has a secret that makes him unstable and being near Marcus both triggers and calms him. However, his position puts him in the front line of danger and he constantly has to choose between his family, his life and his strong feelings for Marcus.
The choice is made for him when all hell breaks loose.
Very intriguing world structure, would have loved a deep exploration of the world, politics and the power structure of the outside 'united kingdom', but with less than 300 pages, I can definitely understand.
I did enjoy it, a different shift from the normal bodyguard romance. Ares and Marcus are my new semi toxic couple. I will be thinking about them a lot
Trigger warnings: Suicide, sexual assault
Thanks to #pridebooktours for making this book available to me as part of the tour.
The choice is made for him when all hell breaks loose.
Very intriguing world structure, would have loved a deep exploration of the world, politics and the power structure of the outside 'united kingdom', but with less than 300 pages, I can definitely understand.
I did enjoy it, a different shift from the normal bodyguard romance. Ares and Marcus are my new semi toxic couple. I will be thinking about them a lot
Trigger warnings: Suicide, sexual assault
Thanks to #pridebooktours for making this book available to me as part of the tour.
ofbooksandromance's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Trigger warnings: this book has no trigger warnings, which I believe it should have, but it contains graphic sexual assault (not between the main characters) and graphic violence including the killing of an animal
First things first, can we talk about this cover? Because damn, this is one of the best book cover I have seen in a while, I just adore it.
Also a dystopian, cyberpunk enemies to lovers book sounds like everything I never know I needed in my life and thats why I was attracted to this book.
Brief summary
Marcus wakes up on Aisin, a place that isn’t where he lives, he has been taken as one of their prisoners and he is made to live like them. There he meets Ares and they both cannot stand each other. But the more they get to know each other, the more they realize that they are made for each other after all.
First, I had a hard time getting into the book, there is a lot of details and worldbuilding and my brain just could not keep up with all of them, which made it hard for me to get into the book. But once I caught up on things and started the world works, I really enjoyed the world building. I liked how nicely built the world was and how everything had a purpose and a way to be. The worldbuilding was absolutely lovely to me and a big part of what made the book work for me. I like how much care into building a world for this story, it really showed in every details of the story.
Second, I really enjoyed the pacing of this book. There was always something happening to bring the plot along and it made for a really fun reading experience as I just trying to guess what would happen next, and I really enjoyed that. It also made the book a joy to read because I just wanted to know what would happen next.
Third, I really enjoyed how the enemies to lovers was done in this one. I loved how it was easy to see how much they didn’t like each other at the start of the book but grew more into each other as the book progressed. I liked how it took a while for them to like each other but not too long either, the enemies to lovers progression felt realistic to me and I really enjoyed it.
Fourth, I just want to talk about the author’s writing style for a minute because I just loved it so much. I love the really pretty writing styles with a lot of details and thats exactly the case of this author’s writing style and I just loved it so much.
Fifth, I wish that we got to see the main characters spend more time together because I felt like so much time was spent on developing the world and the plot of the book that we didn’t get to see enough of the romance developing. I could feel the connection between Marcus and Ares but I wanted to see more of it, I just wanted to see their connection and their relationship developed more.
All in all I had a really good time reading this book and I absolutely loved the author’s writing style and worldbuilding, I would take so many more books just like this one.
I received a copy of this book, and this is my honest review.
Trigger warnings: this book has no trigger warnings, which I believe it should have, but it contains graphic sexual assault (not between the main characters) and graphic violence including the killing of an animal
First things first, can we talk about this cover? Because damn, this is one of the best book cover I have seen in a while, I just adore it.
Also a dystopian, cyberpunk enemies to lovers book sounds like everything I never know I needed in my life and thats why I was attracted to this book.
Brief summary
Marcus wakes up on Aisin, a place that isn’t where he lives, he has been taken as one of their prisoners and he is made to live like them. There he meets Ares and they both cannot stand each other. But the more they get to know each other, the more they realize that they are made for each other after all.
First, I had a hard time getting into the book, there is a lot of details and worldbuilding and my brain just could not keep up with all of them, which made it hard for me to get into the book. But once I caught up on things and started the world works, I really enjoyed the world building. I liked how nicely built the world was and how everything had a purpose and a way to be. The worldbuilding was absolutely lovely to me and a big part of what made the book work for me. I like how much care into building a world for this story, it really showed in every details of the story.
Second, I really enjoyed the pacing of this book. There was always something happening to bring the plot along and it made for a really fun reading experience as I just trying to guess what would happen next, and I really enjoyed that. It also made the book a joy to read because I just wanted to know what would happen next.
Third, I really enjoyed how the enemies to lovers was done in this one. I loved how it was easy to see how much they didn’t like each other at the start of the book but grew more into each other as the book progressed. I liked how it took a while for them to like each other but not too long either, the enemies to lovers progression felt realistic to me and I really enjoyed it.
Fourth, I just want to talk about the author’s writing style for a minute because I just loved it so much. I love the really pretty writing styles with a lot of details and thats exactly the case of this author’s writing style and I just loved it so much.
Fifth, I wish that we got to see the main characters spend more time together because I felt like so much time was spent on developing the world and the plot of the book that we didn’t get to see enough of the romance developing. I could feel the connection between Marcus and Ares but I wanted to see more of it, I just wanted to see their connection and their relationship developed more.
All in all I had a really good time reading this book and I absolutely loved the author’s writing style and worldbuilding, I would take so many more books just like this one.
I received a copy of this book, and this is my honest review.
reedkaye's review against another edition
4.0
I normally don’t read this type story but the blurb just drew me in. This is interesting how the author defined the world as the characters were living the story. Bringing out their differences in their personalities and outlooks held my attention. The chemistry between them was so strong. I think the story flow worked great and the build up was well written. There are a number of twists that I didn’t see coming which made the story more interesting. This might have persuaded me to look at more like this.
frejajep's review
adventurous
mysterious
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
5.0
The fast-paced story mainly focuses on the sci-fi world aspects and has a side focus on the love interest of Marcus and another guy in this new ‘dystopian’ world. As the book goes on the reader gets to know more and more about the world that Marcus now exists in.
[The recommended age for reading this book is 18. I would say younger people also could read it. No matter how old you are be aware that there’re topics like sexual assault and suicide throughout the book]
snakeyghost's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Trigger warnings: this book has no trigger warnings, which I believe it should have, but it contains graphic sexual assault (not between the main characters) and graphic violence including the killing of an animal
First things first, can we talk about this cover? Because damn, this is one of the best book cover I have seen in a while, I just adore it.
Also a dystopian, cyberpunk enemies to lovers book sounds like everything I never know I needed in my life and thats why I was attracted to this book.
Brief summary
Marcus wakes up on Aisin, a place that isn’t where he lives, he has been taken as one of their prisoners and he is made to live like them. There he meets Ares and they both cannot stand each other. But the more they get to know each other, the more they realize that they are made for each other after all.
First, I had a hard time getting into the book, there is a lot of details and worldbuilding and my brain just could not keep up with all of them, which made it hard for me to get into the book. But once I caught up on things and started the world works, I really enjoyed the world building. I liked how nicely built the world was and how everything had a purpose and a way to be. The worldbuilding was absolutely lovely to me and a big part of what made the book work for me. I like how much care into building a world for this story, it really showed in every details of the story.
Second, I really enjoyed the pacing of this book. There was always something happening to bring the plot along and it made for a really fun reading experience as I just trying to guess what would happen next, and I really enjoyed that. It also made the book a joy to read because I just wanted to know what would happen next.
Third, I really enjoyed how the enemies to lovers was done in this one. I loved how it was easy to see how much they didn’t like each other at the start of the book but grew more into each other as the book progressed. I liked how it took a while for them to like each other but not too long either, the enemies to lovers progression felt realistic to me and I really enjoyed it.
Fourth, I just want to talk about the author’s writing style for a minute because I just loved it so much. I love the really pretty writing styles with a lot of details and thats exactly the case of this author’s writing style and I just loved it so much.
Fifth, I wish that we got to see the main characters spend more time together because I felt like so much time was spent on developing the world and the plot of the book that we didn’t get to see enough of the romance developing. I could feel the connection between Marcus and Ares but I wanted to see more of it, I just wanted to see their connection and their relationship developed more.
All in all I had a really good time reading this book and I absolutely loved the author’s writing style and worldbuilding, I would take so many more books just like this one.
I received a copy of this book, and this is my honest review.
Trigger warnings: this book has no trigger warnings, which I believe it should have, but it contains graphic sexual assault (not between the main characters) and graphic violence including the killing of an animal
First things first, can we talk about this cover? Because damn, this is one of the best book cover I have seen in a while, I just adore it.
Also a dystopian, cyberpunk enemies to lovers book sounds like everything I never know I needed in my life and thats why I was attracted to this book.
Brief summary
Marcus wakes up on Aisin, a place that isn’t where he lives, he has been taken as one of their prisoners and he is made to live like them. There he meets Ares and they both cannot stand each other. But the more they get to know each other, the more they realize that they are made for each other after all.
First, I had a hard time getting into the book, there is a lot of details and worldbuilding and my brain just could not keep up with all of them, which made it hard for me to get into the book. But once I caught up on things and started the world works, I really enjoyed the world building. I liked how nicely built the world was and how everything had a purpose and a way to be. The worldbuilding was absolutely lovely to me and a big part of what made the book work for me. I like how much care into building a world for this story, it really showed in every details of the story.
Second, I really enjoyed the pacing of this book. There was always something happening to bring the plot along and it made for a really fun reading experience as I just trying to guess what would happen next, and I really enjoyed that. It also made the book a joy to read because I just wanted to know what would happen next.
Third, I really enjoyed how the enemies to lovers was done in this one. I loved how it was easy to see how much they didn’t like each other at the start of the book but grew more into each other as the book progressed. I liked how it took a while for them to like each other but not too long either, the enemies to lovers progression felt realistic to me and I really enjoyed it.
Fourth, I just want to talk about the author’s writing style for a minute because I just loved it so much. I love the really pretty writing styles with a lot of details and thats exactly the case of this author’s writing style and I just loved it so much.
Fifth, I wish that we got to see the main characters spend more time together because I felt like so much time was spent on developing the world and the plot of the book that we didn’t get to see enough of the romance developing. I could feel the connection between Marcus and Ares but I wanted to see more of it, I just wanted to see their connection and their relationship developed more.
All in all I had a really good time reading this book and I absolutely loved the author’s writing style and worldbuilding, I would take so many more books just like this one.
I received a copy of this book, and this is my honest review.
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