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kady_cordova's review
4.0
🌟🌟🌟🌟 4 stars
🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: 3.5
So intense! Sex, intrigue, scandal, and deceit are just the beginning!!
As salacious as the first installment but with a few more seriously deadly twists. The story picks up just after the last book so is definitely not a standalone. We are drawn into this soap-opera worthy world of the corrupt and scandalous Royal Family. James and Andrew have been, somewhat separated for four months and their (only just still a secret) relationship is now on fracture glass. Can it weather the upcoming bomb, aimed right for the heart of this Royal Family!?!
While James and Andrew won’t speak their minds to each other, they (unfortunately) undermine each other and think they know what’s best without valid communication. James’s twin Alexandra, continuing her plan to overthrow the monarchy’s law of who can rule, and take her brother’s place instead and become Queen. Her manipulation and deceit knows no bounds, even sending her husband in to do her dirty work. While she seemed ‘nicer’, logically believable and more truthful in this story, I still couldn’t trust her and I’m still not sure of Fascial’s stake and desires in all this, everyone has an ulterior motive!
While the sex is hot, all encounters felt like betrayal in one way or another. Everyone seemed to be sleeping with someone they shouldn’t! Lascivious indeed!!
As with book one, this story is a fast-paced whirlwind of deceit, lies, and murder! So many questions from book one are answered but even more crop up and the book ends on another cliffhanger that will leave you hanging and perhaps cursing Harry just a little!
Salacious, scandalous and a fantastic ride into this twisted Royal Family!! Highly recommended series so far!!
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🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: 3.5
So intense! Sex, intrigue, scandal, and deceit are just the beginning!!
As salacious as the first installment but with a few more seriously deadly twists. The story picks up just after the last book so is definitely not a standalone. We are drawn into this soap-opera worthy world of the corrupt and scandalous Royal Family. James and Andrew have been, somewhat separated for four months and their (only just still a secret) relationship is now on fracture glass. Can it weather the upcoming bomb, aimed right for the heart of this Royal Family!?!
While James and Andrew won’t speak their minds to each other, they (unfortunately) undermine each other and think they know what’s best without valid communication. James’s twin Alexandra, continuing her plan to overthrow the monarchy’s law of who can rule, and take her brother’s place instead and become Queen. Her manipulation and deceit knows no bounds, even sending her husband in to do her dirty work. While she seemed ‘nicer’, logically believable and more truthful in this story, I still couldn’t trust her and I’m still not sure of Fascial’s stake and desires in all this, everyone has an ulterior motive!
While the sex is hot, all encounters felt like betrayal in one way or another. Everyone seemed to be sleeping with someone they shouldn’t! Lascivious indeed!!
As with book one, this story is a fast-paced whirlwind of deceit, lies, and murder! So many questions from book one are answered but even more crop up and the book ends on another cliffhanger that will leave you hanging and perhaps cursing Harry just a little!
Salacious, scandalous and a fantastic ride into this twisted Royal Family!! Highly recommended series so far!!
Thanks for reading! For great stories, reviews and more please visit https://bookstattoosandtea.wordpress.com 📚
bookpanther's review
2.0
Rating: 2 stars
Acts of Treason is the second book of The Line of Succession series. It's a super quick read, and can be, I think, enjoyed to some degree. There's a slight improvement from the first book in terms of dialogue (which was quite awkward to be honest), but the characters still remained shallow and perplexing. I could see Rey was trying to add more depth and nuance to these characters, but I think the large amount of PoVs really hindered the success of that. There were also many times where the logic/reasoning did not make any sense to me, and I ended up having to just ignore it completely and move on. On a positive note, I did enjoy all the shit that was going down and am interested in seeing how things play out.
I really do like this author, but this series, for me, didn't really hit the same bar that his Galactic Captains series did. Rey does seem to improve with each book though, so I still have some hope for the next one.
Acts of Treason is the second book of The Line of Succession series. It's a super quick read, and can be, I think, enjoyed to some degree. There's a slight improvement from the first book in terms of dialogue (which was quite awkward to be honest), but the characters still remained shallow and perplexing. I could see Rey was trying to add more depth and nuance to these characters, but I think the large amount of PoVs really hindered the success of that. There were also many times where the logic/reasoning did not make any sense to me, and I ended up having to just ignore it completely and move on. On a positive note, I did enjoy all the shit that was going down and am interested in seeing how things play out.
I really do like this author, but this series, for me, didn't really hit the same bar that his Galactic Captains series did. Rey does seem to improve with each book though, so I still have some hope for the next one.
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