downtown_kb 's review for:

Broken by the Horde King by Zoey Draven

4.75

emotional reflective tense medium-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: No

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 Book 4 in the series. An orphaned human, raised by the Dakkar, is best friends with the prince of her horde throughout her childhood. She is madly in love with him her whole life but when they are of age he scorns her and leaves to start his trial. 9 years later he comes back wanting her to be his horde’s healer. 

I read the first 3 of this series but stopped here because second chance romances make me so angsty and I couldn’t deal right then. Came back to this on Audio and it was great!

I just love Zoey’s writing so much and this world. 

This had a good amount of angst without damaging me. The pacing of their reconnection was very good and I was pleased that ZD answered every “why?!?” question I had. Maeve was a great fmc to root for and Kiran was very determined. I don’t think I would call all grovel. I just liked that he was honest with her. She would ask him why and he would explain himself! Open communication, what is that? We rode the line here discussing his past conquests, something I don’t like to hear about in my romance books. And I wouldn’t consider this her steamiest. However, I devoured this book. Anyway, Lia Langola kicked ass on this audio and I think I might finish this series that way now.