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Broken by the Horde King
by Zoey Draven
I hesitate to give this book 4 stars, but it happened anyway. I think it should be 3.5 stars but I can’t really do that, so here we are. This series is interesting because I remember loving the first two books, but hating the third one so much that I had to DNF. BUT, I saw that this one had higher reviews so I had to give it a shot. And honestly, it was a fine book. That’s it. Probably third place out of the four (3 1/2??) that I read. Let me explain.
So the book starts off really strong with the two characters, Maeva and Kieran, being childhood friends. Maeva’s completely in love with Kieran but he doesn’t feel the same way which creates a lot of angst. Lemme tell you, the tension was tension-ing. And once we get to present day, the roles reverse. Sounds exactly my cup of tea. And to be fair, the author did do a good job at balancing moments when maeva sticks to her guns and when she might feel something again for Kieran. Plus the sex scenes were good too.
BUT the last 25% of the book killed it for me. After they started hooking up, nothing exciting happened. There’s this other subplot going on that connects the other books in the series together, but I just don’t care about it enough. I think the author fails to create urgency there. Also, she doesn’t accept to be his queen until the verrrrry last part of the book, even though the reader knows she would. I felt like it was dragging it out and unnecessary. I think the author didn’t know how to end the book, so she just put the plot of her father getting hurt. Idk wasn’t a fan.
All in all, they were a fine couple but idk if I see myself going back to reread any time soon :/
So the book starts off really strong with the two characters, Maeva and Kieran, being childhood friends. Maeva’s completely in love with Kieran but he doesn’t feel the same way which creates a lot of angst. Lemme tell you, the tension was tension-ing. And once we get to present day, the roles reverse. Sounds exactly my cup of tea. And to be fair, the author did do a good job at balancing moments when maeva sticks to her guns and when she might feel something again for Kieran. Plus the sex scenes were good too.
BUT the last 25% of the book killed it for me. After they started hooking up, nothing exciting happened. There’s this other subplot going on that connects the other books in the series together, but I just don’t care about it enough. I think the author fails to create urgency there. Also, she doesn’t accept to be his queen until the verrrrry last part of the book, even though the reader knows she would. I felt like it was dragging it out and unnecessary. I think the author didn’t know how to end the book, so she just put the plot of her father getting hurt. Idk wasn’t a fan.
All in all, they were a fine couple but idk if I see myself going back to reread any time soon :/