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Gilded Agony
by K.A. Merikan
Even a gilded cage is still a cage...
Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony is the seventh book in one of my all-time favorite series. If you love stories with morally ambiguous characters and plot-lines, along with blood and violence, then this series is for you! Go read it!
There is a lot of angst in this one! And it's my favorite food-group type, too -- relationship angst. I eat that stuff up like a favorite desert! Dom and Seth aren't in sync for most of the book and though it broke my heart to see them at odds, I loved every moment. Never fear, though, they do end up in a good place.
Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony picks up 2 years after [b:Guns n' Boys: Bloodbath|31838791|Guns n' Boys Bloodbath (Guns n' Boys, #6)|K.A. Merikan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1483236065s/31838791.jpg|52503357] left off. Dom is "Toro" and Seth is his sheltered husband. Seth is bored and craves more freedom than he has. He doesn't speak the language and can go no where unescorted and he feels caged. Bored isn't a good look on Seth, who needs to be social and needs to feel included. But after the events of [b:Guns n' Boys: Bloodbath|31838791|Guns n' Boys Bloodbath (Guns n' Boys, #6)|K.A. Merikan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1483236065s/31838791.jpg|52503357] he needed a break from the violence and stress, so here we are - with a bored Seth who is prone to getting in over his head.
Dom is also in a role he never thought he'd have - everything rests on his shoulders. Seth's safety and happiness, the business, a family of his own -- so much pressure. He works increasingly long hours and, as Dom has a tendency to do, his obsessiveness and focus makes it hard for him to see the forest for the trees. Dom gets caught up in whatever life he is leading and sometimes he forgets his way. Seth has been his anchor for years, but things are not as they once were.
Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony ticked so many boxes for me - tons of relationship angst, completely messed up morality, an overbearing Dom, a crafty Seth, a headstrong Mark, violence, sex, perceived betrayal (oh, the angst!), family, as unconventional as it is, and an ending that leaves our guys in a good place.
This was an intense read, and I loved every moment. Mark plays a big role in this story, too, and he always feels like he has something to prove. Unfortunately, he gets himself in trouble a fair amount because he doesn't think things through. Ah...youth. Mark's book is next and I pretty much can say I need it yesterday. He's been through so much since he was introduced in this series, and I'm looking forward to him getting a happy of his own.
So bring it on!
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ARC of Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony was generously provided by the authors, in exchange for an honest review.
Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony is the seventh book in one of my all-time favorite series. If you love stories with morally ambiguous characters and plot-lines, along with blood and violence, then this series is for you! Go read it!
“We’re two halves of the same rotten apple.”
There is a lot of angst in this one! And it's my favorite food-group type, too -- relationship angst. I eat that stuff up like a favorite desert! Dom and Seth aren't in sync for most of the book and though it broke my heart to see them at odds, I loved every moment. Never fear, though, they do end up in a good place.
Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony picks up 2 years after [b:Guns n' Boys: Bloodbath|31838791|Guns n' Boys Bloodbath (Guns n' Boys, #6)|K.A. Merikan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1483236065s/31838791.jpg|52503357] left off. Dom is "Toro" and Seth is his sheltered husband. Seth is bored and craves more freedom than he has. He doesn't speak the language and can go no where unescorted and he feels caged. Bored isn't a good look on Seth, who needs to be social and needs to feel included. But after the events of [b:Guns n' Boys: Bloodbath|31838791|Guns n' Boys Bloodbath (Guns n' Boys, #6)|K.A. Merikan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1483236065s/31838791.jpg|52503357] he needed a break from the violence and stress, so here we are - with a bored Seth who is prone to getting in over his head.
"There is no me without you."
Dom is also in a role he never thought he'd have - everything rests on his shoulders. Seth's safety and happiness, the business, a family of his own -- so much pressure. He works increasingly long hours and, as Dom has a tendency to do, his obsessiveness and focus makes it hard for him to see the forest for the trees. Dom gets caught up in whatever life he is leading and sometimes he forgets his way. Seth has been his anchor for years, but things are not as they once were.
"You're mine."
Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony ticked so many boxes for me - tons of relationship angst, completely messed up morality, an overbearing Dom, a crafty Seth, a headstrong Mark, violence, sex, perceived betrayal (oh, the angst!), family, as unconventional as it is, and an ending that leaves our guys in a good place.
This was an intense read, and I loved every moment. Mark plays a big role in this story, too, and he always feels like he has something to prove. Unfortunately, he gets himself in trouble a fair amount because he doesn't think things through. Ah...youth. Mark's book is next and I pretty much can say I need it yesterday. He's been through so much since he was introduced in this series, and I'm looking forward to him getting a happy of his own.
So bring it on!
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ARC of Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony was generously provided by the authors, in exchange for an honest review.