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Broken Dove by Kristen Ashley
4.0
This is the story of Apollo Ulfr, the cousin of Frey Drakkar from Wildest Dreams - and his story started from the first book itself. He is a man who has lost the love of his life and when he finds out about the parallel worlds he ends up making a decision to bring his wife's twin, Ilsa Ulfr to this world!
But here's the thing - the Ilsa Ulfr of this world hasn't exactly known the best side of Apollo of this world, especially having been married to him. So when she is whisked off to the parallel world by his lookalike, it isn't exactly a bed of roses, especially with the way Apollo treats her at first!
"There would be no winning her. It had only been a day and in that day, her adorable stubbornness, even her exasperating peevishness, he realized he wanted to win her more than he had before."
Ilsa Ulfr aka Miss Madeleine or Maddie is a broken woman. She hasn't exactly had the most fruitful life, with her parents abandoning her, and the choices she made in her love life - she isn't looking forward to be a replacement to woman so obviously loved by her husband and her children, something that she never had in her life.
Apollo, on the other hand, I was a little uncertain of - for he didn't understand that no woman, none at all, would want to be a replacement for another woman. And the way he treated her (even if it was with a bit of indifference!), was a little heartbreaking and I didn't know if he would be able to redeem himself. It didn't take long for him to understand that Maddie and his late wife are two different people.
There are of course more than these two involved in this story, and it took everything in me to actually not break down with the angst in this book and the level of angst is quite high with this one! And not to mention, evil is slowly gaining power and until all the couples get their stuff together, they will definitely win!!
"It takes more than fairytale worlds to fix what’s broken in me. And this is because I live every day knowing it was me who broke it.”
I liked Maddie - she is fragile and definitely sensitive - and how I wished that she had had the strength to actually find her footing like she actually wanted to. She kept reiterating that she needed to find herself, yet she didn't do anything more than just saying it - and I honestly got the fear she had for opening herself up, I did. What I didn't get was, why she couldn't actually find herself, even if she had to do so with the help of people around her!
“It is my responsibility as the man who loves you and wants you to be his wife to mend what’s broken in you … I’ll not forget again that I must treat you with care.”
Now, Apollo was a hard man to warm up to - somehow even if after knowing the kind of life Maddie had led till now, he still went ahead to treat her with a bit of callousness that I certainly did not expect, or even understand even if I did get his POV.
He understood the preciousness that was in his life, a little late and I just wish he had had the chance of actually understanding a bit earlier rather than a bit late in the story!
But when he did? Oh. My. God. He was the perfect match for Maddie, and definitely redeemed himself quite perfectly in my eyes, even if was a little late.
"Love like you build with Miss Madeleine is as she is. It is not of this world. Not of her world. It is beyond the worlds. It is beyond anything."
The plot with evil witches on the other hand, explodes quite amazingly in this one - and it is quite amazing to see that the heroines are the one who rescue themselves rather than actually waiting around for their men to be heroes!
Every couple makes an appearance in this book, and I honestly it was so fun revisiting all the couples and the way they are slowly moving towards their HEA.
Point to be made though is that this one seems to have ended the witches ARC, and I actually thought this was the end to this series, until the Midnight Soul was announced and now I can't wait to see where KA takes the end of the series to!
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But here's the thing - the Ilsa Ulfr of this world hasn't exactly known the best side of Apollo of this world, especially having been married to him. So when she is whisked off to the parallel world by his lookalike, it isn't exactly a bed of roses, especially with the way Apollo treats her at first!
"There would be no winning her. It had only been a day and in that day, her adorable stubbornness, even her exasperating peevishness, he realized he wanted to win her more than he had before."
Ilsa Ulfr aka Miss Madeleine or Maddie is a broken woman. She hasn't exactly had the most fruitful life, with her parents abandoning her, and the choices she made in her love life - she isn't looking forward to be a replacement to woman so obviously loved by her husband and her children, something that she never had in her life.
Apollo, on the other hand, I was a little uncertain of - for he didn't understand that no woman, none at all, would want to be a replacement for another woman. And the way he treated her (even if it was with a bit of indifference!), was a little heartbreaking and I didn't know if he would be able to redeem himself. It didn't take long for him to understand that Maddie and his late wife are two different people.
There are of course more than these two involved in this story, and it took everything in me to actually not break down with the angst in this book and the level of angst is quite high with this one! And not to mention, evil is slowly gaining power and until all the couples get their stuff together, they will definitely win!!
"It takes more than fairytale worlds to fix what’s broken in me. And this is because I live every day knowing it was me who broke it.”
I liked Maddie - she is fragile and definitely sensitive - and how I wished that she had had the strength to actually find her footing like she actually wanted to. She kept reiterating that she needed to find herself, yet she didn't do anything more than just saying it - and I honestly got the fear she had for opening herself up, I did. What I didn't get was, why she couldn't actually find herself, even if she had to do so with the help of people around her!
“It is my responsibility as the man who loves you and wants you to be his wife to mend what’s broken in you … I’ll not forget again that I must treat you with care.”
Now, Apollo was a hard man to warm up to - somehow even if after knowing the kind of life Maddie had led till now, he still went ahead to treat her with a bit of callousness that I certainly did not expect, or even understand even if I did get his POV.
He understood the preciousness that was in his life, a little late and I just wish he had had the chance of actually understanding a bit earlier rather than a bit late in the story!
But when he did? Oh. My. God. He was the perfect match for Maddie, and definitely redeemed himself quite perfectly in my eyes, even if was a little late.
"Love like you build with Miss Madeleine is as she is. It is not of this world. Not of her world. It is beyond the worlds. It is beyond anything."
The plot with evil witches on the other hand, explodes quite amazingly in this one - and it is quite amazing to see that the heroines are the one who rescue themselves rather than actually waiting around for their men to be heroes!
Every couple makes an appearance in this book, and I honestly it was so fun revisiting all the couples and the way they are slowly moving towards their HEA.
Point to be made though is that this one seems to have ended the witches ARC, and I actually thought this was the end to this series, until the Midnight Soul was announced and now I can't wait to see where KA takes the end of the series to!
For more reviews visit For The Love of Fictional Worlds :)
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