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A Game of Hearts by Lola King
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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? Yes
5.0
"A Game of Hearts" by Lola King is one of those books you keep thinking about, even until you're reading, that stay with you for a long time after you're done.
It's always been hard for me to write about books that have truly touched me and found a place in my heart because I feel like no matter what I write, I won't be able to fully convey the experience I had.
"A Game of Hearts" is a raw palette of emotions. Raw, because it makes you experience in the most real, genuine and powerful way every emotion that the characters go through until you feel like you can no longer endure it. And yet you keep reading because it's much worse not knowing what's happening to them than figuring out what and how life throws at them again. Someone once said it: it's like watching a car crash - it's terrible, but you can't take your eyes off it.
Once you start it, you will encounter a wonderful writing style that immediately manages to influence and get the reader into the story and into the lives of the characters without it seeming forced or hasty. It is rare for an author to be able to grab me with the first 1-2 pages, and if it does - even less often continues to keep my interest all the time so it continues to grow and become even bigger. Lola King, however, immediately became an exception, with whose books I can't wait to continue. The book is extremely difficult and on a very deep level it touches on a variety of topics, but on the other hand it is so beautifully written that I still can't stop thinking about it.
✨The thing is, I never realized Rose wasn't protecting herself when she used to keep things from me. She was protecting me.✨
The story and the characters are complex, well build, and each of them is displayed in front of the eyes of the readers so that they can see the hell the characters are going through, which makes a fantastic job at getting to know them and feel those imaginary people, almost like a real person the reader knows. This, as well as the understanding of where the plot will go and what one of the main problems will be, can be seen from the very beginning of the book.
✨She doesn't hold herself like a queen. No, queens were always in the shadows. Rose holds herself like a king. Like she owns the power, knows it and isn't afraid to wield it.✨
The characters themselves are extremely different from each other, but at the same time they complete and fit each other so well that it was like looking at four pieces of a puzzle.
✨Look at us, a group of simple humans. The only thing that makes us special? Insanity runs through our veins. Our blood is poisoned with a passion for chaos. And chaos we found in each other. ✨
First of all, we have Rose and Rachel, whose scenes are absolute fire, grief, sadness, happiness, crossing boundaries, and total self-destruction. I rooted for them and their happiness and the need to see them together calm and safe.
✨"My, my," she whispers, "Rose White on her knees for me."
"Anytime, baby."✨
Rose and Lick are a wild-sized fire. From the moment there were even little moments of sexual tension between the two, I didn't want to take my eyes off them anymore, I just needed more and more.
✨"Lik... Oh my god..."
"You gonna come for me?" he hisses against my lips. "Show me. Show me that it took. One. Fucking. Night for me to own this p*ssy."✨
The couple Rose and Sam are similar to watching two trucks that are stepping up towards each other and whose drivers are best friends, without anyone wanting to step back from the accelerator. There is a clash of wills, the outpouring of too harsh words and love in the most beautifully toxic way anyone has ever witnessed. At least up to a point. After that, it remains just beautiful.
✨"You've lost it", I breathe out, my voice a murmur trying to reach his crazy mind.
"Yeah," he nods. "You've finally done it. I've fucking lost my mind."✨
Lick and Sam are a hot passion with wonderful dynamics that, in addition to making me happy, made my legs swathe.
✨Lik is big on being protected from the evil eye. He doesn't understand that he has nothing to fear when the evil sleeps in his bed and fucks him regularly.✨
Sam and Rachel are strength, intelligence, control, friendship and love brought together and springing between them whether or not they are in one place.
✨"Your mere presence does unexplainable things to my heart. So don't you ever go away."✨
And Rach and Lick - they are happiness, friendship, freedom and carelessness that brings only joy and sweetness to the reader while reading about them.
✨It's funny how it often takes extreme situations for us to sit down and think about how we feel about the people around us. Life happens so fast, and we never take the time to feel anymore. There was a moment tonight I thought I might lose Rachel.
It took that to realize I would lose a woman I love.✨
The relationship between the four of them made me enjoy the understanding, care, love and wonderful family they create just as much as they made me explode with each of their erotic scenes. I haven't read such a hot thing in a long time, and I can safely say that every written word is a delight to the mind of the reader himself.
✨I love it simply because that's the home where my family and I live.✨
I would say that from one point things get very bad for the characters, but this will be a pure lie, because they never stop getting themselves in more and more trouble from the beginning to the epilogue itself.
✨What I don't tell him is that I don't want to taste happiness. I want to taste revenge.✨
And yet the climax feels even higher than all the characters' problems and all the other moments before it. Extremely good, full of action, feelings, dynamics and tension. And the best part is that for the first time then we can see the quad working as a team, which is an invaluable experience! The surprise after it and before the epilogue was just as good, as straining and liberating, as emotional and harsh as the climax, which for me was another proof of how great a masterpiece this book is.
The ending filled my heart with happiness for the main characters, because everyone got what they deserved and dreamed of.
I know I'm not only going to read everything else by Lola King, I'm going to re-read "A Game of Hearts" soon because I want to experience the story of Rose, Rachel, Sam and Lick again. And I already can't wait to do it.
~~~
Rating: 5/5⭐
✨~~~This book was provided to me by Valentine PR for my honest opinion.~~~✨
It's always been hard for me to write about books that have truly touched me and found a place in my heart because I feel like no matter what I write, I won't be able to fully convey the experience I had.
"A Game of Hearts" is a raw palette of emotions. Raw, because it makes you experience in the most real, genuine and powerful way every emotion that the characters go through until you feel like you can no longer endure it. And yet you keep reading because it's much worse not knowing what's happening to them than figuring out what and how life throws at them again. Someone once said it: it's like watching a car crash - it's terrible, but you can't take your eyes off it.
Once you start it, you will encounter a wonderful writing style that immediately manages to influence and get the reader into the story and into the lives of the characters without it seeming forced or hasty. It is rare for an author to be able to grab me with the first 1-2 pages, and if it does - even less often continues to keep my interest all the time so it continues to grow and become even bigger. Lola King, however, immediately became an exception, with whose books I can't wait to continue. The book is extremely difficult and on a very deep level it touches on a variety of topics, but on the other hand it is so beautifully written that I still can't stop thinking about it.
✨The thing is, I never realized Rose wasn't protecting herself when she used to keep things from me. She was protecting me.✨
The story and the characters are complex, well build, and each of them is displayed in front of the eyes of the readers so that they can see the hell the characters are going through, which makes a fantastic job at getting to know them and feel those imaginary people, almost like a real person the reader knows. This, as well as the understanding of where the plot will go and what one of the main problems will be, can be seen from the very beginning of the book.
✨She doesn't hold herself like a queen. No, queens were always in the shadows. Rose holds herself like a king. Like she owns the power, knows it and isn't afraid to wield it.✨
The characters themselves are extremely different from each other, but at the same time they complete and fit each other so well that it was like looking at four pieces of a puzzle.
✨Look at us, a group of simple humans. The only thing that makes us special? Insanity runs through our veins. Our blood is poisoned with a passion for chaos. And chaos we found in each other. ✨
First of all, we have Rose and Rachel, whose scenes are absolute fire, grief, sadness, happiness, crossing boundaries, and total self-destruction. I rooted for them and their happiness and the need to see them together calm and safe.
✨"My, my," she whispers, "Rose White on her knees for me."
"Anytime, baby."✨
Rose and Lick are a wild-sized fire. From the moment there were even little moments of sexual tension between the two, I didn't want to take my eyes off them anymore, I just needed more and more.
✨"Lik... Oh my god..."
"You gonna come for me?" he hisses against my lips. "Show me. Show me that it took. One. Fucking. Night for me to own this p*ssy."✨
The couple Rose and Sam are similar to watching two trucks that are stepping up towards each other and whose drivers are best friends, without anyone wanting to step back from the accelerator. There is a clash of wills, the outpouring of too harsh words and love in the most beautifully toxic way anyone has ever witnessed. At least up to a point. After that, it remains just beautiful.
✨"You've lost it", I breathe out, my voice a murmur trying to reach his crazy mind.
"Yeah," he nods. "You've finally done it. I've fucking lost my mind."✨
Lick and Sam are a hot passion with wonderful dynamics that, in addition to making me happy, made my legs swathe.
✨Lik is big on being protected from the evil eye. He doesn't understand that he has nothing to fear when the evil sleeps in his bed and fucks him regularly.✨
Sam and Rachel are strength, intelligence, control, friendship and love brought together and springing between them whether or not they are in one place.
✨"Your mere presence does unexplainable things to my heart. So don't you ever go away."✨
And Rach and Lick - they are happiness, friendship, freedom and carelessness that brings only joy and sweetness to the reader while reading about them.
✨It's funny how it often takes extreme situations for us to sit down and think about how we feel about the people around us. Life happens so fast, and we never take the time to feel anymore. There was a moment tonight I thought I might lose Rachel.
It took that to realize I would lose a woman I love.✨
The relationship between the four of them made me enjoy the understanding, care, love and wonderful family they create just as much as they made me explode with each of their erotic scenes. I haven't read such a hot thing in a long time, and I can safely say that every written word is a delight to the mind of the reader himself.
✨I love it simply because that's the home where my family and I live.✨
I would say that from one point things get very bad for the characters, but this will be a pure lie, because they never stop getting themselves in more and more trouble from the beginning to the epilogue itself.
✨What I don't tell him is that I don't want to taste happiness. I want to taste revenge.✨
And yet the climax feels even higher than all the characters' problems and all the other moments before it. Extremely good, full of action, feelings, dynamics and tension. And the best part is that for the first time then we can see the quad working as a team, which is an invaluable experience! The surprise after it and before the epilogue was just as good, as straining and liberating, as emotional and harsh as the climax, which for me was another proof of how great a masterpiece this book is.
The ending filled my heart with happiness for the main characters, because everyone got what they deserved and dreamed of.
I know I'm not only going to read everything else by Lola King, I'm going to re-read "A Game of Hearts" soon because I want to experience the story of Rose, Rachel, Sam and Lick again. And I already can't wait to do it.
~~~
Rating: 5/5⭐
✨~~~This book was provided to me by Valentine PR for my honest opinion.~~~✨