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Deadly Games
by Lindsay Buroker
4.5 stars. This series continues to be one of my favorite things. I was a little annoyed that Sicarius was captured for like half the book since the Sicarius/Amaranthe interaction is my favorite, and the less we get of that, the less happy I am, but then
The Basilard stuff was good! I was more into it than the Books stuff in the previous book (not that I disliked that plot in the previous book, just that I was more interested in Basilard's backstory from the start, so it helped me be more engaged in his POV). I liked Basilard's arc in the book of
The Amaranthe/Sicarius development was, of course, my favorite thing about this book.
Beyond that last scene (which I'll still never get over), there were a couple other cute moments, like when she tells Basilard that part of the Emperor's Edge thing is to help someone she cares about (aka Sicarius). And how jealous Sicarius is the entire book of Mancrest even though Amaranthe keeps telling herself he only hates Mancrest because he wrote a lot of bad articles about him (like Sicarius would ever care about that!). Also the sweet moment where he carries her bag for her because he realizes she's tried and cranky. And him telling her it'd bother him if she died (which is essentially a love declaration coming from him). And when she's like, "Do you want to fondle my arm here for awhile?" and he's like "If that were my goal, your arm wouldn't be my target." Their interaction is my absolute favorite thing.
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that ending happened, so it helped make up for the lengthy separation, and bumped this up half a star for me.The Basilard stuff was good! I was more into it than the Books stuff in the previous book (not that I disliked that plot in the previous book, just that I was more interested in Basilard's backstory from the start, so it helped me be more engaged in his POV). I liked Basilard's arc in the book of
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thinking about getting rid of Sicarius and if that's right or not, and the kind of heart-to-heart the two have while captured, and how Sicarius admits that he didn't get rid of Basilard because he knew Amaranthe wouldn't be okay with that, and Basilard admits the same. I love how all the guys love her! Not in a romantic way (well, besides Sicarius), but it's just really sweet. And I love that Amaranthe knew he was planning something but just kind of let Sicarius and Basilard work it out.The Amaranthe/Sicarius development was, of course, my favorite thing about this book.
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THE KISS!!!!!!!!!! I was reading this book late on a work night and wasn't intending to finish it, but I kept wanting to read just a little bit further to get to them reuniting, but that doesn't really happen until the end, so I just decided to finish the book, and I was not expecting a kiss yet, but it definitely made it worth staying up to 2 AM to finish the book. And listen, what Sicarius is asking isn't super fair ("I can't be with you because reasons but also I don't want you to be with anyone else," essentially), but I don't even care. I love that in the last book he was like, "Here's a list of reasons we can't be together right now," and Amaranthe isn't convinced he's as into her as she is into him, and then at the end of this book he's like, "Those reasons are still true but also please don't kiss this other dude! We can be together after all this is over!" I also died a little at the fact that he was so offended at her being like, "We haven't even kissed yet, so how do I know if it's even worth it to wait for you?" and then he shows her how worth it it'll be!!!Beyond that last scene (which I'll still never get over), there were a couple other cute moments, like when she tells Basilard that part of the Emperor's Edge thing is to help someone she cares about (aka Sicarius). And how jealous Sicarius is the entire book of Mancrest even though Amaranthe keeps telling herself he only hates Mancrest because he wrote a lot of bad articles about him (like Sicarius would ever care about that!). Also the sweet moment where he carries her bag for her because he realizes she's tried and cranky. And him telling her it'd bother him if she died (which is essentially a love declaration coming from him). And when she's like, "Do you want to fondle my arm here for awhile?" and he's like "If that were my goal, your arm wouldn't be my target." Their interaction is my absolute favorite thing.