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Broken by the Horde King
by Zoey Draven
So Maeva and Kiran grew up together he’s five years her senior and he was her staunchest protector and they were the best of friends. Maeva is human she was found as a baby and adopted into the Saruk. She’s the only human at the outpost and though she is loved greatly by her adoptive family still feels different. Kiran is Rukkar the clan's prince and destined to become a great Vorakkar like his father before him. Sent away to train for the trials he returns changed colder with a darkness inside. The only thing that relives this is his little Seffi.
But all things change and when Seffi pledges her heart to Kiran he rejects her humiliating her and breaking her fragile heart and then when he then leaves without even a goodbye her hate is further solidified. Not even the death of her beloved mother forces him to return home. Maeva throws herself into her healing building walls around her heart and it’s nine long years before a fundamentally changed Maeva again lays eyes on the returned Horde king.
Kiran now a Horde king and powerful Vorrakkar has always loved the girl he left behind broken. He deeply regrets the hurt he caused her and is stunned by her changed persona something he knows that he is responsible for. He had his reasons at the time ones he now realises were mostly cowardliness on his behalf. He desperately wants back what he so callously threw away but breaking through his seffi’s walls is no easy task. needing a healer a Mokkira for the horde he offers Maeve the position one she agrees to accept for the winter before returning back home. But what he wants most is to make her his Morakkari his queen something he knows he should have done nine years prior instead of running away from her love.
I like how each of these horde king books seems to have their own flavour and are not the same formula rolled out this fourth book is a second chance scenario and it was really well done. I loved that Maeva wasn’t a pushover when it came to Kiran he really had to work at it to win her back she put up quite the fight determined to not allow Kiran back into her heart. Giving him a small taste of what it was like for her all those years ago.
Things here are not quite as cut and dried as they seem there are definitely misunderstandings and I also think that Kiran was just not mature enough at the time to understand just quite what he was throwing away. I think he was scared of his evolving feelings towards his lifelong friend. His conditioning caused him to internalise his fears I also don’t think he realised the extent of the damage he left in his wake.
I did think he was genuine in his remorse and that he loved his Seffi deeply. I think they definitely needed to grow into their love and sometimes hindsight is a cruel master. By the conclusion here I was all in despite some initial hiccups where I thought Kiran was thoughtless in his words he totally turned this around.
There was also an underlying story thread throughout so your gonna need to have read the previous books to understand what is now occurring now across Dakkar. This moves that story along somewhat but the focus here was mainly on these two working through their prior baggage and finding some resolution to move forward together as a unit.
Every book so far in this series has been a stand-out winner. The world-building and imagination here are top-notch. The author has managed to build a rich world steeped in culture. Genre wise this series is less sci-fi and more barbarian vibe and I love everything about it. Totally recommend do yourself a favour and read this from the beginning today.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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