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A review by naomilane
Broken Dove by Kristen Ashley
5.0
I would just like to start by saying that Kristen Ashley is the bomb. I love you Kristen, you have my eternal love and I’m not even kidding. This woman has a way with words, it’s just magic. I could recognize her writing style among 120930293 others. Her characters, her universes, her stories…all of it, it’s always unique with her, ALWAYS. I don’t understand how she can write so many amazing books in so little time and in genres completely different. All of this to say that KA is and always will be my favorite author. Even when I rate one of her books badly, I still love the story, I just *usually* don’t like the heroine LOL.
Broken Dove was amazing. This series is one of my favorite of hers and I was so very excited for this book to come out. And as always, Kristen delivered. Apollo and Ilsa/Maddie’s story was so beautiful and profound and perfect. I loved every pages.
I adore the Fantasyland series because it’s so cool and unique and interesting. I love the two worlds and the fact that you have a twin in the other world, it’s just super clever and Kristen made such a great series with all of this… I just want more now.
Firstly, I just LOVE the second world, every time I feel like I’m in a Disney movie or something. Kristen describes everything so well, so it’s very easy to picture everything in my head and it’s just so beautiful and dreamy, I wish it could be real and, like that, I would go and find MY warrior! *sigh*
Secondly, the stories are ALWAYS amazing. It’s always a bit similar in the sense that the heroine lives in our world and gets transported to the other world and the hero is of the second world etc but, in a way they’re still all different. Broken Dove has the same pattern but, once again, the story is different and refreshing and awesome!
Apollo was such a great MC. So broken, sad and still loving and caring with his children. I loved him, he loved his late wife deeply, it was even painful to read about it at times. That’s how good Kristen is with words. He could also be reckless and detached at times, and yes, I got pissed at him big time because of that but everything he did, whether it was for his late wife, his children or for Ilsa/Maddie he always did it with good intentions and a good heart. Apollo was fierce, strong, possessive, tender and in bed…let me tell ya… SIGH
Ilsa or rather Maddie (her nickname in the other world) was also a great heroine. With Kristen’s heroines, for me, it’s always all or nothing. I will either love them or hate them, no joke. In this case, I loved her. She was even more broken than Apollo, what she endured at the hands of Pol (the Apollo of our world) was truly awful but she was still so strong and resolved and I loved how she adapted to her new world. She didn’t freak out *much* lol, she stayed rational and she went for it! She saw an opportunity to get free of Pol, she had nothing to lose so she took it, and I loved that! I also loved how deeply she loved, how deeply she cared and how enthusiastic she was about everything.
Maddie being the twin of Ilsa (Apollo’s late wife), it was not always easy for her and for him, especially for him, of course. But he quickly realized that Maddie might look exactly like his late wife, she might have the same voice etc but she was NOT her at all. The relationship they formed was beautiful, they made me cry several times. It was just so freaking bittersweet. Apollo’s situation was just plain hard&sad, he lost the love of his life and now he has Maddie, the exact same woman but…not. I loved them together, once they started to understand each other better and once Apollo “got over” the resemblance it was perfect. Not once did he took Maddie for Ilsa, he was always aware that his Maddie was not his Ilsa and Maddie was always aware that her Lo was not Pol.
I can’t really express my feelings properly, just that their love was beautiful, I loved reading about it and seeing them building something together. Of course it was not easy, of course they had bad moments but, in the end, it was all worth it.
Like I said, Apollo had children. A boy and a girl. That was another obstacle. Because Élan, the little girl (six), did not remember her mother so she was cool with Maddie but Christophe (almost nine, I think) did and you can imagine what it would be like to lose your mama, mourn her and all of a sudden to see “her” again but…not. Oh my god, I don’t think I could do it. This was also a beautiful part of the book, the way Kristen handled it, some times it was so very sad and painful but other times it was just beautiful and I cried like a baby.
The secondary characters were as good. I loved Élan and Christophe. I absolutely loved Apollo’s men, especially Derrik and Achilles. And I would really love to have a little novella for Derrik or maybe for both of them haha! I loved Loretta and Meeta, I loved Valentine…and most of all, I loved the other couples from book #1, #2 and #3! I was so happy to read about them once more and when my husband Dax arrived I was ecstatic, of course! My Dax with his warriors and his culture, I luv him so much.
Overall, Broken Dove was an amazing book, beautiful, bittersweet, heartbreaking and heartwarming with a great plot, great characters, some action, a LOT of good sex (and oh my, the sex!!!) and it will left you wanting more!
PS: Now, I am super excited for the fifth book, Noc’s story. I wonder who will be the heroine and I just hope it will not be Franka…
Broken Dove was amazing. This series is one of my favorite of hers and I was so very excited for this book to come out. And as always, Kristen delivered. Apollo and Ilsa/Maddie’s story was so beautiful and profound and perfect. I loved every pages.
I adore the Fantasyland series because it’s so cool and unique and interesting. I love the two worlds and the fact that you have a twin in the other world, it’s just super clever and Kristen made such a great series with all of this… I just want more now.
Firstly, I just LOVE the second world, every time I feel like I’m in a Disney movie or something. Kristen describes everything so well, so it’s very easy to picture everything in my head and it’s just so beautiful and dreamy, I wish it could be real and, like that, I would go and find MY warrior! *sigh*
Secondly, the stories are ALWAYS amazing. It’s always a bit similar in the sense that the heroine lives in our world and gets transported to the other world and the hero is of the second world etc but, in a way they’re still all different. Broken Dove has the same pattern but, once again, the story is different and refreshing and awesome!
Apollo was such a great MC. So broken, sad and still loving and caring with his children. I loved him, he loved his late wife deeply, it was even painful to read about it at times. That’s how good Kristen is with words. He could also be reckless and detached at times, and yes, I got pissed at him big time because of that but everything he did, whether it was for his late wife, his children or for Ilsa/Maddie he always did it with good intentions and a good heart. Apollo was fierce, strong, possessive, tender and in bed…let me tell ya… SIGH
Ilsa or rather Maddie (her nickname in the other world) was also a great heroine. With Kristen’s heroines, for me, it’s always all or nothing. I will either love them or hate them, no joke. In this case, I loved her. She was even more broken than Apollo, what she endured at the hands of Pol (the Apollo of our world) was truly awful but she was still so strong and resolved and I loved how she adapted to her new world. She didn’t freak out *much* lol, she stayed rational and she went for it! She saw an opportunity to get free of Pol, she had nothing to lose so she took it, and I loved that! I also loved how deeply she loved, how deeply she cared and how enthusiastic she was about everything.
Maddie being the twin of Ilsa (Apollo’s late wife), it was not always easy for her and for him, especially for him, of course. But he quickly realized that Maddie might look exactly like his late wife, she might have the same voice etc but she was NOT her at all. The relationship they formed was beautiful, they made me cry several times. It was just so freaking bittersweet. Apollo’s situation was just plain hard&sad, he lost the love of his life and now he has Maddie, the exact same woman but…not. I loved them together, once they started to understand each other better and once Apollo “got over” the resemblance it was perfect. Not once did he took Maddie for Ilsa, he was always aware that his Maddie was not his Ilsa and Maddie was always aware that her Lo was not Pol.
I can’t really express my feelings properly, just that their love was beautiful, I loved reading about it and seeing them building something together. Of course it was not easy, of course they had bad moments but, in the end, it was all worth it.
Like I said, Apollo had children. A boy and a girl. That was another obstacle. Because Élan, the little girl (six), did not remember her mother so she was cool with Maddie but Christophe (almost nine, I think) did and you can imagine what it would be like to lose your mama, mourn her and all of a sudden to see “her” again but…not. Oh my god, I don’t think I could do it. This was also a beautiful part of the book, the way Kristen handled it, some times it was so very sad and painful but other times it was just beautiful and I cried like a baby.
The secondary characters were as good. I loved Élan and Christophe. I absolutely loved Apollo’s men, especially Derrik and Achilles. And I would really love to have a little novella for Derrik or maybe for both of them haha! I loved Loretta and Meeta, I loved Valentine…and most of all, I loved the other couples from book #1, #2 and #3! I was so happy to read about them once more and when my husband Dax arrived I was ecstatic, of course! My Dax with his warriors and his culture, I luv him so much.
Overall, Broken Dove was an amazing book, beautiful, bittersweet, heartbreaking and heartwarming with a great plot, great characters, some action, a LOT of good sex (and oh my, the sex!!!) and it will left you wanting more!
PS: Now, I am super excited for the fifth book, Noc’s story. I wonder who will be the heroine and I just hope it will not be Franka…