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Bound
by X. Aratare
Typically, I always find the middle books of a three part series the most intriguing and fun since it contains a lot of the series build up from the first half and ends with an excitement to leap to the final book and continue the story and see how it ends.
This book contains that core energy as a middle book:
1. We finally get to see more romance blossom between Bane and Nick and as always, X. Aratare’s more intimate sections of his writing do make me blush.
2. We finally learn Bane’s full back story of his first lover, Alistair, who betrayed him a century ago when Bane was just 18 and became his lover only to dump him and leave him at the mercy of his homophobic and abusive father for money so we now know in detail why Bane was so bitter about loving and opening up to anyone and how that anger lead him to that faithful hunt where he killed the Tiger spirit that caused him to be cursed with the tiger beast inside of him. This was by far my favorite part of the story as it was just so powerful and emotional of all Bane went through and he had opened up and finally told Nick about his past (leaving out the fact that he’s cursed, immortal, turns into a Tiger every month at full moon, and the tiger spirit seems obsessed with Nick as he is).
3. We also see the tension finally burn and explode between Nick and Band since Bane is still keeping his secret of the beast hidden and the fact that their relationship is clouded by Bane still having control over Nick’s greedy family and could toss them out on the streets. While nicks family is cruel, Nick dissent have the heart to see them suffer and this was a very interesting point of view as Bane was so quick to cut out the people that hurt him where Nick wants them to grow and change and had seen better qualities in god father and brothers at times so both their experiences in life are shaping their opinions on the matter and of course, with secrets and power imbalances straining the relationship, without complete trust, regardless of how much love they may have, it shows the relationship cannot exist without that trust and openness fully there.
Overall, a good romance novel and I look forward to competing this series in the third and final novel.
This book contains that core energy as a middle book:
1. We finally get to see more romance blossom between Bane and Nick and as always, X. Aratare’s more intimate sections of his writing do make me blush.
2. We finally learn Bane’s full back story of his first lover, Alistair, who betrayed him a century ago when Bane was just 18 and became his lover only to dump him and leave him at the mercy of his homophobic and abusive father for money so we now know in detail why Bane was so bitter about loving and opening up to anyone and how that anger lead him to that faithful hunt where he killed the Tiger spirit that caused him to be cursed with the tiger beast inside of him. This was by far my favorite part of the story as it was just so powerful and emotional of all Bane went through and he had opened up and finally told Nick about his past (leaving out the fact that he’s cursed, immortal, turns into a Tiger every month at full moon, and the tiger spirit seems obsessed with Nick as he is).
3. We also see the tension finally burn and explode between Nick and Band since Bane is still keeping his secret of the beast hidden and the fact that their relationship is clouded by Bane still having control over Nick’s greedy family and could toss them out on the streets. While nicks family is cruel, Nick dissent have the heart to see them suffer and this was a very interesting point of view as Bane was so quick to cut out the people that hurt him where Nick wants them to grow and change and had seen better qualities in god father and brothers at times so both their experiences in life are shaping their opinions on the matter and of course, with secrets and power imbalances straining the relationship, without complete trust, regardless of how much love they may have, it shows the relationship cannot exist without that trust and openness fully there.
Overall, a good romance novel and I look forward to competing this series in the third and final novel.