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A review by nikrodee
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
4.0
I don't know how to rate this book.
The love story with Cai progressed a little fast for me, I feel like the book didn't leave itself open to the sequel, and there was only two real arena fights in the book. Not to mention she had sworn vengeance against the Romans and seems to forget about that when she arrives in Rome. I'm confused because even though I had these issues with the book, it was still such an amazing book.
The book was almost so final at the end it seemed like it was meant to be a standalone novel. I have a vague idea of what the second book will deal with but I feel like we were left with no real purpose she's fighting towards at the end of book one, except for her freedom. I'm left with so many questions about the whole book that I can only hope will be answered in the next one.
I feel like the relationship between Cai and Fallon is also a little rushed, but if you can get past that the only problem I have is that they made it clear they aren't supposed to be together but they made it very public towards the end after being so cautious.
I feel like I'm only commenting on the negatives, but as I said this book was SO GOOD even though I had issues with it. The plot is awesome, and can we talk about how I love a good strong badass heroine in a story? When she's taken from her home country into the slave trade and finally auctioned off to the highest bidder and taken to a Gladiatrix school where she trains to fight for Julius Caesar himself; I couldn't put the book down.
The love story with Cai progressed a little fast for me, I feel like the book didn't leave itself open to the sequel, and there was only two real arena fights in the book. Not to mention she had sworn vengeance against the Romans and seems to forget about that when she arrives in Rome. I'm confused because even though I had these issues with the book, it was still such an amazing book.
The book was almost so final at the end it seemed like it was meant to be a standalone novel. I have a vague idea of what the second book will deal with but I feel like we were left with no real purpose she's fighting towards at the end of book one, except for her freedom. I'm left with so many questions about the whole book that I can only hope will be answered in the next one.
I feel like the relationship between Cai and Fallon is also a little rushed, but if you can get past that the only problem I have is that they made it clear they aren't supposed to be together but they made it very public towards the end after being so cautious.
I feel like I'm only commenting on the negatives, but as I said this book was SO GOOD even though I had issues with it. The plot is awesome, and can we talk about how I love a good strong badass heroine in a story? When she's taken from her home country into the slave trade and finally auctioned off to the highest bidder and taken to a Gladiatrix school where she trains to fight for Julius Caesar himself; I couldn't put the book down.