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| Maxon makes dragon scales and a tail look sexy! |
The
other day I happily announce the release of two books that continue two
different series I am in total love with.
I discussed Bruja but today
I’d like to discuss the other new release by Ink Monster, Maxon by Christina Bauer. I
received and ARC from the publisher, Ink Monster, and NetGalley for my
thoughts. Mostly just advance copies
because they’ve been pre-ordered on my Amazon account since October 2014.
So
as I mentioned Maxon is the fourth
book in the Angelbound series, so
there will be some spoilers from the previous books as usual. The review for
the previous book, Armageddon, can be
found here. It takes place several years after the previous book and can be
read as a stand-alone, though I highly recommend reading the whole series
because it is amazing and gives you an even deeper appreciation for some of the
smaller characters in the book.
Maxon focuses on our twenty-two year old
prince who is still haunted by the past abduction as a child. He plays it off and keeps his life focused on
two main activities hunting/killing demons and seducing women. He just wants to live his life as it. Problem is he’s stalling out and the thrills
from both are not doing it for him anymore and having part lust and wrath demon
in him that’s saying something. That is
until he meets Lianna, who’s beautiful and just his type but she’s also a
fighter. She has her own dark history
and she is dealing with some problems of her own with the elementals. As our Prince Maxon helps Lianna with her
problems he starts to wonder if he has found someone real.
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| Lianna in Thrax form! From the Maxon blog. |
Okay
that is a simplified version for sure.
There is way more happening and never a dull moment. Something new was the dual POV. We have chapters from Maxon and Lianna, which
really flushed out the characters as well as the story each having different
area of expertise. We also get to learn
about a different area. We know about
the Thrax, the quasi-demon, Purgatory and Hell but this time we learn about the
elementals. They are pretty wicked. What was hinted at as vague knowledge comes
full force with Lianna. The opening of
the world’s together.
Maxon
is a warrior and part wrath demon like his momma and as mentioned Lianna is
also a fighter so we are not lacking in the action department. There are lots of battles and fights that use
a combination of magic and straight up warrior skill. We mostly learn about water and air
elementals, but to see them play against one another was completely new and
exciting to learn about. Maxon also has
the awesome ability to control lightening…yep bad ass. Plus he has dragon scales on his arm making
it like built in armor and a super nifty tail that is a huge asset in
battle. Basically it adds up to a lot of
action and different fighting techniques you can easily visualize.
Action
is a check but it would be missing so much without some romance. Oh yes it has that as well, so double
check. Lianna and Maxon have an initial
attraction as two attractive people do but as they get to know one another the
dynamic changes naturally and blossoms into something so sweet it will make
anyone swoon. Maxon is our semi brooding playboy prince who
has some past issues to work through who has never allowed himself to really
care for a member of the opposite sex aside from family. Lianna herself has some romance issues in her
past and present to deal with and knows very well of Maxon’s reputation with
the ladies. Watching as they work
together and get to know more about one another it just heats up the kindle
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| Dragon on cover = Awesome! |
Best
thing about the book? It surprised me. In a good way, clearly. I normally have things figured out but I
admit there were aspects I didn’t see coming at all until right there. I always love that in a book. I really enjoyed Maxon as the series continued and is moving along in the time line
and progressing the story. We still see
glimpses of some of our favorite characters from the first couple books which
makes me want to re-read them all. Also
just like the other series, because Ink Monster is awesome like that, they
already have the next book in the series listed and set for October, Portia.
Isn’t the cover beautiful? Come
on it has a dragon on it…just saying easy win.
I can’t wait for more and from the description, which is a spoiler for
this one fyi, we have another jump forward.
Never a boring moment in the Angelbound
world.
Rating: 5
Lighting Bolts
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