Overview :
The people of Kaya die in pairs. When one lover dies, the other does too. So it has been for thousands of years – until Ava.
For although her bondmate, Avery, has been murdered and Ava’s soul has been torn in two, she is the only one who has ever been strong enough to cling to life. Vowing revenge upon the barbarian queen of Pirenti, Ava's plan is interrupted when she is instead captured by the deadly prince of her enemies.
Prince Ambrose has been brought up to kill and hate. But when he takes charge of a strangely captivating Kayan prisoner and is forced to survive with her on a dangerous island, he must reconsider all he holds true . . .
In a violent country like Pirenti, where emotion is scorned as a weakness, can he find the strength to fight for the person he loves . . . even when she’s his vengeful enemy?
Avery is a sweeping, romantic fantasy novel about loss and identity, and finding the courage to love against all odds.
My Review :
***** 5 STARS *****
My first glimpse of this book was in one of my fellow bloggers Goodreads 'currently reading' update feed. She had written something along the lines of not knowing if she was emotionally ready for this book. I was beyond intrigued and immediately read the synopsis and decided that I needed this book in my life, although I absolutely couldn't fathom why she wouldn't be ready for this book.
.... And then, I began to read....
And no, I most certainly was not emotionally ready for this book.
It was a sucker punch to the gut that left me gasping.
Gasping for air, gasping past the rawness on my heart, gasping past the sobs in my throat.
No matter what I say, or how much I try to explain, some of you, will just never understand that this isn't just a book. It is an all encompassing feeling that has stormed into my life and I'm not sure if I'll ever be the same.
They called this book 'a sweeping romantic fanasty'. How aptly described. It swept me of my feet and swept the air out of my lungs.
This is a book filled with all the right amounts of perilous adventure, sarcastic wit, beautiful darkness and real live messy love. The author has written a masterpiece from the characters that are dangerously broken and beautiful to the multi-character point of views to the fast paced plot all the way to the raw emotion. It's beyond anything I can justly describe.
So, was I emotionally ready for this book?
Absolutely not....
.... and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
The people of Kaya die in pairs. When one lover dies, the other does too. So it has been for thousands of years – until Ava.
For although her bondmate, Avery, has been murdered and Ava’s soul has been torn in two, she is the only one who has ever been strong enough to cling to life. Vowing revenge upon the barbarian queen of Pirenti, Ava's plan is interrupted when she is instead captured by the deadly prince of her enemies.
Prince Ambrose has been brought up to kill and hate. But when he takes charge of a strangely captivating Kayan prisoner and is forced to survive with her on a dangerous island, he must reconsider all he holds true . . .
In a violent country like Pirenti, where emotion is scorned as a weakness, can he find the strength to fight for the person he loves . . . even when she’s his vengeful enemy?
Avery is a sweeping, romantic fantasy novel about loss and identity, and finding the courage to love against all odds.
My Review :
***** 5 STARS *****
My first glimpse of this book was in one of my fellow bloggers Goodreads 'currently reading' update feed. She had written something along the lines of not knowing if she was emotionally ready for this book. I was beyond intrigued and immediately read the synopsis and decided that I needed this book in my life, although I absolutely couldn't fathom why she wouldn't be ready for this book.
.... And then, I began to read....
And no, I most certainly was not emotionally ready for this book.
It was a sucker punch to the gut that left me gasping.
Gasping for air, gasping past the rawness on my heart, gasping past the sobs in my throat.
No matter what I say, or how much I try to explain, some of you, will just never understand that this isn't just a book. It is an all encompassing feeling that has stormed into my life and I'm not sure if I'll ever be the same.
They called this book 'a sweeping romantic fanasty'. How aptly described. It swept me of my feet and swept the air out of my lungs.
This is a book filled with all the right amounts of perilous adventure, sarcastic wit, beautiful darkness and real live messy love. The author has written a masterpiece from the characters that are dangerously broken and beautiful to the multi-character point of views to the fast paced plot all the way to the raw emotion. It's beyond anything I can justly describe.
So, was I emotionally ready for this book?
Absolutely not....
.... and I wouldn't have had it any other way.