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After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.
Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice.
Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts—and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.
Genre: fantasy/paranormal
Publication date: July 2024
Mature content: yes, mostly violence
Review: Loved it, even more than book one in the series - I just couldn't put it down. Reckless is book two in the Powerless Trilogy, and closely follows Powerless. It's not meant to be read as a stand alone, though, you really need to have the background from the previous book.
Kai and Paedyn are imperfectly perfect in this second installment in the series. It's at the same time amusing and heartbreaking to see them meet, escape from each other, and them meet again always in less than favorable circumstances. But the end of the book? It feels like having your heart ripped out of your chest.
Which means that I'm now craving book three in the series (Fearless), which will only be published in April of next year...
In addition to being a perfect story, the wording in some parts of Reckless is exquisite in places, and very funny in others - and sometimes both at the same time. Here are some examples:
"If she is Shadow, then I am Flame.
This girl is the very thing I can’t seem to escape—can’t seem to go anywhere without the remnants of her following. Where I am, she is. Whether it’s in the flesh or in the fragments of my mind.
And where there is a flame, there is always a shadow.
She is my inevitable."
"“Hold still,” he murmurs. “You’re swaying like a drunk.”
I frown at the ebony hair tumbling over his brow. “You stole one of my legs.”
“Yes, a leg. Not your balance.”
I shake my head at the wall I’ve planted a hand against. “You’re insufferable.”"
"She quiets, favoring sleep over finishing this conversation. After a long moment, I feel her shiver before hearing the complaint slip past her lips. “Please tell me I wasn’t kidnapped only to freeze in the desert?”
“You are a pain in the ass.” I wave a hand at an Imperial as I lie down beside her. “Get me an extra blanket.”
She doesn’t bother rolling over to mock me to my face. “And I thought chivalry was dead.”
When the Imperial throws me a blanket, I don’t hesitate before tossing it over her head. “Oh, it is, darling.”
With a huff, her head peeks over the folds of fabric, sending silver hair sliding across her face. The look she gives me promises a death I know she can deliver. Then she’s turning her back to me once again, content to ignore my existence until sleep claims her.
No, she’s likely plotting something. I suspect she rarely isn’t. She makes for a difficult captive, needing to be watched even when there is nowhere to go. Because if anyone can find a way to—
“Shit, Gray!” I jump away from her, cursing colorfully.
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
“Wrong with me?” I’m exasperated. “Your feet are freezing.”
She glances over her shoulder, clearly failing to conceal her smirk. “Well, I can’t sleep with shoes on. Never been able to.”
“Seems like you can’t sleep with socks on either,” I grit out.
She shrugs. “It’s a curse, really.”
“Well, keep the curse on your side.”
Her face falls. “But you’re warm.” Before I can respond, she’s nodding across the fire. “Me and my cold feet could always just sleep over there. Alone.”
“Like hell I’m letting you sleep alone,” I mutter.
And then I’m shaking my head, wrapping an arm around her legs, and pulling them against me.
She looks at me, shocked. And then she smiles, bright and big like the night sky hanging above us.
I fear she could rival the stars."
Totally recommended (though remember to start with book one)!
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