But I'll give you a brief overview first. The book is in the perspective of a woman named Astarti, which I think is a pretty cool name, who has been Leashed to Belos, a man seeking power and revenge. Leashing is a little hard to describe, the author does a good job with it though, so if you get the book, I'll let you figure it out. But essentially it's like a devise the enslaves people, and Belos has done it to a lot of people, willing or not willing. But Astarti was different; she encountered Belos when she was a young girl and didn't really have any other choice because she didn't know anyone else to tell her not to. She felt he was her only option at survival. But she didn't let Belos break her spirit or her morals when she had the option. Many times she would defy him for what she felt was right. During her first "mission" in the book that Belos sends her on, Astarti encounters a Warden, named Logan. And of course, you can see there is a love interest there, but I won't spoil anything.
I loved this book. I think it may be one of my new favorites. The world building was amazing. I have seen a few reviews where they thought there was too much world building, but I disagree with that. I felt it was necessary for the book and it was written well that I did not see the world building to be too much. All of the characters where portrayed well as well. All where unique, and Astarti's observation skills are awesome and tell the story well. There is a lot of action and suspense in this novel and it was very difficult for me to put this book down. It is an easy read, and not terribly long, just over 300 pages. I would recommend this book to anyone and I'm going to buy the sequel as soon as I get the chance. I am going to rate this novel 5/5 on goodreads.com.
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My next book I am going to be reading is called Chase the Dark (Steel and Stone Book 1) by Annette Marie. Happy reading everyone :)
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