Emoji Review by Rebecca Dixon
I finished reading โAshes of Chaos,โ Book 2 of Legacy of the Nine Realms series by Amelia Hutchins and it was FREAKING FANTASTIC ๐คฉ๐คฉ! (FYI, Iโm not affiliated with the author, not in the book biz, reading is just a HOBBY, and Iโm just a regular reader that is super passionate ๐ about spreading the word on GREAT books!) There are NO spoilers ๐๐ป!
Guyyyys ๐๐ป๐๐ป! I am just SO impressed whenever a second book can be AS GOOD ๐๐ป or BETTER ๐๐ป than the first! Such a HARD feat for an author to accomplish and Amelia DEFINITELY DID IT ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ! This continues to be an enemies-to-lovers trope on STEROIDS ๐ฑ!! Someone said to me itโs Savage Lands meets the Fever Seriesโฆ and I have to say, I TOTALLY agree ๐! Itโs just so so so good you guys!! Itโs LOADED with both tons of ACTION ๐คบ and HEAT ๐ฅ! Honestly, I thought the plotline was BEYOND clever ๐ก! Really, really AMAZING how I stayed FREAKING OBSESSED ๐๐๐ with our ASSH@T of a MMC (hello enemies-to-lovers ๐๐ป!) and our KICKA$S ๐คบ FMC the entire book! This author led us through a game of CAT ๐ฑ and MOUSE ๐ญ and it was sooooo GENIUS ๐คฏ. Like, this book was SO good that I had to RUN ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ to AMAZON to buy Book 3 immediately โฆ just HAD to ๐ ! And pssst ๐คซโฆ I can let you in on a little ๐ค๐ป secret ๐ค ! I am 20% into Book 3 and itโs ALREADY INCREDIBLE ๐๐ป! I AM A FAN ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป!
OK โ !! So some GREAT ๐คฉ things about this book (without spoilersโฆEEEK ๐ฌ!) This book has one of the MOST TENDER ๐ moments that I have EVER read and it was such a small gestureโฆ TINY ๐ค๐ป reallyโฆ but my heart MELTED ๐ when our FMC laid down, put her face in her palmโฆ and thenโฆ our guyโฆ justโฆ awwwww ๐ฅบ๐, like I canโt say but so FREAKING MOVING ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ. I could SEE ๐ it in my head ๐ฉ๐ป. The two ๐ of them. THERE. In THAT moment. It was just SO touching ๐๐๐. So much so, that I actually started msging friends saying that I was OFFICIALLY SMITTEN ๐ with Knox! Just WOW ๐คฉ . Amelia, you STOLE my heart โค๏ธ in that moment! I donโt even know if you meant to ๐ ! But you totally did ๐๐ป. It was SO special and made such a significant impact on me ๐ฅฐโค๏ธ๐ฅฐ!
So yโall, yes this is an enemies-to-lovers, YES! But what comes with that are all the little snippets of the LOVERS โค๏ธโ๐ฅ! This is my absolutely FAV ๐๐ป trope because it takes me on the WILDEST emotional ride ๐ข from ONE minute falling in love ๐ with these characters and the NEXT minute so utterly ANGRY ๐ก at them! And I knowโฆ I KNOW โฆ it will all work out ๐ช๐ป! (eventually ๐ lol) And thatโs how I really enjoy the rideโฆ just knowing that I am HERE ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ for the DRAMA ๐ญ! And I KNOW ๐ง & TRUST ๐๐ป that EVENTUALLY it will all PAY OFF in the BEST ๐ of ways! And this author makes us BELIEVE THAT ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป!
OH MY GOSH! And speaking of ANGRY ๐ก! LET ME TELL YOU!!! I went from the high of being utterly IN LOVE ๐ with Knox to wanting to BARBECUE him ALIVE ๐ต! Like proper FLAYING people ๐! THIS GUY ๐๐ก๐ฅต!!! He is EVERYTHING an ALPHAHOLE should be and I LOVE โค๏ธ him for it! But mannnnnnโฆ when a certain hair pulling scene in the camp happened, I was likeโฆ Boyyyyy you better RUN ๐๐ป cuz Iโm a-cominโ for you and going to take you down ๐๐ป๐๐ป! HELL NO! NUH-UGH! ๐ก๐ก๐ก AND!!! Like this is what is AMAZING ๐คฉ about this series!! The FMC is so BADA$S ๐ฅท and she gives back 200% what he dishes out ๐๐ป! Her words are like BARBED WHIPS and she HITS HER MARK ๐ฏโฆ EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป And I am SERIOUSLY sitting here HOOTING ๐ฅณ & HOLLERING ๐๐ป along for the ride! It is SO REFRESHING ๐จ to have a FMC just tell it like it is! Yessssssss ๐๐ป๐๐ป! Cuz you know, she ainโt no captain-save-a-hoe either! ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Not to mention her utter KICKA$S ๐คบ moments! I mean if the whole RIB ๐ thing wasnโt the most mouth dropping ๐ฒ, BADA$S ๐ฅทmomentsโฆ like EVER!โฆ how about all those witches keeps?! ๐ฒ๐ฒ This girl is BIGGER THAN LIFE and add a PRIMAL creature to the mixโฆ and I am her NUMBER ONE โ๏ธ FAN!
Really, I was so IMPRESSED ๐ฎ with this book! It lived up to its hype and it was sooooo nice to page-turn like CRAZY & be seriously INVESTED in the plot! I imagine authors donโt hear this a lot โฆbut I just want to say THANK YOU ๐๐ป THANK YOU ๐๐ป THANK YOU ๐๐ป for NOT having a romantic HEA yet ๐๐ป! I am TOTALLY HERE ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ for the PULL & PUSH, the UPs โฌ๏ธ & DOWNs โฌ๏ธ , the HATINโ ๐คฌ & LOVINโ โค๏ธโ๐ฅโฆ ALL. OF. IT. ๐๐ป๐๐ป My heart โค๏ธ is completely wrapped in a million emotions ๐๐๐ก๐ฅต๐๐คฉ๐๐ฉ๐ฅบ๐ก๐ฅต๐คฏ๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฅฑ๐ก๐ฅต๐ต๐๐คฃ and I am LOVING โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. OF. THEM!
So if you LOVE enemies-to-lovers trope that is amped up to itโs MAX with AMAZING HEAT ๐ฅ, a SASSY takes no CRAP ๐๐ป, tell-it-like-it-is HONEST โ๐ปFMC, a HOT/COLD Alphahole ๐ฅต that SCREAMS SEX ๐ถ for DAYS, a FANTASTIC FANTASY ๐งโโ๏ธ plotline that has you on the edge of your seat needing the third book STAT ๐จโฆ give this series a shot! It may just be the PERFECT ๐๐ป๐ amount of HEAT ๐ฅ & FANTASY ๐งโโ๏ธ for you!