Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau
/Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau
Available June 25, 2019
This was so good! The world building was amazing and if any book gets the Netflix treatment this year-it needs to be this one. I would love to see all of the beautiful, colorful beasts brought to life.
Leena is a beast charmer, gifted with the magical talent to tame wild beasts and bond them to her. Betrayed by her first love and ostracized by her people, Leena is on the run trying to curate a collection of beasts that will give her enough power to finally clear her name. After surviving a murderous attack, Leena is forced to join Noc and his clan of formally dead assassins known as Cruor.
Leena has two choices, die or supply the group with beasts.
Leena chooses to live.
Surrounded by people who would love to see her dead, Leena must find the assassins their beasts, discover who put a hit out on her, and survive falling for the deadly leader of Cruor.
This one is so much fun! I love all the descriptions of the beasts and their special gifts. Not only can Leena bond with them and make them appear, but they live in a magical beast realm that sounds amazing. A little like Fantastic Beasts but way deadlier and infinitely sexier.
Leena is incredibly strong and intelligent. She has a lot going on-death threats, being exiled from her people, dangerous beasts, a man that can kill her if he falls in love with her-it's a lot to process. Because yep, not only is Noc a formerly dead assassin tasked with killing her, he's also cursed.
I love a good curse.
Magical worlds, beautiful beasts, intense fight scenes, found family, super steamy love scenes-this checks all the boxes.
And, it's the first book in a series…
Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for letting me read an advanced copy of this title. All opinions and mistakes are my own.
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