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Date read: January 2, 2019
Iron Seas
0.4. The Blushing Bounder
0.5. Here There Be Monsters
1. The Iron Duke
1.5. Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City
2. Heart of Steel
2.5. Tethered
3. Riveted
3.4. Wrecked
3.5. Salvage
4. The Kraken King - Paperback | Kindle
Meljean Brook
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
A former smuggler and thief, Ariq—better known as the Kraken King—doesn’t know what to make of the clever, mysterious woman he rescues from an airship besieged by marauders. Unsure if she’s a spy or a pawn in someone else’s game, Ariq isn’t about to let her out of his sight until he finds out…Thoughts on The Kraken King: I originally read this book as a serial and it was MAGNIFICENT. I have to say, it's even better on the reread (and all in one sitting). I mean, THESE TWO ARE JUST FANTASTIC.
After escaping her fourth kidnapping attempt in a year, Zenobia Fox has learned to vigilantly guard her identity. While her brother Archimedes is notorious for his exploits, Zenobia has had no adventures to call her own—besides the stories she writes.
But when she jumps at the chance to escape to the wilds of Australia and acquire research for her next story, Zenobia quickly discovers that the voyage will be far more adventurous than any fiction she could put to paper…
It doesn't hurt that the crazy world they live in is all sorts of insane and fantastical and dangerous and all that other stuff that makes books so good.
*fluttery sigh* Okay. Ariq and Zenobia. I kinda love them. No, I completely love them. He's powerful and honorable and will do anything to protect those under his care. She's guarded and careful and has a hard time trusting people. Ariq slips under that guard and unintentionally hurts her more than once, but Zenobia is smart enough to see that it WAS unintentional and she makes an effort to forgive him.
Ariq also makes an effort. Once he sees how his actions hurt her, he changes his approach. Considering they're in the middle of something bigger than them, his willingness to put Zenobia first even if it means making hard choices goes a long way toward softening her toward him.
Seriously, I ADORE these two. Plus, the craziness they're smack-dab in the middle of just keeps the hits coming and their relationship adapts and grows a lot because of that.
No lie, every time I read an Iron Seas book, I get SO invested in the characters and the world all over again I'm incredibly tempted to do a full series reread. EVERY SINGLE TIME. So maybe I will.
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