Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker [Review]

Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker
Blood and Betrayal (The Emperor's Edge #5) by Lindsay Buroker
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: June 5, 2019

The Emperor's Edge
0.5. Shadows Over Innocence
1. The Emperor's Edge
1.5. Ice Cracker II
2. Dark Currents
2.5. The Assassin's Curse
3. Deadly Games
4. Conspiracy
5. Blood and BetrayalPaperback | Kindle
5.5. Beneath the Surface
6. Forged in Blood I
7. Forged in Blood II
7.5. Solstice Day Gifts
8. Republic
9. Diplomats and Fugitives

Lindsay Buroker
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
The last thing Maldynado Montichelu—former aristocrat and current ladies' man—ever wanted was to be left in charge. After all, the team just blew up a train, crashed a dirigible, and kidnapped the emperor. It's kind of an important time.

But, with Amaranthe captured by the nefarious Forge coalition, and Sicarius off to find her, the team is lacking in leaders. Also, Sicarius has made it clear that Maldynado’s life may be forfeit should anything happen to the emperor while he’s gone.

To make matters worse, Forge’s cutthroats are after Sespian, and the young emperor believes Maldynado's loyalties are suspect. As if it’s his fault that his older brother is working with the coalition to usurp the throne. If Maldynado can’t figure out how to earn the emperor’s trust quickly, Sespian will go off to confront their powerful enemies on his own.

Meanwhile, Amaranthe must find a way to escape from the coalition’s newest ally, Master Interrogator Pike, a man who plans to pull all of the secrets from her head, one way or another…
Thoughts on Blood and Betrayal: Whoa. Okay, a lot happens in this book (honestly, a lot happens in EVERY book in this series, so this shouldn't be shocking in the least, but AMARANTHE! OH NOES!) and things are getting STICKY for the crew.

On the downside, Amaranthe has fallen into the hands of a very bad group of people. Which, as you can imagine, splinters their group when Sicarius heads out to find her. The plus side in all this? We get to spend a little more time with everybody's favorite playboy, Maldynado! Not that Maldynado's thrilled with being left in charge, but a rogue's gotta do what a rogue's gotta do. Especially when it's a scary assassin giving you your orders.

Anywho. Amaranthe is in a bad place, Sicarius is using his skills to track her. Maldynado is grudgingly donning the mantle of leader and Sespian is...well, he's still in danger. Which puts everybody on edge.

Man, I'm digging this series.

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