Peasants and Kings by Emma SlateMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Dark And Dangerous Man
I don’t know what it is about this book that appealed so much to me. It’s not my current usual fair, but it does remind me of the kind of books I read a few years ago, so maybe it’s nostalgia!
Sterling’s mother has just died and left her with a letter telling her the kinds of secrets that sound unbelievable if it weren’t for the fact her mother took her own life to protect them. Estranged from her mother for years, Sterling obeys her mother’s wishes and disappears from her life, until she makes a mistake and needs to find a new way to hide and quickly.
Along her new path to secrecy, she meets Hadrian, a dark and compelling man, who wants to wrest all of Sterling’s secrets from her and keep them for himself. The only problem is that Sterling isn’t ready to give her secrets up to a man who has many of his own that he wants to keep hidden.
I liked Sterling and Hadrian, despite their many character flaws, because I liked them for each other. Their flaws meshed. However, some of their choices seemed to jar me out of my engagement with the book, which spoilt my enjoyment somewhat. I felt that some of the decisions made were shoehorned into the plot in order to make it work, but they weren’t necessarily things that meshed with the character’s personalities. There were also a few things that were kind of glossed over in order to move the plot along, which is fine, but they were things that were important to my enjoyment of the book.
Overall, the plot was fast-paced and interesting. There was plenty of heat and some violence, but not at the same time. As this was the first book I’ve read by this author, I may explore some others written by her, as this one was quite fun.
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