ARC Review by Stacy Sabala : South of Surrender by Laura Kaye (PNR)
Book Blurb
Hearts of the Anemoi, Book Three
She's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...
Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence and prove his troubled brother can be redeemed. But Eurus fights back, triggering vicious storms that threaten the mortal realm and dangerously drain Chrys.
Laney Summerlyn refuses to give up her grandfather's horse farm, despite her deteriorating vision. More than ever, she needs the organized routine of her life at Summerlyn Stables, until a ferocious storm brings an impossible—and beautiful—creature crashing down from the heavens.
Injured while fighting Eurus, Chrys finds himself at the mercy of a mortal woman whose compassion and acceptance he can't resist. As they surrender to the passion flaring between them, immortal enemies close in, forcing Chrys to choose between his brother and the only woman who's ever loved the real him.
Unable to resist the draw to her any longer, Chrys claimed her mouth, devouring, searching, taking.
Laney froze, then was right there with him.
Their tongues met, dueled, twirled. He fisted his hand in her hair and guided her, deepening when he wanted, restraining her when he needed.
Her hands slid up his chest toward his neck.
Chrys gasped into the kiss, but fought the reflexive desire to pull away. Instead, he pushed her back one step, then another, until her back encountered the door. He grabbed her arms and pressed them to the surface over her head. The control flooded relief through him and fueled his arousal another notch.
“I want to touch you,” she whispered around a kiss.
His brain scrambled for a moment, and then he wedged his body in tighter, the ridge of his cock coming in snug against her belly. She unleashed a strangled moan as Chrys plundered her mouth, relished her sweet taste, bathed in her life-giving heat.
Good gods, her body was absolutely alive with her arousal. She clenched and unclenched her hands, her arm muscles flexing where he restrained her. Her abdomen writhed against his, creating a maddening friction against his erection. Her thighs shifted and squeezed.
It was only with the barest of restraint that he resisted willing her clothing away, turning her to face the wall, and tugging her hips out so he could bury himself deep.
Lost in the imagery, Chrys didn’t notice the change in her movements until she slowly dragged her injured leg up the outside of his. Her wrists pressed against his hold and a yearning moan worked up her throat. “Chrys,” she whimpered, her thigh moving higher and wrapping around.
His pulse lunged into a sprint. Damnit. He pulled back and stepped away, the phantom feeling of her flesh trapping his spiking fear through him. “I’m sorry,” he said, rubbing his lips, regret a rock in his stomach. He could still feel her, taste her. Making sure she was steady on her feet, he dropped his hands from holding hers.
Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
This is Laura Kaye’s third book in the Hearts of the Anemoi
series. It is the first one of them that
I have read, however. I will definitely
go back and read the first two. Laura
Kaye’s spin on the gods from Olympus is a
different twist. She has concentrated
this series on the gods of the winds.
This story, in particular, is centered around Chrysander the god of the
South Wind. He finds himself in the
battle of his life against his brother Eurus, the god of the East Wind. They battle each other all through the summer
months when Chrysander is the strongest.
During a fierce battle Chrysander falls from the sky and lands right in
Laney’s stable barn. He falls through
the roof and lands into an empty stall.
Laney finds him that stormy night and tends to his injuries. From then on, their lives become intertwined
as the real battle begins where Laney is pulled into his world. He fights his feelings in order to protect
her. No matter what he does to protect her from his world, she goes willingly
to help protect him as he fights the war that has begun.
Ms. Kaye brings back the characters from the first two books
and immerses them into the plot of this book.
Even though this book is about Chrysander and Laney, the previous
characters are as much a part of the story as they are. When reading a series, this is important to
the reader. We watch the characters
unfold throughout the story and don’t want to leave them behind as we move
on. So that is one of the best thing she
has done with this book.
Her storyline evolves with each book and this third story
keeps it going. The fight scenes were
many and flawlessly put in the story to keep the reader in the plot. The relationship between Laney and Chrysander
is not an easy one and their insecurities almost get in the way. The ending was bittersweet as anyone who
reads this book will see. Excellent job
to Laura Kaye, I am a new fan and continue to look forward to her work.
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