The Dark King by Gina L. Maxwell
Hello Books Lovers,
I present this book with a question, are you looking for something about Fae, set in Las Vegas and that is veryyyy Spicy? If the answer is no then I don’t tell you to continue reading this review spoiler-free, but if the answer is Yes, or even just Maybe then keep reading because I’m about to introduce you to a title released recently, already available in audiobook, which could respond to the real definition of Fairy P * rn.
The title, if you haven’t already figured it out from its cover, is The Dark King by Gina L. Marxwell and is the first of what will be a trilogy of standalone books, so they will all be readable on their own. I told you about the audiobook because the audiobook is the version of this book that I received and from which I read / listened the story.
The publishing house is the magnificent entangled publishing that is publishing masterpieces upon masterpieces. As I said before, this book is very spicy, it’s an adult book, so if you don’t feel comfortable with the genre, don’t read it because it’s very pushy and explicit. A peculiarity of listening to it was being able to have two narrators for the two points of view. And the narrator of Caiden, the male lead? oh boy.
Everything in this book will seem like a coincidence at first. Bryn arrives in Las Vegas because she receives a letter stating that she has won this trip. She will then come to stay in one of the most requested hotels in Vegas with a waiting list that can be extended to months. But she arrives there and thanks to this invitation / letter she has everything ready, much to the surprise of those who work at the hotel.
But this is not the strangest thing that happens. Bryn meets a man in the arcade, they hang out together, get drunk and spend the night together. The real twist is that the next morning they wake up and are married and neither of them remembers what happened and neither of them wants to accept the situation. But Caiden is not a normal person, he is the King, not only of Vegas but also the King of the Dark Fae, who have been fighting for centuries with the Fae of the light.
He should marry one of his own kind and not a human. What does not show the light at the end of the tunnel is that a bond is forming with Bryn, a bond that would not be possible to have with a human but for some reason it is happening and from here a lot of things will follow because apart from the relationship between Bryn and Caiden and their love story there will be much more.
Secrets, mysteries, dangers and broken hearts. A lot is going to happen in this book which I highly recommend you read. I hope it will be translated in Italy. Of all the books of the genre that have been translated, this one would surely be one of the best and it deserves a lot. I can’t wait for the second one to come out because, thanks to the final chapter of this book, with its twists, it was possible to find out who the protagonists of the sequel will be. I already foresee sparks and can’t wait.
I cannot give details on the writing, having listened to it. But in listening to it, I have never finished an audiobook so quickly. I couldn’t turn it off. I listened to the narration day and night, morning and evening, at any time of the day until it ended – sadder thing – and now I just wish I had the second in my hands. The dark king is not just a smut book, it has a story, a subplot and a lot of romance. As smooth as the narrative was, I believe the writing is probably just as smooth.
