I had no preconceived ideas regarding this nook before I started reading. I can safely say I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish.
I am that type of person who gets heavily engrossed in the story and a well built character profile. I'm not ashamed to say that at certain points during this, I had tears in my eyes and a lump on my throat.
Definitely going.to look out for the second book in the series.

Mit „Maxon“ hat meine wunderbare Reise in die Welt von Dragons, Thrax, Elementals und so weiter begonnen und ich bin begeistert. Obwohl ich die Vorgängerreihe nicht kenne, war ich doch gleich in dieser Welt, fühlte mich zuhause.
Anfangs waren die Begriffe etwas schwer zu verstehen bzw. zu merken, aber spät. Ab dem ersten Viertel war ich voll drinnen. Das war auch ungefähr der Zeitpunkt, wo sich Maxon und Lianna das erste mal getroffen haben. Die Dynamik der beiden war wunderbar. Ich hab es so genossen, dass Lianna zwar eine starke Prota ist, aber auch ihre Schwäche gleich mal bei Maxon zugelassen hat. Ihre Tränen, seinen Halt. Ich fand es super, dass sich beide auch gleich mal ihrer Gefühle bewusst wurden und es kein ewiges Hin und Her wurde. Maxon war ein toller Prota, sexy, frech, aber auch liebenswürdig und ein Kämpfer: für seine Familie, seine Leute, seine Schöne.
Das „Wir“ war einfach schön und der Zusammenhalt mega. Es ist so viel passiert, und doch hab ich das Buch in einem Rutsch durchgelesen. Auch die Freunde von Maxon sind super, geben ihm Halt, stehen hinter ihm. Besonders Ty fand ich super, ich hoffe, ich bekomme vom Warlock noch mehr zu lesen.
Definitiv eine Empfehlung für alle, die gerne eine schöne Liebesgeschichte lesen, welche hier aber nicht zu sehr in den Vordergrund drückt und noch eine Menge Raum für Spannung und Abenteuer frei lässt.

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Maxon brought me into a world full of wonders: dragons, thrax, elementals und much more and from the start I was mesmerized. Even though I did not read (yet) the story of Maxon’s parents, I felt home in their world, welcomed.
In the beginning it was a bit hard with certain words and terminology, but after finishing the first quarter, I’ve fully arrived. This was also the moment, when Maxon and Lianna met for the first time. I loved their dynamic, their behaviour. Lianna is a strong female, however, she does allow herself weakness when being with Maxon, from basically the start, which I really enjoyed. Sharing her tears, her nightmares, but also accepting his strength, him holding her. I really enjoyed that both of them were quite conscious about their feelings and it wasn’t a constant back and forth. Well written. Maxon was sexy, dreamy, sassy but also so full of love for his family, friends and Lianna. A true warrior prince.
“We” is something I enjoyed between Maxon and Lianna, and their trust and connection. So much happened, but they did it together, conquered it together. Also Maxon’s friends were amazing, although I could have seen more of Ty. For some reason I also fell in love with the warlock.
Definitely a recommendation from my side and those readers who love a good love story, which is not domineering the overall book but also offers amazing battle, adventure and magic.

I’m a little torn on this book. It wasn’t horrible, I did finish it, but I won’t be continuing on to the next book. In the first 5% of the book, I felt like I was reading locker room banter between football jocks. Who nailed who, copious amounts of profanity. Talk about balls and one night stands.
I ALMOST put it down but I did promise a review and the reviews for it were really good. So I kept going.
Things got much better after it switched to Lianna’s POV.
The story was interesting and fast-paced. I just could not control my eye rolls every single time Maxon opened his mouth. I get he’s a big burly warrior but he’s also a prince. But on my gosh is he a conceded meathead. He bugged the crap out of me. Every single time he talked to Lianna he called her beautiful… EVERY TIME. Looking back I wish I would have counted. I’m sure the count would be in the double digits. “Good work, beautiful” ”Hey beautiful.” “You ok beautiful?” “You should rest beautiful.” Plus he can’t stop touching her. They are literary at the coronation ceremony and addressing their people for the first time and he’s got her wrapped up in his arms. There is a time and place young horney prince.

Don’t get me wrong, the romance was steamy and I’m all for PDA but ugg! Tone down the testosterone dude. Maybe some ladies don’t mind that kind possessive guy (Lianna sure didn’t seem to mind.) or being called beautiful with every breath but it was too much for my taste. It really affected my ability to enjoy this book.