Review: The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2012
Dammit! It seems that all my reviews for Kristen Ashley books are beginning to sound alike and I don't actually know how to go about reviewing another great book of hers without sounding repetitive since... well... she's an amazing author and the English dictionary holds little words which I can use to perfectly explain my feelings regarding her books.What I will repeat and I don't care that I say it almost weekly is, that's she's done it again!So I'm not going to waste my time shooting out words of praise when all I simply need to say is "Golden Dynasty may very, very well be the best KA book I've EVER read!"It's all about Circe, (who's name I don't know how to pronounce, but I don't really care one bit) who goes to sleep in her Seattle home and enters what she at first believes is a dream... only to soon discover after relentless pinching, that it is in fact not a dream and she's in some strange cage, surrounded by fierce, hungry looking men and well... she's frightened.This is not the worst of it. I mean of course waking up in a seriously rough place is terrifying as all hell... but what she doesn't realize at that moment is that... well... it's about to get a whole lot worse.Now... this book does actually cross that fine line when it comes to touchy subjects (of pretty much every kind) and I admit, that it's not for everyone. It's brutal, bloody and KA held nothing back when she decided on which challenges Circe would face in this book. I'm glad I'm not a skirmish kind of person, because if you are... well don't even look at this book. If you are touchy and cry during a television commercial, well then... move along to something else.... if you are highly sensitive towards acts of violence against woman... freaking run away woman! Because people... if any of this sounds like something you don't want to experience in a book, I'm going to tell you not to read it. Because if you do... you are only going to be negative towards this book and even though I don't condone any subject matters in this book, it cannot be said that this book is not brilliant. Because it damn well is amazing!It deserves nothing short of 5 out of 5 stars and anyone who says differently can only be doing so, because of what takes place in this book and the effect it may have on them, maybe from experience or just being a very sensitive person. I have pretty much been cocooned growing up and even now... I live a wonderfully safe, comfortable and protected life, tightly secured in the hands of my very own adoring alpha fiance... But I admit that many of what takes place in this book, touches me deeply, as it should for all woman, but maybe I can overlook it easily since I have not directly been effected by these circumstances... I don't know... but that's possibly why I could get over the event's that take place throughout this book.I admit that there are parts that really made my eye's grow huge... but like I always say, give credit where credit is due, because no matter what actually took place, the way this book is written and the emotions it brings out in you (whether you have first-hand experience or not) is done so brilliantly, that it's impossible not to praise KA for her ability to deliver even the most brutal and savage of tales.On a brighter note, the language barrier between Circe and Lahn is amazing. It was a little annoying at first... I had the print out the Korwahk / English Dictionary added at the back to actually understand the first half, but after a while, you pick up the words and even better, as Circe begins to understand the language, it's mostly translated for you automatically. But really the fact that the foreign words in this book are so deep, makes everything so much better... every word holds a deep meaning with no toying around like our vast English dictionary does. Karwahk's have few words and every one is said with no hidden meanings... It's truly done passionately and its down-right freaking amazing!I lived myself so deeply into the book, that I couldn't put it down. I kept saying... just a little more, then I'll go to bed... but that never happened and I pretty much stayed up all night to finish it."He wasn't done. "A better wife, a better queen. Not even in a dream could I create better than you."The relationship between Circe and Lahn is one of absolute magic and I'm so obsessed with the two of them. Like I said before, Golden Dynasty may very well be the best KA book I've ever read and I know that after you finish one, you always think... ah this one's brilliant... it's my favorite... until you pick up the next and repeat the same sentiment... but that changes in this book. It really is by far the most heart touching, romantic, magical and all-consuming book I've read of Kristen Ashley's and it has nothing to do with the fact that it has a hot warrior dude and a fun, friendly female lead with an amazing personality. Take both of those away and it will still be the best of the lot!Read More Reviews On My Blog - Coffee, Books & Lipgloss