Review: Alternate universe travel into the fantastical world of a "Horde"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
I am a huge fan of KA, having read all her books. She is perhaps my all time favorite author out of the magnitude I have read. This is for 3 reasons. One, I have been compelled to read most of her stories multiple times which is astonishingly rare for me given how much I read. Two, as a writer KA pushes the boundaries of her writings. I picture her at her desk, with a latte saying, 'A Horde?! I could do a horde' or 'A Genie?! I could do a genie' or 'Grey Shmay?! I could do up a hot mess, crazy ass  control-freak without all the silly kink props and grade school marbles'. There is a versatility to her collection of books in some ways unmatched by most other romance authors. Three, there is remarkable layering to her characters which can only be unearthed in subsequent readings, because her stories and characters carry you in fantastical, crazy directions, and it isn't until you catch your breath on a second read you can fully reason out the jumble of character motivation as it pertains to how the story played out. Most times I have a love/hate relationship with  her main characters in the first sojourn. This book was no exception. The Golden Dynasty world is violent and primative. It is truly a great 'East meets West' story where the H and h have to come to understand each other and negotiate their relationship perimeters. And there are huge stumbling blocks besides language and culture. There's rape, brutality and spousal abuse. This book can be hard to read in places but if you have courage to travel in time to this warrior world, immerse yourself in the culture and language and hang on tight when this journey gets bumpy, you will not be disappointed!