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A review by neapolitan670
Once a Villain by Saige Parker
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A great debut book from Saige Parker ๐ค Do read the trigger warningsโ๏ธ
Our antagonist Axel is an assassin for a secret society called Sovereign. He is called upon by our FMCs father to eliminate a target who is a person of some magnitude. As payment for this he informs her father that he will be marrying his daughter, within this society there are rules that have to be adhered to, as such she has no choice.
The life Rory had tried to build is shot down in flames, as she is forced into a marriage with a man who has no heart and soul, she puts up a fight against the submission he wants to force her into. Will she win? Will she submit to him? Who will fall first?
The story line in between all the spicy scenes is setting up to bring us into the full flow of Sovereign, the rules, secrets, betrayals, cheating, intrigue, violence and dare I say possibly love (too early to tell)
I finished this in one sitting (though into the early hours), the writing flows well, taking you through each chapter enticing you in. The ending for me wasnโt a full blown cliffhanger (you know the open mouth wtf) however, it did leave me thinking where is it going from here ๐ฌ I canโt wait to read the next instalment for this series.
๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ.
Our antagonist Axel is an assassin for a secret society called Sovereign. He is called upon by our FMCs father to eliminate a target who is a person of some magnitude. As payment for this he informs her father that he will be marrying his daughter, within this society there are rules that have to be adhered to, as such she has no choice.
The life Rory had tried to build is shot down in flames, as she is forced into a marriage with a man who has no heart and soul, she puts up a fight against the submission he wants to force her into. Will she win? Will she submit to him? Who will fall first?
The story line in between all the spicy scenes is setting up to bring us into the full flow of Sovereign, the rules, secrets, betrayals, cheating, intrigue, violence and dare I say possibly love (too early to tell)
I finished this in one sitting (though into the early hours), the writing flows well, taking you through each chapter enticing you in. The ending for me wasnโt a full blown cliffhanger (you know the open mouth wtf) however, it did leave me thinking where is it going from here ๐ฌ I canโt wait to read the next instalment for this series.
๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ.