Title: The Pawn (Endgame Series
#1)
Author: Skye Warren
Publication
Date: OUT
NOW, BEEN OUT A WHILE, I’M JUST REALLY BEHIND IN THE TIMES
Do you ever read a book and you’re so glad that you’re in the privacy of
your own home? Well, I read this book on
an elliptical in a public gym at eleven in the morning. Let me tell you right now… reading erotica on
an elliptical in the middle. of. a. public. gym. is not a joyful time. I was sweating and only 50% of it was from
the workout. The other 50% was a
reaction from the explosive chemistry between Gabriel and Avery.
Blurb from
Goodreads:
The price of survival… Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a
storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a
hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl’s college to take care of the only
family I have left. There’s one way to save our house, one thing I have left of
value. My virginity.
A forbidden auction… Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to
take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he’s the only kindness in a
brutal underworld. Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move
brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is
played, only one of us can be left standing.
Review:
Are you turned on just from reading that
description? Am I allowed to ask that of my blog readers? I don’t know. This is one of those books that I heard
about, but wasn’t going to actively seek out as I’ve already got nine million
books on my wait-list, but it came up for free on Amazon one weekend and I
couldn’t resist. So, when I needed a
book to read on my Kindle while working my butt off I figured, why not?
I did an hour of cardio. Want to know the last time I did an hour of
cardio? Never. I told myself, “You are not getting off this elliptical
until this book is done.” I’m a fast
reader and the book isn’t all that long, but I will admit to frantically
flipping electronic pages desperate to find out what happens.
The book is a little darker than your
average erotica, in my opinion. Avery, star of the virginity auction, is pretty
young & there’s the whole… you know, auctioning off her virginity
portion. But of course she’s not about
to get forced into anything she doesn’t want (wink wink, can you wink in
text?). If you don’t find the idea of a
virginity auction, a hot dangerous man, and mild dominant/submissive
relationships then I’ll tell you right now this book won’t tickle your fancy.
The relationship between Gabriel and Avery
is explosive. Madly so.
I don’t know that the character development is as fleshed out in this
book as it could be, especially with Gabriel, but the later books (at least as
far as I’ve read) make up for that. You
want to become Avery. You want to become Gabriel. You want to
fall into their relationship and get drunk on the passion.
When The
Pawn ended I clicked “Purchase” on the next book in the series so quickly I
almost sprained my pointer finger (it was a phone purchase, obviously). I suggest you give this book a chance if you’re
a fan of the Crossfire Series, 50 Shades of Grey, Anne Rice, or anything of the
like.
Purchase here
for a Kindle version. Otherwise, please
support your local independent bookstore and order it from them. Your money matters.
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