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A review by charlottenw1
Road To Fire by Maria Luis
5.0
“Because I would take everything that you are and make it mine. Your beauty, your humanity, your fire. I’d fill every broken and misshapen part of me with you until there’s nothing left.”
He laughs, a dark, gritty sound that tangles my fear and desire into a web that has no exit point, or understanding, but just is.
“A man like me steals what he wants, Isla, and with every piece of you that I took, I would still demand more, until you begged me for freedom.”
I fell in love with Saxon and Isla's story. Not just the two of them as characters but also their plot. I wasn't too sure what to expect diving into this book but I definitely got some James Bond vibes, not just from Saxon and his job role but also Isla who's a bad arse protector. These two balance each other out so well with their imperfections and stubbornness. Where Saxon sees no good in the world and doesn't believe in fate, Isla has held that goodness in her hands and lost it over and over again to a domino effect of tragic events. She treasures the goodness that she still sees with her siblings and wants to bring that into Saxon's life and help him experience joy in the smallest things.
There are so many conniving people in this book and I honestly had no idea who to trust. Saxon's more or less an agent undercover who's undercover again and Isla's just needs to stay undiscovered for obvious reasons. All the different layers to this secret society start to be revealed and things that should have been left alone start to come undone. As much as I fell for these two characters, the plot was just as good and I generally don't find that unless the book is fantasy-based. The ending alone was a massive WTF moment and I need book 2 in my life now.
He laughs, a dark, gritty sound that tangles my fear and desire into a web that has no exit point, or understanding, but just is.
“A man like me steals what he wants, Isla, and with every piece of you that I took, I would still demand more, until you begged me for freedom.”
I fell in love with Saxon and Isla's story. Not just the two of them as characters but also their plot. I wasn't too sure what to expect diving into this book but I definitely got some James Bond vibes, not just from Saxon and his job role but also Isla who's a bad arse protector. These two balance each other out so well with their imperfections and stubbornness. Where Saxon sees no good in the world and doesn't believe in fate, Isla has held that goodness in her hands and lost it over and over again to a domino effect of tragic events. She treasures the goodness that she still sees with her siblings and wants to bring that into Saxon's life and help him experience joy in the smallest things.
There are so many conniving people in this book and I honestly had no idea who to trust. Saxon's more or less an agent undercover who's undercover again and Isla's just needs to stay undiscovered for obvious reasons. All the different layers to this secret society start to be revealed and things that should have been left alone start to come undone. As much as I fell for these two characters, the plot was just as good and I generally don't find that unless the book is fantasy-based. The ending alone was a massive WTF moment and I need book 2 in my life now.