King (The King Series, Band 1)

I can't decide whether I loved or hated it, but it was certainly a story which was able to leave me disgusted, shocked and enthralled at the same time. First off, the author as well as the editor(s) need some spelling lessons, for all those typos nearly weren't intolerable anymore. Please learn the difference between than/then and its/it's! And the author definitely needs to think of synonyms for the word "fuck" in every possible way. I searched the story for this word, and it appeared more than 550 times, sometimes thrice in one sentence. Sorry, T.M. Frazier, I get this was meant to include harsh language, but too much is too much. This was a story I wanted to throw at the wall and mark as "did-not-finish" so many times I lost count, but the author right then threw in major twists to keep me reading. One of the best things about it was certainly its fast pace as well as its outstanding characters. I felt for Doe and wanted to know more about her fate. Preppy became my new favorite minor character. Grace was such a cool granny. And King was ... difficult, I guess, for the lack of a more matching expression. I think I have to be proud to have made it to the very end, because the ride kept being so frustrating. The first 19 chapters were pretty good and had some really well-written sections, but the 20th chapter saw a major twist which left me questioning why this was necessary. The rest of the story felt rushed, as if the author didn't know what to write to get to the ending. She even threw in some badly handled shocking scenes written for the single purpose of being shocking, and several scenes felt underdeveloped and missing the point. I already decided not to read the sequel ... and then there was that cliffhanger. Who would not want to read the sequel, Tyrant, right now? Overall, this was very frustrating to read and will not be reminded by me as being outstanding in its genre or very innovative. In fact, the author established an interesting basis as well as an intriguing setting with profound characters only to weaken its effect on the reader by some annoying twists which have already been used by other authors thousands of times. And yet she managed to keep me reading, so it could not have been that bad. "King" receives three stars because of its ability to create such polarizing feelings about it. I would not recommend it to anyone not interested in Dark Romance, but neither am I into this genre and survived it nonetheless, so ... you probably have to form your own opinion about it if you think about reading it. The story as well as the sequel are available for free on the internet, which is why I will presumably not hesitate to read "Tyrant". Hopefully, this one will be better executed; the potential is clearly existent.

Oh Gott. Was machen Bücher nur mit mir ? XD Ich habe eine Schwäche für Dark Romance. Über diese Reihe hat jeder geredet die letzten Jahre und als ich es das Hörbuch zur Verfügung hatte war es klar: Let‘s read this immediately. Was soll ich sagen? Das Buch war eine Achterbahn. Ich habe geweint, geschrien, gelacht, gekeucht - das Buch hat so viele Schichten. Die Geschichte ist gut. Spannend, brutal, gewaltig. Manchmal war es mir zu überlastet und damit an der Realität vorbei aber naja. Die Autorin schafft es dich so mitfühlen zu lassen, dass es einen förmlich zerreißt. DIESES ENDE!!!! ( okay einmal tief durchatmen ) Aber diese Charaktere. Wow. Wir haben Doe, die mit einer der best geschrieben innerlichen Konflikte hatte. Wie sie sich anders beschrieb, als sie, die Person wie sie einmal war und wie King ihr Leben komplett aus den Angeln hebt. Die Nebencharaktere wuchsen einem ans Herz. Ich liebe sie alle. Preppy, war da ganz vorne. Und King. UND KING!! Oh die düsteren Charaktere, die eigentlich so gute Menschen sind, oh ja die mag ich besonders. King war sehr düster, was seine Gefühle gegenüber Doe nur dominanter herausstechen ließ. Das fand ich besonders toll. Nun ich starte jetzt mit Teil 2. Diese Cliffhanger sind ja nicht auszuhalten.