ARC received from author for an honest review

I had no idea what to expect when Ms Paton offered this book for us to read - all that she said was that it was "very different" from everything else she has written. Now, given that everything I have read of hers so far has been "different", this was no help to me!!

But I like different.

Bliss King #1 has a paranormal-ish kind of feel to it when you first start reading. I had Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody running through my head "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"

But as you read on, you realise that it isn't a paranormal book.

It is not the normal start to a relationship - kidnapper and kidnappee, but for Lek and Greer, it is what it is, and it works for them. Through everything, you just want them to say "f&*k it all, I want this".


Kidnappers, drug lords - sounds all kinds of dark and terrible doesn't it? But it doesn't feel that way at all. I think it is the tropical Asian island setting, the creatures, the heat that makes it feel lighter.


Lek is what he is, and he knows it. He doesn't pretend to be anything else, and even as he tries to push Greer away, he wants her near. She gets him, and gets to him.


So no matter how bad the things he had done, has done, you just want him and Greer to get together.

Just as things were really starting to come together - BAM! It ended. I knew it was part one of four, so I was not surprised at having a cliffhanger ending.

BUT there is not long until the next part of the series is released, so the wait won't be too terrible!