I waited to this weekend to read THE KING MAKER by Kennedy Ryan because I knew I'd need to sit with my feels. You don't read one of her luscious stories without being completely consumed.

Wow. Explosive and challenging, and ah I screamed at that ending. Cannot wait to read THE REBEL KING on November 18th.

If you don't want to know anything else, stop reading here. The rest of the review is mildly spoilery.

I appreciated the author's call to attention for her sensitivity readers and the time she took to research Lennix's heritage and her call to stand up for her beliefs and find a career and calling to advance them.

This story spans decades and I did kind of wish Lennix wasn't a minor when she first met Maxim, but YMMV. Nothing happened between them then, but still. I absolutely adored their second meeting in Amsterdam, I've been twice, and loved watching these two young, beautiful people fall in love and then lose it so quickly. So heart wrenching!

Ryan loves to kick you in the heart and write powerful characters, so I'm intrigued to see how this story ends.