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The Gladiators Downfall by Kristen Banet

by - Friday, December 14, 2018


The Gladiator's Downfall, (Age of the Andinna Book 1)
Kristen Banet
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It's a...Reverse Harem
She’s an Andinna. A member of the winged, horned, and tailed warrior race that the Elvasi Empire defeated in the Hundred Year War and then enslaved. She’s a slave, and has been one for a thousand years, the personal property of the Empress of the Elvasi Empire, since the end of the War. She’s a gladiator, thrown onto the sands of the Colosseum to die, though it backfired on those who wanted her dead. She’s the Champion of the Colosseum, and has been for roughly nine hundred years. All of these things have marked her as an outcast among her own people. Hated, distrusted, and despised, she knows the name of her people, but not much else. But she knows where she stands. Keeping her head down and her blades sharp has carried her this far, and she refuses to acknowledge the deepest wishes she holds in her heart. Those will only get her killed. Alone, she’s stood against everything they have ever thrown at her, refusing to give them what they want.

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It isn't a huge shock to me that I fell head over heals in love with this story and Mave. Mave has been a slave for as long as she can remember and has never had anyone care about her, the few who tried typically ended up dead. You feel so much heartache over Mave's thousand years of existence pretty early into the book. I think that is what really seals the depth of feeling you have for her life. A thousand years as a slave, being alone, being tortured yet from Chapter One, you could see how much of "soul" she still had in her. She was immediately dubbed by me as a Xena, which coming from me means a lot 😆 Xena growing up was my idol and hero. Didn't need a man to keep her safe, fed or sheltered. 


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So enough hero worship..This series is going to be a slow build, the harem will be built book by book. Kristen was kind enough to warn me so I'll warn you not every guy you think might join will. There were plenty of hot scenes in this book but it is very early in the harem to get a full idea on where the romance aspect of things are going. This book was about Mave learning to open up and take a chance on people, this will most likely get her life taken or at the very least get her wings ripped off. Again you find a reason to love her because..

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Happens and you see the depth of her capacity to care, and hope. After everything she's been through she manages to do the unthinkable and forbidden deed of..

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OK OK! I'm done. Read the book it is awesome, another great series by Kristen Banet look forward to gobbling them all!!!  

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