It’s not all fun and gamesEthanThe Unity Games. Hundreds of hot, competitive, foreign women all staying in Italy for two weeks? Um… yes please! A no-pressure competition where I can show off my snowboard-X skills and time to party guilt-free? Talk about my ideal trip. But when I find out my old friend and partner Elle Ball is staying in the Village too, everything else becomes so shallow. After … becomes so shallow. After all, she’s the woman I’ve measured all others against. Now that she’s back in my life for such a short time, am I even good enough to move past “just friends”?
I love her passion and tenacity. She’s everything I’m not. After a terrible moment at the opening ceremonies and her own brush with death, she starts to think some of these “accidents” don’t seem so accidental. When Elle sets her mind to something, all I can do is help and try to hang on. Maybe then I can prove my worth.
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This is what I’ve been working for my whole life. The sacrifice, the early mornings and late nights… It comes down to this. This competition will land me a spot in the US Olympic Figure Skating team for sure. All I have to do is keep my head down and eye on the prize. It would’ve been easy if it weren’t for Ethan McNally.
The last time I saw him, he was a gangly kid… and one of my best friends. Now he’s a major hunk and that poses a huge distraction. So why can’t I stop thinking about him?
I’m surprised to find help and support from new friends as I dive into the strange events going on behind the scenes. As I unravel a vast conspiracy, I can’t help but wonder about my reunion with Ethan. Is he all that he seems or is he saying things I want to hear? Or, like this the Unity Games, were we doomed from the start?
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Bronze is the first book in the Dangerous Games series by Adele Huxley which is a romance story that is a page turner with suspense, twist and turns and surprise after surprise. Adele is a writer that has the knack of making you feel like you are right in the middle with the characters and the world in which they live. There are some characters that you love to hate and those you just love and some you just want to smack up the side of the head.
The best of the best are called up to take part in the Unity Games with prizes unheard of, but these are no ordinary games. Competitors from all over the world come together to be the best they can be, but what happens when things start to go wrong? What happens when there are hidden agendas? Who is safe and who can they trust?
Adele has written a great story and there are more to come. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series and see where this story goes.
Bronze is a little different from most of the genre’s that I read. Bronze is what I would call a romantic suspense, sports novel. This is the first book in the Dangerous Games Series. The scene is set as The Unity Games (kind of a Winter Olympics). Only the money they get for winning is big and these kids may be able to move on to the Olympics.
Elle and Ethan have a history with each other. Elle is a figure skater and Ethan used to figure skate until his father felt that was too girly. Now Ethan is a snowboarder and he is good, very good! There is a conspiracy and strange events happening. A little mystery, suspense & romance. Although, I feel that the romance is on the lighter side in this book.
I enjoyed reading Bronze and I look forward to reading the next book in this series. Silver will be out at the end of December.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book. I give Bronze 4 stars.
I was looking for something a bit different to read, and Adele Huxley definitely gave it to me with her book, Bronze. It has romance, a bit of steam, and lots of suspense. It is a definite page-turner!
I liked the characters right away, with the exception of Anna. Maybe she will turn a corner, and I’ll like her in the next book. I love when a character grows and matures, and the main character, Elle definitely did that. She has self-confidence issues, although everyone around her sees her differently than she sees herself. Her suite mates, Hadley and Rebel, take her under their wings, and the three become fast friends. Ethan is the one who gives who that push to have confidence in herself, and the voices of doubt begin to diminish. So Ethan….he’s the bad boy of his sport, but he isn’t really. He and Elle have an immediate connection, and it only deepens when they recognize each other. The two used to skate together when they were kids, and the crush they had on one another becomes more as they spend more time together.
Like I wrote earlier, I loved the characters, and the deep friendship and bond each of them shared. However, I loved the suspense of the book. The twists, turns, and surprises really kept the book moving for me. I would think I had a character pegged as the culprit, but Huxley would prove me wrong. She even surprised about some characters. I thought they were minor players in the story, but then they would become huge players.
Her writing was very good, and the way she described everything… I felt like I was there…from their exclusive lodgings to the snowboarding course or the ice rinks. She literally put me in the book and made me a part of it!
The characters, the plot, the setting, the romance, the friendship, and the suspense all combined to make this a perfect story! I’m so glad this isn’t the end of the series. It looks like Huxley has more surprises awaiting us in the next books, and I can hardly wait!!!
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Adele Huxley is new to my canvas of authors and based on Bronze is ready to go the distance. As a teen I was a huge Nancy Drew fan and Bronze takes me back to my days of teen angst and realistically shallow suspense. Ms. Huxley brings some of the lightness back to a genre that can be at times a bit too dark. Bronze is the first novel in the Dangerous Games series. What an introduction. Ethan and Elle are at their best when the shields come down and their hearts are on the line. In a world of competitors, renewed friendships and hidden agendas, danger is always waiting to pop out and surprise.