Book two of a two book series. El Santo (Book one) available now.FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M. ROBINSONSo here you are… Turning the pages, opening the next chapters of my life—wanting to know the next truths of my sins. As if the first half of my life wasn’t enough. You. Need. More. You want my redemption. My heart. My soul. Your happily ever after… You. Want. Answers. And I will grant you …
You. Want. Answers.
And I will grant you the very first one you’re dying to know.
Why did I leave her?
So go ahead.
Turn the page.
I fucking dare you.
You just might not like the answer.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
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4 Angsty CROWNS
El Pecador is exactly what I was expecting and also nothing that I was expecting. The character, the surprise plot twist that is a signature of M. Robinson, and the dirty, steamy moments between the hero and heroine are all there. Yet, I found myself not connecting with them or the story.
Damien is the man we knew when El Santo ended. He is weighed down by his perception or himself, and the demons he carries from his past crimes. Although he is confident, he feels insecure when it comes to his worth in relation to Amira. A good quarter of the novel, in fact, focuses on his rise to power, his guilt over abandoning her, and his attempt to find her, as well as his reaction when he thinks he has lost her. When they reconnect, though, the old Damien comes back, and I found that he has not really evolved as a character from the end of the last book.
Amira is a whole new heroine. The innocent and immature girl we left at the end of El Santo is gone and in her place is a sultry, lethal woman. She is an equal to Damien and has no qualms challenging this man. Amira has many secrets that she has kept over the years when Damien abandoned her, but as the story progresses and the characterization is revealed, readers get to see how she has become this new woman.
The story is a slow start. These two characters aren’t together for most of the beginning of the book, and while it is needed to understand what has happened during their time apart, it felt too long. The wait for them to come together or to even get any information was too much for me, and I found myself drifting. Once these two come back together, the sparks ignite and the M. Robinson plot that I love is in full force. The intimacy laced with the anger is explosive, and there are many secrets that are revealed, and I didn’t always see them coming, which is what makes me a huge fan of her stories.
Overall, El Pecador is a good story. It is entertaing and sexy, but it lacked something for me. It didn’t connect with me or enthrall me like all her past novels that I have read, and I can’t really pin it down to one thing. I am just going to go with the “it’s me, not the book” this time around.
I loved this book, I actually had to go back and get El Santo which is book one so that I had the complete (up to this point) story, this is a new to me author and I’m kicking myself for not discovering her a long time ago!! This is a complete and total page Turner love love love it!
No idea how this woman does it but Monica Robinson cements her top spot as the Queen of Angst with each book she brings out. This is one of my top reads of 2018.
After the cliffhanger M left us on at the end of El Santo I was nervously excited to see where she would take us next with this book. Once I started I could not put this down until I had devoured it and I felt like I had been put through the ringer but in a phenomenal way M manages to do.
M’s words as astounding, she manages to make you feel it all. The ups and downs, the angst, the suspense, the love, the pain, the hatred and the heartbreak. You know with M you will get a HEA but by hell does she make you work for it.
Each book she writes sets the bar higher and higher for the next one and each time she meets and exceeds her readers expectations with her phenomenal style that only she can deliver.
The Queen of Angst is constantly cementing her place as one of my favourite authors, a definite 1-click author.
All I can say is that “M” isn’t called the “QUEEN OF ANGST” for nothing! This book was definitely worth the anticipation to read and a PHENOMENAL conclusion to this duet! Words could never express the true feelings you get when reading one of M’s books and she definitely did not disappoint with this one; in fact, this may be one of my favorites so far from her and that says quite a bit considering my love for M’s books. With each turn of a page this read will shred you, wreck you, all while crushing your heart in the process only to bring you back to the brink of sanity to start the process all over again with the next chapter. There is no way to prepare yourself for the emotional rollercoaster ride you’ll take because we all know as soon as we open one of M’s books that’s exactly what will happen. Just know this book is INTENSE, CAPTIVATING, EXPLOSIVE, HEART-WRENCHING and so WORTH reading!!! The twists and turns will have you white knuckling your kindle, holding your breathe for what’s to come and gasping for air when it finally hits….. good luck getting through this read with your head and heart in tact!