Gameboard of the Gods
Up until I read this book I've loved each and every book Richelle has written. I thought this time it would be a bit more twisted tan usual and that I may not like it as much. Boy, was I wrong!!! This dystopian book is marvellous. It is told in three different points of view (POV): Mae's, Justin's and Tessa's.
I should start with Justin's story...
Justin was a servitor for his country, the RUNA (Republic of United North America), but after some discoveries on his part and subsequent report he was exhiled and ended up in Panama (miles away from the technological and cultural superiority of the RUNA). He was miserable and longed to go back home to Vancouver. One night four years later, he sees this gorgeous woman that he can't stop staring at and after a series of events, they end up in his place and things turn hot ;) But there's a catch, he can't have sex with her again or he'll have to do something he really doesn't want to. Imagine his shock when he is asked to come back to the RUNA and have Mae be his bodygard/protector... talk about temptation!!! He is contacted because a series of murders have everybody on edge and there's a video that shows it might be involved with religion (Justin's expertise). He manages to get a student visa for a Panamenian girl named Tessa, the daughter of one of his friends in Panama. He sees some of himself in her and wants to help her.
Once back in the RUNA, after reuniting with her sister and nephew, he and Mae start investigating the case. To do that they have to go back to some of Justin's old contacts and they meet a lot of obstacles. Meanwhile he is dealing with a "gift" that a god left for him: two ravens that talk inside his head.
Mae is another case altogether. She is a soldier for the republic and has an implant that enhances her strengh and abilities, also becuase of the implant she can't sleep. She in incredibly beautiful and an oddity. She has recently lost someone she cared about and is in a weird place. She is assigned to Justin as a kinf of punishment. As she keeps spending time with him she begins to understand him better and see the reason behind his substance abuse and amazing intelligence. But there is a dark force both helping her and clouding her mind that she doesn't understand. And the case they are working on start unravelling things and secrets from her past that are a hard pill to swallow, but that explain what she's going through.
Tessa is a 16 year-old girl that doesn't behave the way the society she lives in requiers from her. She is smart and talks when she shouldn't, and likes reading a lot. She can't see why Justin would pick her to take to the RUNA, even if it is as a favor to her father, but she agrees to go anyway. Once there she struggles to fit in in a society that is completely different from where she grew up. And she can't really shake the way she is treated because she is "provincial".
The whole investigation unearthes a lot of skeletons, but worst of all it brings to life many religious issues that are a threat to the RUNA's ideals. However, there is no way of stopping what they've uncovered and that opens the door for the next book in the series.
Mae's and Justin's relationship is bumpy and hot and you can completely see why they belong together, but Justin needs to keep her away and mad at him in order to avoid temptation as much as possible. I can't wait to see how their story continues in The Immortal Crown, book #2 in the series.
I know it sounds convoluted and hard to keep up, but you won't regret it. Once you get a hold on the story you won't be able to stop reading. And while I'm at it, I highly recommend all of Richelle's other series (Vampire Academy, Bloodlines, Georgina Kincaid and Dark Swan). Richelle is an amazing writer and I hope I get to read more of her stories.
I should start with Justin's story...
Justin was a servitor for his country, the RUNA (Republic of United North America), but after some discoveries on his part and subsequent report he was exhiled and ended up in Panama (miles away from the technological and cultural superiority of the RUNA). He was miserable and longed to go back home to Vancouver. One night four years later, he sees this gorgeous woman that he can't stop staring at and after a series of events, they end up in his place and things turn hot ;) But there's a catch, he can't have sex with her again or he'll have to do something he really doesn't want to. Imagine his shock when he is asked to come back to the RUNA and have Mae be his bodygard/protector... talk about temptation!!! He is contacted because a series of murders have everybody on edge and there's a video that shows it might be involved with religion (Justin's expertise). He manages to get a student visa for a Panamenian girl named Tessa, the daughter of one of his friends in Panama. He sees some of himself in her and wants to help her.
Once back in the RUNA, after reuniting with her sister and nephew, he and Mae start investigating the case. To do that they have to go back to some of Justin's old contacts and they meet a lot of obstacles. Meanwhile he is dealing with a "gift" that a god left for him: two ravens that talk inside his head.
Mae is another case altogether. She is a soldier for the republic and has an implant that enhances her strengh and abilities, also becuase of the implant she can't sleep. She in incredibly beautiful and an oddity. She has recently lost someone she cared about and is in a weird place. She is assigned to Justin as a kinf of punishment. As she keeps spending time with him she begins to understand him better and see the reason behind his substance abuse and amazing intelligence. But there is a dark force both helping her and clouding her mind that she doesn't understand. And the case they are working on start unravelling things and secrets from her past that are a hard pill to swallow, but that explain what she's going through.
Tessa is a 16 year-old girl that doesn't behave the way the society she lives in requiers from her. She is smart and talks when she shouldn't, and likes reading a lot. She can't see why Justin would pick her to take to the RUNA, even if it is as a favor to her father, but she agrees to go anyway. Once there she struggles to fit in in a society that is completely different from where she grew up. And she can't really shake the way she is treated because she is "provincial".
The whole investigation unearthes a lot of skeletons, but worst of all it brings to life many religious issues that are a threat to the RUNA's ideals. However, there is no way of stopping what they've uncovered and that opens the door for the next book in the series.
Mae's and Justin's relationship is bumpy and hot and you can completely see why they belong together, but Justin needs to keep her away and mad at him in order to avoid temptation as much as possible. I can't wait to see how their story continues in The Immortal Crown, book #2 in the series.
I know it sounds convoluted and hard to keep up, but you won't regret it. Once you get a hold on the story you won't be able to stop reading. And while I'm at it, I highly recommend all of Richelle's other series (Vampire Academy, Bloodlines, Georgina Kincaid and Dark Swan). Richelle is an amazing writer and I hope I get to read more of her stories.
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