TITLE: The Minotaur
SERIES: Gods and Myths #1
AUTHOR: Sophie Ash
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THE SYNOPSIS
The labyrinth is a death sentence. And I’m trapped inside with a monster. I’m being imprisoned for a crime I didn’t commit. My sentence is brief—only three months—but it doesn’t matter. No one gets out of the labyrinth alive. The underground prison is home to the minotaur, a bull-shifter so feral and violent, he has never been allowed to walk the streets of our city. Or so the legend goes. Nobody who’s seen him has ever lived to tell the tale.
When I’m dragged to the labyrinth to carry out my sentence, the skeletons littering the ground tell me all I need to know. The minotaur is a killer and a monster. But this monster doesn’t want to just kill me. What he has planned is much worse. He wants to toy with me—to chase and stalk me. Until I’m his.
This story is a re-imagining of the classical Greek myth of the minotaur. In this version, there are no heroes and the monster gets the girl. All explicit scenes are consensual and a Happily Ever After is guaranteed.
THE REVIEW
Welp, I didn’t see that coming! This book popped up in my feed and I was intrigued. Free with Kindle Unlimited? Sure, let’s give it a go! Wow! What an easy, fun read! It had drama, danger, romance, steam, and action! I don’t want to give away too much, but Ariadne is sentenced to the Labyrinth for a supposed crime. The labyrinth is where the oppressive government sends criminals to die…because within the labyrinth lives the Minotaur! No escapes that death sentence…except Ariadne. The Minotaur feels something different with her and thus begins a slow and oddly believable romance! I was worried it would feel silly but it doesn’t! Their relationship builds slowly and with hesitation from both of them, but in the end, they find love and understanding with each other! And that’s where I’m going to stop.
Overall, I (very surprisingly) loved this book and can’t wait for the next installment!
TROPES
Paranormal Romance, Shapeshifter Romance, Monster Romance, Gamma Hero, Anti-Hero, Damaged/Tortured Hero, Disabled/Wounded/Scared Hero, Protective Hero, Possessive/Jealous Hero, Experienced Heroine, Enemies to Lovers, Beauty & the Beast, Forced Proximity, Nursed Back to Health, Suspense/Danger/Murder, Five Star, Four Flame
ParanormalRomance, ShapeshifterRomance, MonsterRomance, GammaHero, AntiHero, Damaged/TorturedHero, Disabled/Wounded/ScaredHero, ProtectiveHero, Possessive/JealousHero, ExperiencedHeroine, EnemiestoLovers, BeautyandtheBeast, ForcedProximity, NursedBacktoHealth, Suspense/Danger/Murder, FiveStar, Fourflame
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