Book 3 in the Contemporary Mythos series
MMA fighter Harmony “Harm” Makos steps into the ring every day for more than the fame and glory of the fight. For her, it’s the alternative to therapy. An opportunity to tame the constant beast struggling to break free. Hardened by a broken home and high school ridicule, she’s learned to control the fury but it always lurks beneath the surface.
When a threat on her life arrives in the form of an ominous letter, a bodyguard is assigned to follow her every move. Harm is immediately against the idea, and the animosity rises when said bodyguard is none other than former MMA men’s heavyweight champion, Mars.
Between their heads butting at every turn, forced proximity, and constant banter, Harm will discover Mars isn’t all that he seems. Around him, visions of battle, chaos, and destruction plague her thoughts. The red glint in his eyes holds more than mystery–it bears the unknown cure for both their fury…if they can learn to work together, that is.
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It took me a long time before reading this volume of the Contemporary Mythos series, but now that I have read it, I can say that the wait was worth it.
Here, you are following Harm and Ares, respectively, an MMA fighter and an ex-MMA fighter who is now a bodyguard. For this book, I was kind of stuck. I like the forced proximity trope in romance, but the world of MMA is new territory. I was kind of afraid that it would take up so much space that I wouldn’t be able to appreciate the romance, especially after the previous book, Apollo. The thing that reassured me a little was the novella with them, which I read earlier this year, and Ares is, for now, my second favourite in this series.
The book happens on a very short timeline. A week is nothing, but as long as you don’t have a reminder of it, it feels like a genuine relationship is built. It’s a slow burn in the construction of this romance but a fast one in the timeline. You see through the book the place the author gave to Ares, as the god of war, and what impact it will have if someone dates him. I liked that many goddesses and gods appeared to help them or not. It’s a real family affair; sometimes, you just want to roll your eyes as they are too much.
There is only one element that sometimes bothered me, the time skip. You are in one place, and then in the following sentence, you’re in another without natural explanations. So you feel you miss something and need to reread the sentence to avoid missing an essential element. Especially since those aren’t the moments when Ares uses his power to go from one place to another in the blink of an eye.
I need to continue this series; the next one is Eros. To read my previous reviews of the books of this series, click the link below.
1st book’s review: Hades
2nd book’s review: Apollo
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