Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)

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Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin s Creed in this epic, gripping fantasy romance from debut author Maxym M Martineau.Exiled beast charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep trouble Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts on the black market an offense punishable by death and now there s a price on her head With the realm s most talented murderer for hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can t refuse powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life.If only it were that simple Unbeknownst to Leena, the undying ones are bound by magic to complete their contracts, and Noc cannot risk his brotherhood of assassinsnot even to save the woman he can no longer live without. Read Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1) – kino-fada.fr 4 stars WOW From my very mediocre reactions to the cover to the fact that I entered it during a miniature personal reading slump, Kingdom of Exiles blew me away with its readability, world building, and overall reading enjoyment Writing Concept Characters Plot 1 2Pacing It s been a long time since I ve loved a new paranormal romance I think as I ve shifted toadult mystery thrillers and YA novels, it s hard to revert back to the often formulaic nature of the ave 4 stars WOW From my very mediocre reactions to the cover to the fact that I entered it during a miniature personal reading slump, Kingdom of Exiles blew me away with its readability, world building, and overall reading enjoyment Writing Concept Characters Plot 1 2Pacing It s been a long time since I ve loved a new paranormal romance I think as I ve shifted toadult mystery thrillers and YA novels, it s hard to revert back to the often formulaic nature of the average paranormal romance Kingdom of Exiles is no ordinary romance In fact, it s one of those books that I often feel is on the wrong side of the shelf between romance and fantasy it has the action and world building of many adult fantasy novels, just withsex I mean, who can complain Leena is a Charmer, a class of magic bearing human that can tame the magical beasts found in the world and keep them in her beast realm, which for the sake of this review can best be described as a similar concept to Ne...Kingdom of Exiles was a solid fantasy debut novel After reading the blurb I was intrigued by the premise and plot And as expected the storyline was unique, and at times gave me a Pokemon vibe which I really enjoyed.The writing was smart, and I can see the author s potential Even though it felt like a debut novel at times, which it is the plot and writing soundedlike a YA novel The story was a bit stilted at times, and didn t flow as it could have Nevertheless I read it in short orde Kingdom of Exiles was a solid fantasy debut novel After reading the blurb I was intrigued by the premise and plot And as expected the storyline was unique, and at times gave me a Pokemon vibe which I really enjoyed.The writing was smart, and I can see the author s potential Even though it felt like a debut novel at times, which it is the plot and writing soundedlike a YA novel The story was a bit stilted at times, and didn t flow as it could have Nevertheless I read it in short order, maybe in a couple days, since I had to squeeze in reading time at work etc.The element of charming animals that were as exotic as Pokemon creatures, and matching said animals to humans was very well done.I would have likedof the animal charming, since that s a HUGE draw of the story, and les...You think snake charmers are impressive Meet Leena, magical beast charmer, down on her luck and now wanted for selling her beasts on the black market The punishment is death, but that s only if you get caught, which she has no intention of doing until the realm s most talented Murder for hire assassin is fast on her heels How could Noc know he would fall for this beauty, even if it could cost him his life KINGDOM OF EXILES by Maxym M Martineau has a magical, mystical romantic tale that may t You think snake charmers are impressive Meet Leena, magical beast charmer, down on her luck and now wanted for selling her beasts on the black market The punishment is death, but that s only if you get caught, which she has no intention of doing until the realm s most talented Murder for hire assassin is fast on her heels How could Noc know he would fall for this beauty, even if it could cost him his life KINGDOM OF EXILES by Maxym M Martineau has a magical, mystical romantic tale that may take a while to reach ...Title Kingdom of Exiles Series The Beast Charmer 1Author Maxym M MartineauRelease date June 25, 2019Cliffhanger yesGenre fantasy, paranormal romanceWhen it came to us, there were just too many thorns But damn if I didn t want to cut them all down and see what grew.The first half of this book was a little slow going for me Thankfully once I felt comfortable in Maxym M Martineau s world of beasts, charmers, and assassins, I was all in It was loaded with action, adventure, and a romanc Title Kingdom of Exiles Series The Beast Charmer 1Author Maxym M MartineauRelease date June 25, 2019Cliffhanger yesGenre fantasy, paranormal romanceWhen it came to us, there were just too many thorns But damn if I didn t want to cut them all down and see what grew.The first half of this book was a little slow going for me Thankfully once I felt comfortable in Maxym M Martineau s world of beasts, charmers, and assassins, I was all in It was loaded with action, adventure, and a romance that was refreshingly heavy for the genre I wasn t entirely sold on how quickly Leena developed her attraction for Noc This is a guy whom she tho...4 FUN STARS Do you like Fantastic Beasts, Assassin s Creed and Pok mon Sounds intriguing This is the book you never knew you needed It s also surprisingly very good The only thing I can encourage you to do is pick this up asap.This novel just ticks all the right boxes for me Slow burn romance Fantastic action Magical creatures Merry band of assassins Steamy scenes Great world building I enjoyed the heck out of this and I can t thank Netgalley enough for bringing this to my attenti 4 FUN STARS Do you like Fantastic Beasts, Assassin s Creed and Pok mon Sounds intriguing This is the book you never knew you needed It s also surprisingly very good The only thing I can encourage you to do is pick this up asap.This novel just ticks all the right boxes for me Slow burn romance Fantastic action Magical creatures Merry band of assassins Steamy scenes Great world building I enjoyed the heck out of this and I can t thank Netgalley enough for bringing this to my attention Can t wait to read the s...I received this ARC courtesy of Netgallery in exchange for an honest review Pretty good read4.5 stars.Leena is a charmer, she charms magical beasts and and each of the beasts have certain powers that can be called upon when needed She has been living in exile due to a crime she did not commit To make ends meet she sells some of her beasts on the black market which is a punishable offense.She soon discovers there is a bounty on her head, a bounty carried out by a assassin s guild with a 10 I received this ARC courtesy of Netgallery in exchange for an honest review Pretty good read4.5 stars.Leena is a charmer, she charms magical beasts and and each of the beasts have certain powers that can be called upon when needed She has been living in exile due to a crime she did not commit To make ends meet she sells some of her beasts on the black market which is a punishable offense.She soon discovers there is a bounty on her head, a bounty carried out by a assassin s guild with a 100% completion rate She tries to make a deal with the head assassin and lucky for her he needs some beasts and since charmers are rare she is just the person to find them When she does she goes scot free view spoiler of course this is a lie because each assassin must ...Maxym M Martineau s KINGDOM OF EXILES debuts a fresh new fantasy world teeming with exotic beasts, magical secrets, and hot blooded romance Exiled from her homeland, and on the run from assassins, the heroine is a charmer, who can summon beasts to assist her and they are fabulous and wondrous indeed She makes a desperate bargain with the head of the assassin s guild, a cursed man compelled to hunt her down The climactic ending promisesepic adventures and political wrangling to come Maxym M Martineau s KINGDOM OF EXILES debuts a fresh new fantasy world teeming with exotic beasts, magical secrets, and hot blooded romance Exiled from her homeland, and on the run from assassins, the heroine is a charmer, who can summon beasts to assist her and they are fabulous and wondrous indeed She makes a desperate bargain with the head of th...UPDATE 5 27 19 I cant get this book out of my head so I just pre ordered my own paperback copy and cant wait to get it in my greedy little hands Heat Level 2 out of 4 flamesOverall 4 out of 5 starsReviewed by Naughty Book Snitch MandieSee Mandies Blog Review HerePRE ORDERLINKOfficial Book Trailer I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.First, the description of Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin s Creed DUH AND its adult Sign this bitch u UPDATE 5 27 19 I cant get this book out of my head so I just pre ordered my own paperback copy and cant wait to get it in my greedy little hands Heat Level 2 out of 4 flamesOverall 4 out of 5 starsReviewed by Naughty Book Snitch MandieSee Mandies Blog Review HerePRE ORDERLINKOfficial Book Trailer I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.First, the description of Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin s Creed DUH AND its adult Sign this bitch up That is a recipe for eye porn So, with all the good reviews I wanted to give this a fair shake and I was very critical of everything but also super hopeful this was going to be good I ended up really liking this book but it wasn t a smo...Released June 25, 2019Fantastic beasts meets Assassins Creed is an excellent description for Kingdom of Exiles Leena is a Charmer who can charm beasts and bond with them They can protect her She is exiled from her people for reasons you learn as the story progresses, and she s forced to sell her beloved beasts on the black market This is the number one law for her people to never break, and she thwarts an assassin hired to kill her Leena takes him hostage to find out who was trying to kill Released June 25, 2019Fantastic beasts meets Assassins Creed is an excellent description for Kingdom of Exiles Leena is a Charmer who can charm beasts and bond with them They can protect her She is exiled from her people for reasons you learn as the story progresses, and she s forced to sell her beloved beasts on the black market This is the number one law for her people to never break, and she thwarts an assassin hired to kill her Leena takes him hostage to find out who was trying to kill her, and she makes a truce with Noc, leader of the assassins He won t kill her, and she will gift him and his assassins beasts This was a wonderful start to a fantasy series I loved the beasts, they were my favorite part of the story They were each so unique, and I loved how many there were I need some fan art of them The world...Four and a half for this amazing beginning of what I think might be a trilogy Leena is a Charmer and can tame magical wild Beasts but she was cruelly betrayed by someone she trusted and is now banished from her homeland She makes her living however she can but someone has a plan that involves Leena and it means she s in grave danger.Noc leads a band of assassin s and the newest assignment goes horribly wrong when their target Leena gets the jump on her supposed killer She s brazen and brave Four and a half for this amazing beginning of what I think might be a trilogy Leena is a Charmer and can tame magical wild Beasts but she was cruelly betrayed by someone she trusted and is now banished from her homeland She makes her living however she can but someone has a plan that involves Leena and it means she s in grave danger.Noc leads a band of assassin s and the newest assignment goes horribly wrong when their target Leena gets the jump on her supposed killer She s brazen and brave but Noc has secrets of his own and if he can get the Charmer to cooperate and gift him with Beasts of his o...I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review Thanks Maxym and Sourcebooks Casablanca for sending me a copy Reread June 2019 To give you an idea of how much I adored this book, I actually read it twice since I received it back in February and I m already planning future rereads, so yeah, so say that I enjoyed it would be an understatement I completely fell completely in love with the story and the characters, I think I could literally read a million books about their adventures and I I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review Thanks Maxym and Sourcebooks Casablanca for sending me a copy Reread June 2019 To give you an idea of how much I adored this book, I actually read it twice since I received it back in February and I m already planning future rereads, so yeah, so say that I enjoyed it would be an understatement I completely fell completely in love with the story a...ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review Thank you Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima meets Sarah J.Maas We follow the two protagonists in Dual pov Leena, a beast charmer and Noc a lethal assassin Leena is a fugitive and Noc is cursed and somehow they end up meeting because Noc is hired to kill her The premise is fun, the magic system and world building are interesting However I had some issues Leena is supposed to be a badass that must not be underestimated a ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review Thank you Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima meets Sarah J.Maas We follow the two protagonists in Dual pov Leena, a beast charmer and Noc a lethal assassin Leena is a fugitive and Noc is cursed and somehow they end up meeting because Noc is hired to kill her The premise is fun, the magic system and world building are interesting However I had some issues Leena is supposed to be a badass that must not be underestimated and yet we re told she would never be able to beat Noc or one of his group.She is pure like a unicorn and literally, charming Noc and his brotherhood of assassins are supposed to be lethal But all of them end up b...Kingdom of Exiles was a sizzling hot magical tale.Leena is a magical beast charmer She is extremely gifted but in exile from her people, for a crime she didn t commit The only way to live is to sell the beasts she charms The problem with that, if she gets caught by her people, they ll execute her But someone really wants her already and it brings Noc, a top assassin for hire after her.I loved the world building and the imaginative beasts Magic, mayhem and sizzling chemistry, Kingdom of Exil Kingdom of Exiles was a sizzling hot magical tale.Leena is a magical beast charmer She is extremely gifted but in exile from her people, for a crime she didn t commit The only way to live is to sell the beasts she charms The problem with that, if she gets caught by her people, they ll execute her But someone really wants her already and it brings Noc, a top assassin for hire... Thank you to the publisher Sourcebooks Casablanca for giving me an e ARC via NetGalley.You can also read my review here No matter how hard you try, no matter how many battles you win, you will never survive me MAGICAL BEASTS WITH ASSASSINS AND A CUP OF ROMANCE I M ALL HERE FOR IT I don t know where I should begin Everything about this book was mind blowing I picked it up expecting some cheesy romance with average beasts show up here and there but boy I WAS COMPLETELY WRONG When the premise Thank you to the publisher Sourcebooks Casablanca for giving me an e ARC via NetGalley.You can also read my review here No matter how hard you try, no matter how many battles you win, you will never survive me MAGICAL BEASTS WITH ASSASSINS AND A CUP OF ROMANCE I M ALL HERE FOR IT I don t know where I should begin Everything about this book was mind blowing I picked it up expecting some cheesy romance with average beasts show up here and there but boy I WAS COMPLETELY WRONG When the premise announced that this is going to be something like Fantastic Beasts meet Assassin s Creed, well, I can t be sure that they re right because I haven t read Assassin s Creed. BUT, I can assure you that Kingdom of Exiles was perfection.First, I want to praise Martineau for creating awesome and powerful beasts I love this book mainly because of them The description of these creatures was so beautiful and...Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M MartineauFirst book in the Beast Charmer series3 starsLeena is an exiled beast charmer She makes a living catching low grade beasts to stay alive and has made many enemies of Charmers and humans alike Her latest enemy has put a hit on her and this assassin is like no other The Cruor are assassins that have been raised from the dead and can control the shadows After Leena defeats a Cruor and nearly kills him, the leader Noc decides to use this hit for his advanta Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M MartineauFirst book in the Beast Charmer series3 starsLeena is an exiled beast charmer She makes a living catching low grade beasts to stay alive and has made many enemies of Charmers and humans alike Her latest enemy has put a hit on her and this assassin is like no other The Cruor are assassins that have been raised from the dead and can control the shadows After Leena defeats a Cruor and nearly kills him, the leader Noc decides to use this hit for his advantage and get some beasts Will Noc carry through with assassinating Leena Will Leena be able to prove that she isn t evil by taming the Myad and proving herself as a worthy innocent to the beast Who has the hit on Leena and why do they want her to be apart of a ritual sacrifice I usually don t pose questions in writing a synopsis, but I figured if these questions pique your interest then this will probably be a book for you Kingdom of Exiles has a fun plot The plot follows the vein of...

Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)
  • English
  • 07 September 2018
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 438 pages
  • 1492689386
  • Maxym M. Martineau
  • Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)