MY RATING GUIDE: 3.5 Stars. With more action/adventure and less sexy times, this could have been a 4 for me. But it was still good fun.
1= dnf/What was that?; 2= Nope, not for me; 3= This was okay/cute; 3.5= I ENJOYED THIS; 4= I liked it a lot; 5= I Loved it, it was great! (I seldom give 5 Stars).
Nea Laurier comes from an Oronis noble warrior family. Hard training, honor and respect for the family name got her through school, then the training academy with the highest scores. Now she is an Oronis Knightmaster, a unit leader, among the best in the Oronos military. Although she and Knighhunter Galath attended the academy at the same time, their interests and personalities couldn’t have been more different. Nea despised Galath and his seemingly carefree manner, and he seemed to enjoy needling her.
Kaden Galath was orphaned at birth, raised in a care center and trained at the Academy. He is a Galatine dark knight, one of 4 remaining from a legendary race of long ago. Galatine warriors have always possessed deadly and unusual powers and once comprised Oronis’ fiercest fighting force, placed on the frontlines during the worst of battles. In recent times, the Galatine race is remembered only as being incredibly deadly. Kaden has earned the position of a Knighthunter, one of few selected and specifically trained to acquire information behind enemy lines. Putting his life on the line for the good of his people is his job, his daily mission. Kaden has scars, both visible and not, which remind him of past tight situations. And now he is being sent on another dangerous mission behind enemy territory not alone, but with the the delectable, rule-follower Knightmaster Nea Laurier. They are to locate and rescue their abducted queen, Carys, currently bound to her Knightguard Sten Karrahan.
Comments ~
1) KNIGHTHUNTER is a Second Chances trope story and bk2 in Hackett’s ongoing Oronis series (a spin-off off her EON Warriors series). KNIGHTMASTER, bk1, began the series arc and KNIGHTHUNTER continues it. The story arc concludes in the next/final book (I believe), KNIGHTQUEEN.
Yet this particular episode - KNIGHTHUNTER - concludes satisfactorily with the locating of Carys, the abducted Oronis queen and her missing Knightguard, Sten Karrahan; and with the resolution of a long held misunderstanding between the 2 MCs, concluding with a HEA (for them).
2) I really enjoy Hackett’s world building, action-filled and adventurous story plotting but the insta-sex can be a bit much at times. (I end up skimming through these sections).
3) Rather than listening to the audio version of KNIGHTHUNTER, this time I purchased and read the digital copy. I found it as enjoyable as the audio (from bk1) and easier to skim, as desired.
READER CAUTION ~ Not recommended to YA readers or those who prefer Clean fiction.
PROFANITY - Yes. Strong language is used, with occasional blasphemy as well.
VIOLENCE - PG. Not dark or violent.
SEXUAL SITUATIONS - Yes. Detailed intimacy occurs between the MCs quite early in the story, reoccurring several times (in case you missed it).