Genre: YA Fantasy
The Great Hunt Series, Book 2
Expected publication date: March 8, 2016
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Description (taken from Wendy Higgins' website):
Kill the beast. Win the girl.
A strange beast stirs fear in the kingdom of Lochlanach, terrorizing towns with its brutality and hunger. In an act of desperation, a proclamation is sent to all of Eurona—kill the creature and win the ultimate prize: the daughter of King Lochson’s hand in marriage.
Princess Aerity understands her duty to the kingdom though it pains her to imagine marrying a stranger. It would be foolish to set her sights on any particular man in the great hunt, but when a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention, there’s no denying the unspoken lure between them…or his mysterious resentment.
Paxton is not keen on marriage. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He’s determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast and protecting his family—yet Princess Aerity continues to challenge his notions with her unpredictability and charm. But as past secrets collide with present desires, dire choices threaten everything Paxton holds dear.
Aerity lives in a kingdom where choice and true love conquer all. But with a brutal beast terrorizing her home and no one succeeding in killing it, she is offered up as the prize to any hunter who can kill the beast. It is something she has learned to accept for the good of her kingdom. But when she meets a mysterious hunter who could care less about the prize, she becomes intrigued. And giving up her freedom to choose who to marry suddenly becomes that much harder.
Paxton loves his home, but he has never cared for the royals who govern it. Their rules and abandonment of the people is all he's ever known. However he is willing to kill the beast to protect his home and family. But seeing Aerity as a person instead of a princess softens his heart. And with the task at hand, pasts coming to haunt him, and the choice of killing the beast or walking away, suddenly nothing becomes free will anymore.
I have to start with this book felt too childish and sappy for me. Yes, I'm a romantic. But I'm not a soggy romantic (no one likes soggy bread). I tried really hard to like the predictable story line, and it is a good story. It's just I often questioned how old the characters really were throughout the story. They acted a little too young for their age, and the theme of hopeless love just kind of left me with a nasty taste in my mouth.
I am one of those people who absolutely loved the Sweet Trilogy. And that's honestly why I picked up this book. I honestly wouldn't have believed the author wrote both books after having finished this one. I suggest reading more reviews before deciding to read this one.
Thanks goes to Around the World ARC Tours for providing me with a copy.
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