The King by Skye WarrenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review
So if you have been following my reviews, you are well aware that I was obsessed with the Endgame Series and couldn’t wait to get my greedy hands on Damon Scott in The King. The man behind the suit has always been an enigma. He exudes power, dominance and control and yet we know very little of him except that his only enemy is his father. So what layers of Damon will be revealed?
Gabriel Miller is as bold as thunder, rumbling, unmistakable. Damon Scott is lightning, so bright he’ll blind you. They’re both forces of nature but only one will kill you just to touch him. Only one will burn you in a flash.”Damon Scott is the newly appointed king of the city. He has wealth and power. He runs his empire with an iron fist but tries to be nothing like his father. He hates his father with a passion and soon readers will begin to discover a new side to Damon. His one fatal flaw. His forbidden attraction to a very young girl. His baby genius. His Penny.
The King picks off from The Endgame Series and so readers are treated to a little backstory of how Damon and Penny met. Was it fate? Coincidence? Or sheer luck? Either way, the meeting of Damon and Penny is a significant part in the story. Their lives are shaped by this meeting.
I have this sense that everything has led me to this moment. Everything has led me to Damon Scott.”Penny didn’t have the best childhood. She grew up in a trailer park with a mother who chose drugs over taking care of Penny. And so when Penny went to live with her father, it wasn’t all that great especially since her father has a major gambling addiction leaving Penny to fend for herself at a young age. Penny was forced to be an adult at the age of seven. Unlike her peers, Penny found comfort, solace and happiness in learning math. She was doing and solving mathematical equations that were high school and college level. Numbers were her addiction.
When Jonathan Scott, a known sadistic criminal learned of Penny’s gift, he wanted her. Penny tried her best to stay clear of Jonathan since she has heard of how cruel and ruthless he was. Damon was well aware of his father wanting Penny so he warns Penny to stay away and lay low. For several years, Penny was able to stay under the radar that is until Jonathan Scott walked backed into her life when her father owed so much money and Jonathan came to collect Penny.
Damon is right. He is a riddle I can’t solve, and I’ve had so few of those. He’s a warm, breathing puzzle with wooden parts and hidden clasps.”If you remember in The Castle, Penny was rescued by Damon Scott. And so in The King, we revisit that day when Penny was rescued. Readers get a glimpse of how sadistic and cruel Jonathan Scott was and what he did to Penny. We also get to understand the bond that Damon and Penny have for one another.
We have something in common now. We’re both monsters. Not the kind you can see on the outside. He wears a secret smile on his handsome face. Bruises faded back to pale skin on my naked body. It’s only inside that something can never be repaired. Only inside that I never really leave the water. Inside that I learn to need the dark.”What makes this book very different from Gabriel’s story is that it is not erotic or sexual in a sense, but it’s more of a deep sexual tension brewing between Penny and Damon. While there is an age difference and Penny is very young, I didn’t feel weirded out by how old Penny was because she was very mature for her age since she had to grow up and take care of herself and father at a very young age.
The King ends in a major cliffhanger that begs readers for more. Seriously, I’m itching to get my hands on the next book because I need to know what happens with Damon and Penny. The sexual tension is killing me.
Because I did dream of you, Penny. I dreamed of you and I watched you and I wanted you. Even though I knew it was wrong, I couldn’t stop. It isn’t about how old you are—it’s you. It’s only ever been you.”Overall, this book was a suspenseful slow burn dark romance. I loved Penny’s character so much. She was strong, resilient, smart and yet had that vulnerable aspect to her. I love her connection with Damon and how Damon affected her. As for Damon, you can’t helped but love him. He had this magnetic persona and aura that drew you to him. You wanted to know more of this mysterious and quiet man. And so, I can’t wait to discover what layers of Damon will be revealed and how far will he go to make Penny his.
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