
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review

Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks is a heart-pounding thriller suspense that takes place in a war torn country in the Middle East. Honor is a relief worker working in a clinic that happened to be attacked and bombed by a terrorist militant network. Injured, hungry and alone Honor tries her best to escape the men who are hunting her down but she doesn't get far. Hancock and his men have been assigned to rescue and retrieve Honor from a militia unit that is after her. Honor assumes Hancock's mission was to help her return safely back home but little does she know Hancock has some other ulterior motives. He wants to use Honor as a way to draw out another criminal mastermind that was behind the murder of his foster mother. But as Hancock and Honor continue to spend more time together, the walls that surrounds Hancock's tough exterior begins to crumble when he slowly lets Honor in. Will his feelings for Honor affect his original mission? Or will Hancock realize that the only important mission is the safety and protection of Honor?

Darkest Before Dawn is my first KGI book that I have read of the series. I will say that I enjoyed reading this action packed thriller suspense but I wished the author would have condensed some parts in the book. There were times that I felt the author was too detailed where it wasn't needed and a bit repetitive in the beginning. But towards the last 30% of the book, the action, romance, and suspense begins to pick up and allows readers to really feel the tension and uncertainty. As a fan of Maya Banks, I loved that she was able to showcase a strong heroine throughout the book and readers were able to witness a strong mercenary man who has soft spot for the woman who held his heart hostage. Overall, Darkest Before Dawn was an enjoyable thriller romantic suspense.

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