Tuesday 25 July 2023

Ailene by Annabel Den Dekker~ Blog Tour


 Publisher: Bells' Books and Writings

Publication Date: 3rd April 2023
Genre: LGBTQ+ Romance
Summary:
Hayden Navarro has only one concern: protecting the ones he loves.

At nineteen, he learns the world is in danger. An anonymous terrorist organization has attacked several countries all across the planet. When his parents suspect there might be a mole in the Council of Ailene, they ask Hayden to go undercover as an intern.

Once in Ailene, he quickly becomes overwhelmed by everything and everyone around him. He struggles to keep his best friend, Lowell, safe while fending off the ever-present voices inside his head telling him that one day he’s going to lose everything, and he’ll be the one responsible for it all.

He’s close to falling apart altogether when he crosses paths with Alexander Collins, a funny and handsome Council member who makes him feel happy and understood. His days suddenly become a little bit brighter—but nothing in Hayden’s life is ever easy. There’s a strict rule against workplace romances, forcing them to stay just friends, yet as they grow closer, Hayden and Lowell find themselves steadily growing apart.

Can Hayden find a way to keep his head above water while hunting down the mole, struggling with his growing feelings for Alexander, fixing his relationship with Lowell, and trying to save everyone he cares about—all at the same time?

Review:
Firstly thank you to Pride Book Tours, Annabel Den Dekker and Bells' Books and Writings for having me on this tour and for sending me a copy of the book to review. Now I'm a little late with my review, there's been a few things that delayed me this weekend and I apologise for that.
That said I really enjoyed this book, I thought Hayden was intriguing, to begin with, and the further in the story we got the more I liked him. I enjoyed the development of his power and how he learnt to control it, and that he's one of few rather than everyone having this ability.
To begin with I thought he and Lowell might end up in a relationship and I'm really glad that they didn't, I so loved the brotherly relationship they had and how it developed over the course of the book. But what I was disappointed with was I had hoped that maybe Dev, Hayden and Alex might end up in a triad relationship, so I was a little disappointed when that didn't happen. That said I did love Alex and Hayden together.
It was a well-written book and loved the world-building, it kind of feels like we might come back to this world in another book. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we might and maybe we see how Lowell is doing.


Krystina xx

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