Radiant Sin by Katee Robert
My Rating: ★★★★★
No one knows exactly how dangerous the Thirteen can be than Cassandra. They protect their own at all cost, and then they protect Olympus with everything they’ve got. Cassandra’s parents played with fire to further their ambitions and lost their lives in the process. Unfortunately, the reality of what they were up to when they lost their lives still affects her and her sister well into adulthood. It’s why Cassandra is determined to get out of Olympus. When she takes on the task of entering a very public fake relationship with her boss and using it to gain information on what a new and dangerously powerful person is up to, she’s on it. How can she say no when the payment is two tickets out of Olympus with enough money to start over without struggling?
This time we follow Cassandra and her boss and long time crush, Apollo, as they go undercover of sorts for a week-long party. I was not expecting their chemistry to be on fire, and boy, it was! These two were sizzling off the pages from the very start. It’s clear the pair have had a thing for each other for a long time, but neither of them has let the other know. Cassandra plans on getting the hell out of Olympus with her sister. Plus, she really doesn’t have plans to get too tangled up with the Thirteen. Meanwhile, Apollo’s heart beats for Cassandra, but he refuses to let it be known. He doesn’t want his position Apollo and as her boss make anyone feel like they have to date him. It’s why he plans to never let her know he’s interested.
However, things change when Apollo asks Cassandra to be his plus one for a week-long party. He needs someone as sharp as he is to help uncover what’s going on with the new powerful players in Olympus. It requires them to publicly pretend they’re dating, and faking a relationship quickly becomes reality when they each let their feelings for each other slip out. The story has some of my favorite tropes: fake dating, there is only one room, there is only one bed. Phew! It was so great to go from one disappointing book in the series to an absolutely excellent one.
Of course, the week-long party brings a lot to the table. There’s deceit, backstabbing (both literally and metaphorically), and relationships all on the line. Plus, it was a fun mystery because what exactly is going on, and what is the point of the seemingly strange party events? With the other plus ones slowly going missing and none of the Thirteen being concerned by it, Cassandra has her hands full in more ways than one.
It was also a delight to see more members of the Thirteen as well as getting to see them interact with one another. While many of them may have claws, some of them are pretty solid people, Apollo included. A sizzling romantic mystery that world builds and provides more character building? I absolutely loved it!
No comments:
Post a Comment