Book Review: Rejected by the Kagethi Lord by Starr Huntress

 

Book Description

Nina

Cinderella, I'm not.

I've been matched to a Kagethi Lord, but he wants nothing to do with me.

Reo is grumpy.

Rude.

Sometimes a downright jerk.

But there are flashes of kindness in his eyes.

And when we touch nothing else matters.

Reo

My mate. My heart.

My blood burns to claim Nina, keep her.

But more than the Suhlik threaten the peace here. If the forces ranged against the peace ever learn how much Nina means to me, she'll be in danger.

And I will do anything, everything, to keep her safe.

Even from myself.

My Review

Nina is matched with Prince Reo of Kagath. A treaty between Earth and Kagath has Nina giving up her life to travel to another planet and marry a Prince. The first thing that goes wrong is the teleporter device sends her out in the jungle on Kagath instead of the palace. Prince Reo comes to aid her back to the palace but Nina thinks he's just one of the guard, which gives them some time to chat on the way back to the palace. Reo doesn't tell her that he's the Prince until she finds out after they get to the palace and he rejects her as the one he'll marry. 

Nina doesn't realize that he's grown to actually like her and is trying to protect her by rejecting her because there are those at the palace that don't want him as their next leader since he's a half blood. So Reo is trying to keep her at arms length so no one realizes how much she actually means to him and he thinks that will keep her out of danger for the time being. 

Reo's mother knows there's something between her son and Nina and so she pushes them together time and time again which was good because they're meant to be together and they realize that while on a trip his mother sends them on. 

Reo and his mother are betrayed by someone they should have been able to trust but things have a way of working out for the best. I really liked this book and liked how it ended. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

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