The Emperor's Enemy (Deluxe Limited Edition) A Dark Fantasy Romance

In a world full of egoistic spartan gods, evil titans and powerful beings, Alexis is just a poor girl with adoptive parents that abuse her. It all changes when she wants to take the test that could better hers and her adoptive-brothers life for the better. But as fate decides she’d been revealed as a spartan and now must win the games the gods have planned for her and the other participants. Meanwhile her mentors are the best known and most longed for Spartans, which automatically lowers their few of her, and the other two most known and feared Spartans are REALLY interested in her, but she? She’s just trying to survive. Alexis is an extremely sympathetic character that often made me laugh out loud, just because her inner monolog is so real and relatable. This book is for everyone that likes enemies-to-lovers, people that like a relatable main character and obsessive love interests!

Alexis lives in a distopian future where Gods reign the world and Titans threaten to destroy it. Growing up Alexis was raised in a trailer park by cruel foster parents who died after an incident with a Titan. Since then Alexis had to fend not only for herself but her brother. All Alexis wants from life is living a more or less comfortable life with her brother and being left alone by anyone else. That changes drastically after it is discovered, that Alexis has Spartan blood running through her veins. As the only woman she is thrown in a competition of demigods who fight to earn their immortality. Its been a long time since i last binged a book in a few sittings, but this one really hooked me. The storyline is entertaining and the main character Alexis is pretty funny. Blood of hercules is the first book in an upcoming series, Jasmine Mas did a great job at laying the groundwork and getting the reader excited for the next book. If you like reading about sexual tension and enjoy a great fantasy plot this book is perfect for you since the series is considered a dark reverse harem fantasy.

WOW, dieses Buch hat mich komplett in seinen Bann gezogen! Zunächst hat mir der Schreibstil unfassbar zugesagt, man konnte die Geschichte einfach flüssig runterlesen. Die Autorin hat Humor, Gewalt, Intensität und Spannung erfolgreich kombiniert. Am Anfang war ich skeptisch da ich mir die griechische Mythologie nicht in einem dystopischen Setting vorstellen konnte aber es hat total gepasst! Im ersten Band gibt es wenig Spice aber durch die Taten und Intensität zwischen den Charakteren war das auch gar nicht nötig, man hat trotzdem sehr viel gefühlt. Also tolles World Building, außergewöhnliches Setting, starke und interessante(!) Charaktere, toller Schreibstil und intensives Leseerlebnis, was will man mehr?! Achja hab ich schon Achilles, Patro, Kharon und Augustus erwähnt? Alleine für die 4 lohnt es sich eindeutig das Buch zu lesen!!! Bis jetzt mein Jahreshighlight 2025 und ich weiß auch nicht, ob sich daran dieses Jahr noch was ändern wird.

Oh gods, where do I begin? It´s kind of like a mythological version of the hunger games. Brutal, magical and insane. The lovestory of the female character is a hit or miss for me, but I´ve loved the story between Achilles and Patroclus. It is certainly not for everyone and definetly a dark romantasy, especially in the last few chapters. Nonetheless it was an amazing read and is a good story for someone who loves greek AND roman mythology and wants to start reading darker stuff.

The Dilogy has some weak and strong moments. Alexis Hart would have died in the first book if it werent for her love interests, family and friends. So it was refreshing when she finally realised that she´s powerful and kick ass on her own. I love her bickering and sarcastic attitude towards the love interests. The book is considered dark romance, but I would disagree