Malum: Part II (The Elite King’s Club book 5), by Amo Jones
My Review: 5 of 5 stars
Pain doesn’t define us, it shapes us.
Amo Jones is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors for dark and twisty romance… And Malum, Part 2 was an outstanding conclusion to Nate and Tillie’s romance. It kept me right on the edge of my seat. I have waited (with very little patience, mind you) for the conclusion to this particular story and that wait wasn’t in vain. Amo delivered!!!!
First, it is my opinion that the Elite Kings books should be read in the following order: The Silver Swan, The Broken Puppet, Tracet a Mortuis, Malum Part 1 and Malum Part II. While technically two different romances—the first three books listed are Madison and Bishop’s trilogy and Malum Parts I and II are Nate and Tillie’s duet—I STRONGLY advise readers to start with The Silver Swan as the events in Malum Part I and II will be challenging to follow without doing so. Moreover, you can not appreciate the depths of the stories without starting at the beginning. Now, I am not one for cliffhangers, and these books all end with one so go into the stories prepared to binge read. However, there is something I am a huge fan of, and that’s Amo’s writing and dark romance. And since her works are deliciously dark, super sexy, and offer readers a truly unique romance that I’ve found nothing to compare to, I can’t praise the author enough. Also, due to my refusal post spoilers, this review is going to be relatively light on details, so please forgive me.
Nate and Tillie’s romance continues with twist after twist that I never saw coming. It’s epically dark, but also offers romance, redemption and love. Amo returns readers to the story that made me stand up and take notice of her as an author. The Elite Kings books are where I started my love of all things Amo Jones, and from that moment on, there has been no going back. I own each book she’s written, and I’ve now read one of them with each break I get in my blog schedule—which is saying something since I have a TBR list a mile long. Nate is fiercely protective and Tillie is sassy and strong as hell. This series is endlessly entertaining, and I cannot freaking wait til Amo releases Brantley’s books. The one thing I would caution is that you must be a fan of dark romance to appreciate this series because nothing about it is mainstream ‘warm and fuzzies’ romance. Amo Jones writes phenomenally well and if you’ve yet to read her work (and love dark romance, of course), you have absolutely no idea how very, very much you’re missing out. If I had the power, I would dub Amo the Queen of Dark Romance because she is without question a genius!!!
