Gideon

Was not what i was expecting. Was expecting a series more like JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood, and it's not, but don't think as it's not like that fabulous series, it's not good, because it is.
Gideon has lived many lives, thanks to the pact he made with Moriel a wizard to become one of his Black Knights. To live, to kill, to die and to start the process all over again. The catch they must pardon the one enemy they first killed when they became a black knight and the cycle will be broken, however they have no knowledge of this detail until the end of every life, to know they had killed the one again, and the knowledge they just learnt will not go with them into the next life.
Gideon has just become the next Duke under mysterious circumstances of his brother's death. Michael doesn't trust that Gideon didn't have a hand in it. He becomes Gideon's driver hoping to be able to prove Gideon is a killer. Michael is the one enemy that Gideon must pardon to break the curse.
Enjoyable to read, Entertaining. Highly Recommend

3 3/4 Hearts from Shorty 4 Hearts from Pixie

Shorty’s Review: ♥♥♥♥ 3.75 Hearts

I have so many mixed emotions about this book at this moment. Gideon had me cringing with his weird sense of fascination with death. I found it horrifying that he would actually kill animals then move on to humans, no details, just short descriptions, to satisfy that curiosity. It was almost like reading the makings of a serial killer, at least that’s how I saw him as.

Michael thinks Gideon had something to with his ex-boyfriends death as well as Gideon’s own brother. It was hard for me to connect with either of these characters as one was a sociopath and the other I did not understand how he could suspect one of murdering two people yet sleep with him.

Gideon is reborn every time he dies as the result of being a mysterious man’s minion. But I believe he already had the murdering instinct well before his first meeting with the man who changed him. Gideon’s character gave me the creeps at his lack of empathy for human life.

Did I hate the book or love it, the answer is neither yes or no because I don’t know. It was well written I will say that.

Pixie’s Review: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts

Gideon is a lot of a sociopath, he takes pleasure in pushing the boundaries in all matters including death, and he uses those skills well in his clandestine job for the Government. When someone seems to be out to get him Gideon has no idea who it might be, and it isn’t long before his new driver comes under suspicion especially when Gideon discovers the man isn’t who he says he is.

Michael loathes Gideon with a passion, he truly believes that Gideon got away with murdering his ex-boyfriend and when Gideon’s brother dies Michael isn’t about to let Gideon get away with murder again.

I enjoyed this story and found both character equally as hard to get, I mean Gideon just seems to have no real emotions for anyone or anything, seeming indifferent to anything that isn’t centred on him. Michael is just as hard to get as he loathes Gideon but quickly changes his tune to f**k him, he seems determined to get one over on Gideon but then seems to be quite blasé when he thinks Gideon is a hitman.

The storyline surrounding Gideon and Michael is a really good one, and I thought that their relationship suited them both as they slowly warmed up to each other. I liked seeing them work together and figure out who is after Gideon even as they are adversaries.

We do get a little information on the Order of the Black Knights… and it wasn’t really what I was expecting at all. It’s all shrouded in mystery, a dash of paranormal and being stuck in a recurring cycle of death. Gideon made a deal which he’s bound by, he has to forgive his enemy rather than kill him to break the contract and with each cycle he gets colder and colder becoming numb to his feelings.

I’d recommend this to those who want something different, with a dash of hot sex and adversaries who turn to lovers, oh and a great ending.

I read the blurb for this book and found it really intriguing. It is about Gideon a rich and spoiled man who uses his power to literally get away with murder. He murders at will and doesn't even blink twice about it. I will not give too much of the story line away but something happened when Gideon was in college and Michael wants revenge. Michael gets his chance when Gideon needs help and Michael steps in. They get to know each other and Michael finds himself falling for Gideon and Gideon is falling for Michael. Now when you read this story you will find out that Gideon has never been in love or like with anyone before so this is all new to him. It starts to change him. I enjoyed parts of the story but I couldn't get over Gideon the brutal killer. Ashe tried to redeem him a little but I thought it fell short. I did enjoy the chemistry between Michael and Gideon. The sex scenes were hot. We find out about how Gideon came to be who and what he is. The mystery involved in the story line was good and it had some good twists and turns. I would definitely read more from Ashe and hope the next book in this series gives us more information about the actual Knights.....Received an ARC from publisher for an honest review.Reviewed by Jodi for Alpha Book Club.

Independent reviewer for Divine Magazine, I was gifted my copy of this book.

Apologises for the short review!

Michael hates Gideon. When they were at university together, Gideon took Michael's lover, Christopher, and caused his death. Landing a job as Gideon's driver is a way to get close and get his revenge. But Gideon is more than he appears, has less to do with Christopher's death that first thought, and even less to do with the death of his own brother. There are other forces at work here, and Gideon and Michael are not just fighting each other, they are fighting a long history.

As the title of this review says: different! And different, for me anyway, is always good.

Told from both Michael and Gideon's point of view, we get it all. We get that first meeting between these two men so long ago, and that feeling Gideon gets when around Michael. We get how Gideon first fell into the cycle of : live, meet, kill, die, and repeat. And we get how much these men really want to be with each other.

It tagged as Order of The Black Knights, book 1. Now, maybe I missed it, maybe the aforementioned cycle Gideon is in is the Order, but I didn't see anything about it in the book! Nothing is mentioned, you aren't told about the Knights, or the Order. And this is why it gets...

4 stars

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