Review: Ivan

Ivan by Kit Rocha
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Maricela Rios is a post-apocalyptic princess, sister of Gideon, the current leader of Sector One, and Isabela, the current leader of the Sector One religion, and granddaughter of the Prophet. Hers is a life of privilege and wealth, yet it comes at a price. After the attempt on Gideon's life Maricela is forced to have a bodyguard with her 24/7 up close and personal and her every movement is dissected. Even worse, everyone treats her as it she is made of glass with no will of her own. Maricela knows that she is expected to make a politically advantageous marriage that will cement alliances and bring further wealth to the Rios coffers but the only man she eyes for is her bodyguard, Ivan.

Ivan is the son of a saint and the nephew of traitors. After his uncles were responsible for kidnapping and the death of another Rios princess which precipitated a civil war, Ivan and his mother were ostracised by Sector One. Barely able to scrape a living on the streets Ivan has been brought up to emulate his father and sacrifice himself to save others. Gideon saved Ivan and his mother and Ivan's life as one of Gideon's Riders means everything to him.

The princess and the bodyguard, political marriages, intrigue and treason. This novel has all of Kit Rocha's brilliant world-building and drama but the heat is turned down to simmer. The predecessor series set in Sector Four, the Beyond series, was all about the erotica whereas this series is all about the plot and I loved it.

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