{"id":3086,"date":"2015-10-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookmaven623.wordpress.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2015-10-05T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T12:00:00","slug":"review-royal-bond-by-megan-maldonado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/05\/review-royal-bond-by-megan-maldonado\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:  Royal Bond by Megan Maldonado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday!\u00a0 Today I have a great treat of a double-header.\u00a0 First up we have <em>Royal Bond<\/em> by Megan Maldonado.\u00a0 This is am imaginative novel with a paranormal twist.\u00a0 The characters develop beautifully and the story is well-formed.\u00a0 For my full review keep reading after the book blurb.\u00a0 Be sure to come back again today for the second half of my double-header.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/25686736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3087\" src=\"https:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/25686736.jpg?w=188\" alt=\"25686736\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Book Blurb:<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"freeText2312796326444213369\">They are forever\u2026<br \/>\nSydney Field\u2019s life is a rollercoaster on steroids with one constant\u2014Ryan Edwardson.<br \/>\nBest friends since a projectile crayon incident in kindergarten, Sydney and Ryan have stuck it out together through thick and thin, pranks and rants, and anything in between.<br \/>\nOne kiss changes everything\u2026<br \/>\nAs Sydney does her best to sort through her new found feelings for Ryan and mend what she broke in their friendship, the rollercoaster makes a complete one-eighty, unveiling Ryan\u2019s lifelong secrets.<br \/>\nThrust into a world chalk full of royalty and kingdoms and wielders, Sydney starts to wonder what\u2019s up or down, right or wrong, reality or fantasy.<br \/>\nIn a twist of events, Sydney finds herself enveloped in a world she never knew she belonged to. Friends become enemies, strangers become her survival, and love becomes the ultimate price.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Review:<\/h2>\n<p>Sydney and Ryan have been like Peanut Butter and Jelly.\u00a0 They have been the one constant in each other&#8217;s lives.\u00a0 But, after a kiss Sydney finally realizes that her feelings for Ryan are more than just friends.\u00a0 She must figure out a way to turn everything back to the way it was.\u00a0 When she realizes there is much more going on with Ryan and some of her other friends life becomes a lot more complicated then the planned for.\u00a0 The new world she enters is scary\u00a0and dangerous, but if she has her love then she can over come anything.\u00a0 But what happens when that love comes with an ultimate price?<br \/>\nI really enjoyed Sydney and Ryan&#8217;s love story.\u00a0 It drew me in and had me turning the pages faster and faster.\u00a0 Though I loved the love story and the extra paranormal element, Sydney was hard to get used to at first.\u00a0 Her character was very brash and a bit annoying.\u00a0 She develops quite a bit but there are times when you want to pull your hair out with her.\u00a0 I also really enjoyed the friends in her circle.\u00a0 They truly made this story quite well-rounded.\u00a0 For the first book in her series, Megan Maldonado has an excellent world she has built.\u00a0 I look forward to seeing more of it and more of the fantastical characters she has created.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday!\u00a0 Today I have a great treat of a double-header.\u00a0 First up we have Royal Bond by Megan Maldonado.\u00a0 This is am imaginative novel with a paranormal twist.\u00a0 The characters develop beautifully and the story is well-formed.\u00a0 For my full review keep reading after the book blurb.\u00a0 Be sure to come back again today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1026,1171,1301,1317],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-megan-maldonado","tag-paranormal","tag-romance","tag-royal-bond"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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