Pawn (Ironclad Bodyguards 1) Reviewed

a review of Pawn (Ironclad Bodyguards 1) by ForTheLoveofFictionalWorlds

Did someone say Bodyguards?

Did someone say HOT bodyguards??

Sign me up baby!! ;)

I have to say the only (well the major reason) for requesting this ARC was that I really wanted a slice of the Hot Bodyguards virtually - since I ain't famous enough to warrant a real one :P

And I wasn't disappointed :D

This is the story of Grace Frasier - a Chess Prodigy fighting for domination in a world full of males. She has suffered a trauma, a trauma that has shaken her to the core. A trauma that no one, male or female should ever have to go through, all because she had the audacity to win against a male.

Yeah that actually pissed me off right of the bat and made me more amenable to like Grace (Yes, I see what you did there, you clever author!). Grace herself is an adorable little genius, who I just want to cuddle up with - and I rarely identify with female protagonists to be very honest. She is brilliant at Chess, she is strong, loyal and strategic in a way that made me so proud to be reading this book.

However, this story isn't just Grace's - it is also the story of Sam Knight - a half Arabic Bodyguard employed at Ironclad Bodyguards hired to protect Grace - because even if she is strong, she is still traumatised and she needs all the protection she can get!

Sam went into this job with quite a few assumptions, assumptions that Grace (well me) had a lot of fun seeing turn into dust!

Together these two were absolutely adorable and while the author did her best to show an explosive chemistry between these two - somehow that failed for me. While I adored their relationship - the slow progression from attraction to feelings to full blown love with loyalty and trust was heartwarming.

The plot as well - chess champion and a bodyguard? I had hoped that it wouldn't become a cliche and Thankfully it wasn't! This book kept at me until I just had to give up my sleep to complete and aren't those the best kind of books after all? <3

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