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Temptation Trials
Revolution:
Men's POV
Men's POV
(The Tempted Series #1)
by B. Truly
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GENRE: Adult, Dystopian, Romance & Urban Fantasy
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BLURB:
There are always two sides to a story. Can love withstand the
ultimate temptation?
A new
Regime has arisen from the havoc and destruction of World War III. Society now
has to follow the strict mandates, reign under the dictatorship of His Highest
Eminence or suffer the consequences.
Tobias
and Kincade are part of a cryptic organization that’s trying to uncover the
secrets behind the Regime. Something is suspicious with the new world order—why
else would they want to control the most powerful emotion of love? With
mandatory arranged marriages at the age of twenty-one, the only way to fight
for love is through the Temptation Trials—a government-sponsored reality TV
show.
Kincade
and Tobias know the rules, but after they meet the women of their dreams, they
face a difficult decision. With their impending birthdays around the corner,
the guys have to decide if they will bend to the Regime’s will or fight for
their relationships.
Lust,
mistaken for love, will lead to down a treacherous path. They soon learn that
the spirit may be willing, but the flesh is weak.
Can love save their souls, or is lust too tempting?
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EXCERPT TWO:
The
media had been buzzing all week about the governor’s daughter coming of age,
and she would be married off to some clown in New Zealand. A whole other
country half a world away—the Regime knew no boundaries.
When
my uncle Marcus first got wind of the protest, it was only Cindy, her man, and
a small group of her friends. He sent us to scope out the scene discreetly.
This courthouse was the primary location used for most standard arranged
marriage applications and all Temptation Trial apps. Yep … that’s how corrupt
our Regime operated. At the age of twenty-one, every citizen had to fill out a
marriage app so the government could choose your spouse. Even more twisted was
that divorce was not allowed, so you were stuck with the person whom you’d
never even met for life. It was all about control.
Now
a slew of folks had joined the cause, shouting and cheering for Cindy. Others
were yelling their own proclamations of justice. Rebellion against the strict
laws had been stirring up for many years—this just definitely wasn’t the way to
voice your opinion.
Enforcement
had the entire perimeter around the courthouse surrounded, waiting on orders
from their superior on how to handle the situation. My crew and I stood outside
of the danger zone, but we were still close enough to see. Under normal
circumstances, the officers would’ve already pounced.
Cindy
and Gary raised their posters higher, yelling and demanding that control over
love had to cease. Several courthouse staff were in front of the building,
peeping at the scene. Loud, blazing sirens infiltrated the area. A cop car and
black SUVs whipped around the corner, coming to a screeching halt. A large
group of enforcement got out of the vans, rushing over to the throng. They were
all dressed in black—shirts, pants, and combat boots. Helmets covered their
faces, and they held large metal shields with clubs. A short, pudgy man eased
out of the car. Prancing over to the crowd like he owned the parking lot, the
tool lifted his bullhorn.
“This
is your only warning! Leave now or everyone here will face the penalty,” Mr.
Bullhorn advised.
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BOOK REVIEW:
This
book was a fun, interesting, and entertaining insight into the men’s
point-of-view while journeying into the mystery to uncover the secrets behind the
government imposing a new mandate of arranged marriages and controlling the
most powerful emotion - love.
B.
Truly had previously released a similarly written book, with the same title,
that is told from the women’s point-of-view.
But as we know, every story has two sides, so this book was written to tell
the men’s side of things and give the men’s point-of-view for the record.
I hadn’t
read the ladies side, which I was thinking would be a good thing, as I was
worried it would have a lot of overlap.
However, even not having read it, it actually seems like though the overall
storyline, plot, and characters of course remained the same – the interactions,
conversations, and character thoughts were different – making this like a whole
new book.
I
actually enjoyed the men’s point-of-view side for the most part. As a young, single, female being able to gain
insight into the male mind is always intriguing – especially if it can give you
an upper hand down the road lol.
Unfortunately, I found it more unrealistic at times, as this book had
Kincade and Tobias constantly thinking about their ladies and going on and on
about them. Yes, it would be nice if that
were true – to some degree – but it seems highly unlikely – plus it got
annoying.
Also,
Kincade and Tobias were a bit short on their details. Typical guy details lol. I’m just used to books with long-winded
descriptive details about scenes and settings and with these guys it was like, “the
house was blue,” lol.
However,
there was a little bit of an exception.
B. Truly, was able to do some impressive world-building that was
decently described for the guy’s capabilities.
With
this book being an adult romance book and being from a guys point-of-view, I
knew there was probably going to be quite a few sex scenes – that would be an
understatement lol. More like a lot lol!! This book is full of intense sexual content
and love triangles. I am not a prude,
but this book definitely had me blushing lol…
I
really liked the storyline concept and found it very intriguing!
Although,
I thought there would be more of a mystery to it, as the guys went undercover
to find out why the government created this new arranged marriage mandate and started
controlling the most powerful emotion – love.
Yes, there was some mystery and suspense, I guess I just wanted
more. This storyline and plot were set-up
for it and really could have gone that way, but it didn’t fully hit the potential
that I thought it could have.
Love
is always worth fighting for and I enjoyed following the story and cheering for
the characters!
The
writing style is fluid, well developed, and at a steady pace.
Please
note that this book is strongly rated 18+ as it contains adult situations, adult
language, intense sexual content, love triangles, etc.
So,
technically this book is the listed as book one in The Tempted Book Series, but
it’s more like book one point five, since the woman’s point-of-view is also
book one and it came out first. I had
not read the woman’s point-of-view book before reading this book. I did not get lost or confused, so this book
can be read as a standalone. However,
there are so many references to the previous book and it’s best to get both
sides of the story. So, I would suggest
reading both books, but it seems you can read them in any order.
All
in all, I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend this book to all adult,
dystopian, romance, urban fantasy readers!
If so, please, please, please mark it as helpful on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R32LG2W7EKKFAC
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AUTHOR BIO:
B. Truly has
wanted to be an author since she was fifteen years old and is grateful to have
accomplished this dream. She has very vivid dreams and a wild imagination. She
likes to read, watch tons of TV shows, and movies. She’s addicted to romance
and gets a thrill out of action and sci-fi. She writes New Adult and Adult,
Romance. Sci-fi, Dystopian, and Paranormal genres.
B.
Truly likes to explore different elements of sci-fi romance, and create various
realms of reality. She also loves creating impossible situations for her
characters to grow from and try to overcome.
B.
Truly has three wonderful children and a husband who defines the person that
she is today. She works full-time as an Ultrasound technologist in Houston,
Texas.
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