The Kraken Games is book 5 in Lilith Stone’s fabulous paranormal romance series Motham City Monsters and while it wasn’t my favourite in the series, it was an enjoyable read.
Luna is a young human whose parents were killed by a group of Kraken when she was just 8 years old, and her brother seemingly kidnapped by them. She is in search of answers as to where her brother was taken, and why her parents were killed.
Kai is a young Kraken who was injured as a child when humans bombed his school, killing some of his friends. He has overcome his injuries in an effort to become the next champion of the Kraken games.
While overall I enjoyed Luna and Kai’s story, as I stated at the beginning of this review, it was not my favourite of this series. Mostly I could not connect with Luna. I realize that a lot of her personality was formed from the traumas she experienced as a child, but I found her cold, calculating, and manipulative throughout most of the book. It made it really hard to root for her. It wasn’t until after the games that I felt she softened and became more likeable, which made the rest of the story more enjoyable for me.
As usual, the author does a great job of world building, and expanding even more on the history of Motham and the relationships between humans and monsters. I really do love this world and even though I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other novels in the series, it was still a good read.
As with the other novels, this may be read as a standalone novel, but you will understand more of the relationships between the various groups of monsters and humans if you have read the previous books first.
I would recommend this to other lovers of paranormal romance and will be looking to read further books in the series.
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