Book Review | Sacrifice – N. Isabelle Blanco (Ryze Series, Book Four)

Sacrifice
By: N. Isabelle Blanco

Series: Ryze Series
Genre: Dark Romance/Fairy Tale Retelling
Publisher: Indie
Publication Date: November 7th, 2019
My Rating: ✮✮✮
My Reading Format: kindleunlimited

Synopsis:

Megara

We all know the story.
How it ended.
He survived and conquered each task.
Became the hero of all heroes.
And in the end he became a legend.
What no one told you is that I was there. I was helping him . . . and when he ascended, I was left behind to rot.
Herakles never knew I sold my soul for his success—he didn’t need to. Had I been enough on my own, he would’ve chosen to stay.
Instead, he rose to full glory.
I was dragged straight to Hades.
Beaten.
Violated.
Broken.
Eventually, mutated.
I lost track of him for nearly three millennia, but I’ve found him.
I will kill him.
He chose to become a god; I was forced to become a nightmare.
Now it’s time for us to meet again.

Herakles

I abandoned my family mere moments before the Greek pantheon fell.
‘Till this day the whispers accuse me.
Had I been there, perhaps they could’ve been saved.
But I no longer gave a fuck.
Funny how vanity can blind a male to what really matters.
It took less than a year on Olympus before I began searching for her again.
I never found her.
Now, two-in-a-half-thousand years later, here I am.
Alone.
Empty.
An immortal ghost, simply getting by.
I should’ve never left her.
The only thing I had was hoping the last of her mortal days, wherever she ended up, were happy . . .
Joke’s on me.
A darkened, twisted version of my female returns, demanding my head for every one of my sins.
And she shall have it.
But first, I’m saving her from her curse.
I’ll sacrifice every ounce of my sanity left to free her . . . right before I let her end me once and for all.

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The Sinister Fairy Tales collection is a series of fairy tales with a dark and sexy twist.I grew up reading all the fairy tales and watching the Disney movies so to say I’m well versed in the fairy tale department would be an understatement. I have to say though, I only watched Hercules once and Greek Mythology never really interested me. But because I love the dark twist to these novels, so far, I decided to give this one a shot….and I’ve come to the conclusion…. I’m still not a Greek mythology fan. But N. Isabelle Blanco had me a smidgen closer on wanting to learn more about the subject.

When I first started Sacrifice I immediately felt the sinister vibes…. and I loved it! I love when a dark romance starts off on an extremely dark note. It sets up the novel perfectly and forces you to expect the unexpected. N. Isabelle Blanco didn’t disappoint when it comes to grasping my attention. I love the way this author tells a story; Gritty, dark, and unpredictable.

Overall, I found this one to be just okay. I loved the story telling but the story itself didn’t grasp my attention. I do have to blame myself for that though, I feel if I were better well versed on Greek Mythology I would have had a better insight on who these characters are. Now if you are a fan of Hercules and Greek Mythology, and love your stories a little dark and twisted, I have a feeling you are going to love this one.

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