Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen
Blurb:
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them.
Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped—stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting—Meryn’s world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.
Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.
Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her—everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife…and the halls hide dark secrets.
My Review:
This was a re-read and I was annoyed more than anything in
this book because I already knew what was going to happen, which is totally a
me thing. This was still a five star read.
I don’t know what to say without giving
anything away but there were times in the reread that I was cussing Meryn out because
I feel like she kept putting her trust in the wrong people. Girl, start reading
the room. I still loved Dire Bound it opened a world up that I loved. It put
things in perspective and had me falling in love with these characters all over
again. Direbound by Sable Sorensen, Five Stars and Zero Regrets!
Let me tell you something, when a book earns
five stars on a REREAD, you know it's something truly special. Direbound by
Sable Sorensen is exactly that kind of book. Even knowing every twist, every
turn, and every gut-punch moment that was coming, I was completely sucked back
in!
Now, full disclaimer, rereading when you
already know the ending hits differently. There were moments I was practically
yelling at the pages, specifically at our girl Meryn. Honey. SWEETHEART. Read.
The. Room! Watching her put her trust in all the wrong people when you already
know how it plays out? Absolutely maddening in the best possible way. The
frustration is REAL, but that just proves how deeply these characters get under
your skin!
Without giving a single spoiler away, I'll
just say this, Sable Sorensen has built a world so rich and so immersive that
stepping back into it felt like coming home. A complicated, chaotic, absolutely
addictive home. This story has a way of shifting your perspective and making
you see everything with fresh eyes, even the second time around.
The characters? I fell in love with them all
over again, even the ones making questionable decisions! That is the mark of
truly exceptional storytelling.
If you haven't read Direbound yet, what are
you even waiting for?! And if you have, you already know. This one lives in
your chest long after the last page. 📖🔥
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