The Pawn (Endgame #1) by Skye Warren

The Pawn (Skye Warren)

SUMMARY

The price of survival…

Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl’s college to take care of the only family I have left.

There’s one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.

My virginity.

A forbidden auction…

Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he’s the only kindness in a brutal underworld.

Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing.

MY REVIEW

Gabriel Miller: "You're innocent. And I'm going to ruin you."
Avery James:"You can have my body. But you can't touch my heart."

It is time for:
-a game of chess,
-some greek mythology
i.e. Iliad,Minotaur and Ariadne and Theseus
-an amazing library
-a naïve virgin about to become homeless
-a disturbing, disgusting uncle/godfather
-an auction only for the richest, ruthless, shameless bidders
-an Alpha male with unknown, ununderstandable motives
-some homemade moonshine
-lots of training
-few sacrifices
-rage and revenge
-betrayal and lies
-lust and passion
-money, money, money

I really do not know how to play good chess, but I could still follow the reasoning and I truly enjoyed the book.

The only negatives of the book are:
a) The repetition every other page of the words “virgin” and “virginity”
b) Not enough details about who this mysterious Gabriel is or his motives. If I remember correctly we do not even know his age – or did I miss this?

Hopefully since the story continues with the book “The Knight”, the two negatives that I have mentioned will be corrected.
Nobody is a virgin in the series anymore.