Bonjour à tous!

J’espère que vous allez bien. Je vous retrouve aujourd’hui pour la première chronique de l’année et je suis vraiment très contente que ça soit un roman d’Alice Winters. Il s’agit du deuxième tome de la série Seeking Asylum (dont vous pouvez retrouver la chronique du tome 1 ici ), The Traitor and the Fighter. Couverture et résumé :

Kai
I’d sworn I’d never be part of the Chromes gang again or let Sawyer, their leader, control me once more. Yet an impossible choice has me returning to the crime-ridden city of Asylum, where I’m faced with James, the man I was hoping never to see again.

I’ve always thought that James was nothing more than a mindless fighter that Sawyer controls, but then why am I drawn to him? Why is it as we spend more time with each other that I start to realize there are hidden depths to the man behind that cold facade he wears? I know I need to stay focused, do my job, and get out of Asylum, but I can’t leave James behind. And how can I manage to do any of that when Sawyer is breathing down our necks? One simple mistake would be enough to ruin the bond that has started to form between us.

James
I’ve given up on looking for a better life and become resigned to doing what Sawyer asks, but the hatred I feel for the man is beginning to overflow. When Kai returns, I’m initially filled with disbelief. He had it all, and when he had a chance to stay away, he came back. At first, I find myself irritated by his presence, but maybe that isn’t the only emotion I’m feeling when he’s around.

For the first time in my life, there’s someone who cares about me—someone who will notice if I’m gone—and it makes me want to fight harder than I’ve ever fought before. It makes me want to protect him from the sickness of this city. And before long, I realize that I’ll do anything for this man I once disliked. Because I’ve found someone to love and Sawyer isn’t going to take that away from me

 


 

FR- Alors alors… alors j’avais énormément aimé le premier tome de cette série et j’attendais avec impatience la suite. Alors, certes, quand j’ai apprit que ce tome ne serait pas sur les personnages du premier tome mais sur de nouveaux personnages j’ai été un peu déçue. Mais je suis vite passée au delà quand j’ai commencé ma lecture.
Il faut absolument avoir lu le premier tome avant de lire celui là. Ce n’est pas un simple tome compagnon. Les deux histoires sont intimement liées, que ce soit au niveau des personnages qu’au niveau de la temporalité . J’ai d’ailleurs mis quelques chapitres à me rappeler qui était qui et à comprendre à quel moment on se situait par rapport au tome 1, tout simplement parce que j’ai lu le tome 1 il y a 8 mois. Mais si vous enchaînez les deux tomes ou que vous avez une meilleur mémoire que moi, vous n’aurez aucun problème de ce côté là.

Aloooooors j’ai énormément aimé ce deuxième tome. J’ai retrouvé tous les éléments que j’avais adoré dans le premier et notamment l’ambiance super glauque et sombre qui diffère totalement des autres romans de l’auteure. De mémoire, il y a un peu plus d’humour dans ce tome là, même si on est loin du niveau d’humour de ces autres romans mais je dois dire que j’aime cette différence.
Cette série ne prête pas à rire et si les quelques moments drôles permettent de souffler, on reste quand même dans une ambiance sombre et lourde que j’ai énormément aimée.
Le personnage de James m’a particulièrement touchée. C’est un personnage qui a un très lourd passé et grâce à Kai, il va  s’ouvrir petit à petit et se reconstruire. C’est un personnage très fort mais j’ai aimé que Kai soit également un personnage fort bien que abîmé par la vie. Ici il y a deux hommes virils et bad ass et c’est vraiment agréable. Ca change un peu des clichés de la romance MM et j’ai beaucoup apprécié.

Ce deuxième tome nous donne une autre vision de l’histoire du premier et j’adore quand on a la même histoire de différent point de vue, ça apporte clairement un plus à l’histoire et à la lecture. C’est encore différent des points de vue alternés vu qu’on est sur deux romans complètement indépendants mais complémentaires.
La deuxième partie de ce tome est quand à elle, est totalement indépendante et nouvelle et c’était vraiment intéressant. Je me demandais ce que l’auteure allait nous proposer et j’ai été plus qu’agréablement surprise. Cette deuxième partie est tout aussi prenante et haletante et j’en ai savouré chaque page.

En résumé, un deuxième tome largement à la hauteur du premier et une série différente de ce que l’auteur nous propose habituellement mais qui est une de mes séries préférée d’Alice Winters.

 


 

ENG- So well well well… well  I really liked the first volume in this series and I was looking forward to the second one. So, ok, when I learned that this volume would not be about the characters of the first volume but about new characters I was a little disappointed. But I quickly went beyond when I started reading. You must have read the first volume before reading this one. It is not a simple companion volume. The two stories are intimately linked, both in terms of the characters and in terms of time. I also took a few chapters to remember who was who and to understand when we were in relation to volume 1, simply because I read volume 1 8 months ago. But if you chain the two volumes or have a better memory than me, you will have no problem there.

Sooooooooooooo I really liked this second volume. I found all the elements that I loved in the first and in particular the super glaucous and dark atmosphere which differs completely from the other novels of the author. From memory, there is a little more humor in this volume there, even if we are far from the level of humor of these other novels but I must say that I like this difference.

This series is not laughing and if the few funny moments allow us to breathe, we still stay in a dark and heavy atmosphere that I really liked. The character of James particularly touched me. He is a character who has a very heavy past and thanks to Kai, he will gradually open up and rebuild himself. He is a very strong character but I liked that Kai is also a strong character although damaged by life. Here there are two manly men and bad ass and it’s really nice. It changes a bit of the MM romance shots and I really enjoyed it.

The character of James particularly touched me. He is a character who has a very heavy past and thanks to Kai, he will gradually open up and rebuild himself. He is a very strong character but I liked that Kai is also a strong character although damaged by life. Here there are two manly men and bad ass and it’s really nice. It changes a bit of the MM romance shots and I really enjoyed it.

This second volume gives us another vision of the history of the first and I love when we have the same story from different points of view, it clearly brings more to the story and to reading. It is still different from the alternate points of view since we are on two completely independent but complementary novels.
The second part of this tome is totally independent and new and it was really interesting. I wondered what the author was going to offer us and I was more than pleasantly surprised. This second part is just as catchy and breathtaking and I savored each page.

In summary, a second volume largely up to the first and a series different from what the author usually offers but which is one of my favorite series by Alice Winters.

 


 

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Sam

Fan de MM et plus particulièrement des single dads (ça marche aussi avec les oncles, les grands frères etc...) , des MMM et d'Urban Fantasy.