Review: Imperator by Anna Hackett

Recommended Read!

“… it was packed full of action and adventure, steamy hot romance and some great characters.”
~ Under the Covers

When we last saw our band of gladiators they have mounted a rescue to get the last remaining humans out of Zaabha, a hellish and underground fighting arena. But, it didn’t go quite as planned. Galen the Imperator of the House of Galen remained behind to protect Sam Santos. Sam is the last of the humans as well as the Champion of Zaabha. Together Galen and Sam must survive and escape Zaabha and they need to do it soon. The slavers who run it intend to take over the Kor Magna Arena and kill and enslave all their friends.

This is the last full length book in the Galactic Gladiators series and it ends on a high. We finally see the cool and in-control Galen meet the woman who can crack his self-imposed isolation. As usual with this series, it isn’t a sedate walk through each others feelings. Instead it is a mad dash as they both survive only by relying on one another to stay alive.

I really enjoyed Sam and Galen as a couple, both were fierce warriors and protectors. Something we have witnessed countless times in this series, especially with Galen. So seeing them together left me doing a happy little jig. Galen holds himself apart from everyone, even as he takes care of them, so I loved seeing Sam bring out a softer side of him. And Galen was able to give Sam a safe place to mentally build herself back up again after months of hell surviving Zaabha. They were also really hot together, seeing Galen finally let loose was sexy as hell.

This was a great series, it was packed full of  action and adventure, steamy hot romance and some great characters. I would definitely recommend to anyone who wants their action fast paced and choc full of sexy gladiators – who doesn’t want that?! And although this is the last book in this series, I have a feeling that this isn’t the last we will see of the Kor Magna Arena.