Review: When Day Breaks (KGI #9) by Maya Banks

When Day Breaks (KGI #9) by Maya Banks

Published  June 24th 2014 by Berkley

Paperback, 304 pages

Series: KGI #9

Genre: Adult Romantic Suspense

Heat Rating: Sizzling

Source:  I got a copy of this book from the publisher  in exchange of an honest review.
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Mature Content Advisory, must be 18+ for strong sexual content and language

Summary from Goodreads

THE ALL-NEW KGI NOVEL BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELING AUTHOR AUTHOR MAYA BANKS

The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. government can’t…

Eden is said to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. Her face has graced countless magazines and her body has sold millions of dollars of clothing. But her fame and beauty has earned her more than she ever imagined. Evil is stalking her, determined to extinguish the ethereal beauty forever.

Swanson or “Swanny” as his teammates call him is always up for the next mission. He came back from Afghanistan wounded and scarred. Hardly the kind of man who even belongs in the same room with Eden. And yet there’s something about the quiet beauty that stirs his blood and makes him dream of the impossible. Because Beauty loving the Beast only happens in fairy tales and KGI doesn’t deal in fairy tales. Ever.

Let me get this straight out now. I enjoy Maya Banks KGI series before and have had a few in the series that I really liked. This one, wasn't my favorite, unfortunately. It wasn't all bad. I did enjoy quiet a bit of it, but the storyline just did not work for me at all.

What I did enjoy...

• Swanny. I love broken hero's. I love hero's period, and Swanny is the hero in this story. He came back from Afghanistan scarred and wounded after a mission that went horribly wrong and he was captured and tortured. Now Swanny doesn't find himself attractive and hides the scare that occupies much of one side of his face. He also still has a bit of demons, because he remembers the incident quiet well as it also happened to one of his friends who was with him. Now Swanny doesn't believe that he has a shot at love, which at first made me just want to cuddle him and tell him it would be okay. After all, his a hero with battle scar and that could be very sexy on a man.
• The action, when it happened. Which unfortunately did feel a little scars. A lot of the book focused on the attraction between Swanny and Eden. But when it did take off and stuff was happening, I did find that I was enjoying it quiet a bit more.
• Skyler. A female KGI that totally kicked ass, enough said here - she was awesome and I loved the brother sister relationship she had with Swanny.

What not so much....

• There was a bit of an insta-love between Swanny and Eden. He already had a thing for her thinking she was one of the most gorgeous women seeing her pictures in magazines (Eden is a model) so when she singles him out right away out of all the big hunky KGI men in the room, Swanny is floored that she is giving him all the attention.
• Thought it was endearing at first that Swanny was cautious about Eden seeing the scarred side of him, afraid that he would drive her away. His insecurity was cute at first, and made me want to hug him and call him silly for thinking that something like that would turn us women off. Unfortunately it got old after the fifth time it happened and it kept happening, even up until they fell into bed together.
• I was surprised at what Eden revealed to Swanny before she jumped into bed with him. With the way she was putting herself out there, it was kind of like lame......really? moment.