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Benjamin Ashwood by AC Cobble

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Benjamin Ashwood is from a small town. They have a problem in town with a demon that's terrorizing the livestock. A small band of travelers comes, takes care of the demon, and convinces a young woman in town to join their band. Ben accompanies her, with the group, to make sure she's safe. And Ben is unlikely ever to return to his simple life from before, now that he has seen the great, big world outside town limits.

 Category
Fiction, Fantasy

 Why I chose this book
Kindle Unlimited trial month, saw this one was highly rated

 My personal opinion (the review)
This had such great potential to be an awesome book! It was funny, exciting, moderately clean (few swears)- generally a great novel. And then, about 2/3 of the way through, the author drops a sex scene and the f-word. It was completely unnecessary, and changed the book from being a great PG-13 to a solid R. Boo. Great story, bad execution.

 Warnings
Language: Occasional, mostly mild, 1 f-word
Violence: Frequent, but not gory
"Adult" situations: Yes
Death: Yes, but minor character(s)

 Movie rating equivalent
R, for adult situation and language

 Protagonist description
Ben is a simple man, thrust into a very complex world

 Point of view of story
Third, focused on Ben

 Book length
Long

 Story flow
Excellent, very easy to immerse yourself

 Grammar and spelling issues
Some. Few at the beginning, more toward the end

 Character connection (no spoilers)
I'd like more back story on Rhys and Saala

 For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Unknown

 Series review as a whole
Skip it. I liked the story so much that I'm mad that I won't be finishing it. It could have been awesome, but I won't endorse the sex scene.

 If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Some other series

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