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Perfect amount of darkness

Loved Oliver and Ezra. I will say this though, Oliver has a lot of "issues" so don't expect a very sweet romance from this. Especially compared to some of this author's other books. It does work out in the end though. I liked the occasional usage of 2nd person in this. Gives it a dreamlike quality that makes some of the things that Ezra does and thinks much more horrifying. I have a feeling the consequences of some of the things revealed in this book will be far reaching.

Good

Taking you up on the offer to just leave a "I like it" review. Didn't really take notes for this one :)

A Fun Western

So this was very different, but not that much different from this authors previous works. This spends the majority of it's time with Jesse and Penelope back in the 19th century. As such I automatically enjoyed it a little more just because it was a different genre. It was fun getting to know both of these characters and sad what happened in the end (Fate is stone cold--that's the most I can say without spoilers) If there was one weakness, and it was a minor one. I found myself a little more confused about the plot then I have in the past books. But usually rereading the chapter helped a lot. I think this just had more new concepts packed into it (angels, demons, mysterious cross artifact, etc) so I got lost occasionally. Not a big deal though and I always found my way back. Furthermore, you will find out why it's called Nala by the end :) Just stick with it.

Much improved version!

If you have already read the original and it's been awhile then definitely give this one a read. Also if you have just found this author you should definitely start with this one. And if you are a future person and the OG is already gone...well I sound like a crazy person 🤣 Anyway the descriptions and plot flow much better. About the only thing I miss is the earlier intro of Emily. River in particular was much more consistently written in this one. Great book!

A bit more kinky and a good end.

LOL my ears perked up when I read the summary of this book. I enjoy reading on the more kinky side of things and this book didn't disappoint. Furthermore, unlike some kink stories, this actually did a good job at being consensual. (And I mean really consensual not the dub-con "one partner abuses someone, but were in the victims head so we know they secretly like it." I see far too often in stories advertising "kink." I'll stop there don't want this to turn into a TED talk) Anyway outside of the erotic scenes, this also served as a fitting conclusion of this series. The plot threads are, mostly, tied together in a satisfactory way. I think the main thing that could use slight improvement is we don't learn as much about Olive/Victoria as a character before she met Owen. (Unless she was introduced in an earlier book and I just don't remember it) I think this is partially because the Len/Owen body-swap thing stole a little bit too much of the spotlight. One thing this book does very well is putting in good and vicious sounding action scenes. There are quite a few fights/battles in the latter half of this book that are done very well. TL;DR Good book that capped off this series well.

Fun romp and some revelations about the world.

This book was needed. It did such a good job of answering some of the lingering questions about this world. TBH this made the romance take a bit more of a back seat then some of this authors other books, but I am 100% ok with that. Prepare to have some of your theories confirmed, broken, or corrected by this book. Also, part of me wouldn't mind a few prequels set in the mirror universe :) I want to see what drove the evil versions of the characters into becoming what they are.

Lol finally a love triangle I actually enjoyed :)

I'll be honest, I usually don't like "love triangles" (which is used to describe a V relationship most of the time 🤣) at least partially because it usually sends the characters no matter their age back to high school level drama. There was a little bit of that in this book but it wasn't too bad. I think I will spend the rest of the review talking about the characters. Desi: Girl needs to stop basing her life choices off of Cosmo and other magazines. I kid you not I was half-way expecting her to say "I got with Brody because a quiz in a magazine said we were compatible." Otherwise she really didn't get much "screentime" in this book. Lucy: I'll admit I'm biased. I really liked Lucy. Strangely enough I liked her A LOT more then I ever liked Luke even though they are similar in some ways 🤔 Anyway I think that's why this triangle worked for me. It mostly just felt like a "normal" relationship where half the time I forgot Desi even existed. Brody: I've dated men like Brody. They're nice but the fact they expect/need to be momed gets annoying real quick. Glad Lucy made him grow up a little before letting him move in. Otherwise he's a fairly nice guy except for one moment. I think Lucy and him are a good fit. Good book as always!

Good book

I like that this author hasn't fallen into a rut with the exact same plots/characters in each book. I immediately reread the first half of this one, right after the end. Hunter was one unhinged alpha in the first half. He basically unknowingly abuses her. Suffice it to say it's really dark but not made out to be romantic. They don't fall in love until Hunter's hormonal and chemical imbalance gets cured (Lol Hunter's whole pack basically has testosterone poisoning in a literal sense 🤣) Unfortunately after hunter gets better the plot loses some steam. But it wasn't too bad.

Good book!

The first half of this was almost like a spy novel, which made for a fun change of pace. Mateo was a fun character quite a bit different from the other alphas from this author so far. His talent is bluffing and lying. He's also a little disturbingly manipulative of Carmin but his reasons for doing it are...decent enough that I can't hate him too much. Carmin was a hard and angry nut to crack. Trained to be an absolutely hard by her father but really sweet on the inside. Anyway good book!

Good book! But take the content warnings seriously.

TL;DR: I liked it. Mind the content warnings. This review is based on up to chapter 56. I'll try and remember to update it once it is complete. First of all take the content warnings on this VERY seriously. The first 18 or so chapters of this don't imply or suggest abuse. It has detailed descriptions of said abuse. Now the good thing is there are NO signs that she is going to end up with her abuser and the abuse is NOT romanticized. I liked the book and I do think the main couple Rex and Juno are good. Rex is tough pill to swallow though. There's no cheating so far but he was a man whore the whole time he was "looking" for her (although it's debatable whether he was actually looking for her at all). Furthermore he definitely has narcissistic tendencies and is 100% an arrogant SOB you want to see humbled for once in his life. About the only thing that lets this down is some of the Grammer and punctuation is a bit off. Quotes in particular are often missing or misplaced which can make it hard to tell what is dialogue.