I'm sorry but ain't no fucking way the FMC turned into such a fucking dumbass.
OH MY FUCKING GOD the amount of miscommunication in this book l★ 2 stars
I'm sorry but ain't no fucking way the FMC turned into such a fucking dumbass.
OH MY FUCKING GOD the amount of miscommunication in this book like lord oh lord why is this girl acting like she can fucking read minds all of a sudden.
It's so frustrating to read how far low Tala's character falls. She's constantly telling and assuming what Killian's feelings are and where they came from.
He quite literally says "Having you in my bed is something I’ve craved since the first moment we met” and she goes on to fucking say that he can't POSSIBLY mean what he literally told her to her face.
She's absolutely dismissive of his feelings because of his species, which she obviously knows very little about, but tries to tout her having all this knowledge because she went out with one dude that one time that many years ago. LIKE BITCH BE FOR FUCKING REAL RIGHT NOW.
Book 1 really had me thinking she was smart, practical, and straightforward, but this book just did her character so wrong. Tala is not the strong, sensible one initially written to be. Her character sadly falls into the realm of cliche. Unoriginal. And so incredibly disappointing.
BIG filler book full of the FMC being annoying and her randomly getting hurt just so the guy she keeps leading on coming to save her and then another big betraying cliffhanger to start off book 3....more
Abraxas is actually the only character I'm still reading and rooting for.
He is by far my favorite character. He's grumpy as heck and somehow the cuddlAbraxas is actually the only character I'm still reading and rooting for.
He is by far my favorite character. He's grumpy as heck and somehow the cuddliest man ever who reminds me a lot of an overprotective dog. Mr. Big Bad Dragon over here scares the poop out of everyone but is only soft for one person and has unending loyalty towards them.
On the other side of this fantasy romance is Lore.
Sweet, sweet, annoying Lore. Gosh, I want to love her so much, but her character - a lot of these characters actually- seems so inconsistent it's grating on my nerves. There were a couple of scenes that actually made no logical sense. You know that one annoyingly idiotic character is scary movies who's always the first to die or the one that makes everyone else die bc they're dumb af? Yeah, that's Lore. That and having a whole ass conversation in a house about to collapse and giant spiders trying to eat them alive and a dead warlock trying to kill them. JUST LEAVE RUN GET TF OUT OF THERE YALL CAN HOLD HANDS AND SING CUMBAYA LATER
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Lore choosing to stay behind to fight a giant zombie horde alone while a dragon flies everyone else to safety didn't make any sense whatsoever. She could have easily gone with them.
And the judgement in this book?? My lord why was everyone so body shamey here? I lost how many times these characters called Abraxas ugly and sexualized his body. There was no need for that, what did that poor man who's been a slave most of his life do to y'all?? Beauty's body weight was mentioned multiple times in this book too and I felt like her entire character was done a disservice.
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Loved the banter! Had me hardcore giggling at some scenes.
This was the typical rom-com we know and love. Grumpy boss and sunshine girl working at a faLoved the banter! Had me hardcore giggling at some scenes.
This was the typical rom-com we know and love. Grumpy boss and sunshine girl working at a fashion magazine in New York.
It's pretty insta-lust but I loved it for the most part until they finally got together around the 65% mark and I got bored. It felt like there was so much buildup and forbiddenness to their relationship that when they finally got together it was extremely underwhelming. All that wait and 500 pages of "I want you but I can't for nothing." And that third act breakup?? Absolutely unnecessary and just made Dominic even more annoying and immature.
FMC Ally was great, sweet, funny, but the MC Dominic was an annoying 44-year-old man with BIG daddy issues and the sole reason this book is entirely too long. ...more
If you've read books 1-3, this book starts right where book 3 ended: Laurie has kidnapped a nHurts to say, but this has to be a low 3 stars.
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If you've read books 1-3, this book starts right where book 3 ended: Laurie has kidnapped a now-human Fortuna and wants to somehow turn her back into a Nightmare. How? Why? We're not entirely sure yet and thankfully, we don't have to wait for all that long to find out the 'how.' The 'why' on the other hand is another thing that was dragged on until the end.
For about the first 20% of the book = some 150 pages, Fortuna is confined in the Seelie Court. This part was the juiciest and most entertaining part of the story if I'm being honest. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we get no dreamscape scenes here which makes it more interesting. That and the fact that we're introduced to a couple of new key characters that we'll see for the rest of the story.
Now for the next 20%, Fortuna has been freed and is planning her escape out of the Seelie Court so the next about 150 pages are just her and her little team of bandits running away, fighting and planning on how to stay safe. This part was still interesting, but it's where I started feeling the story start to slow down some.
Also, I don't know what I expected from the creatures in this book but it certainly wasn't this.
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We don't see Collith again until around the 50% mark. Not sure how many care, but I know I was scrolling through the reviews looking for someone to mention when Collith would appear again.
For the rest of the book, Fortuna is back at her home and trying to stay hidden and safe from her endless number of enemies. There was a lot of info dumping for this second half of the book and not all that much happens. There are some points made that seem to set up some big important plot twist in upcoming books but nothing confirmed really.
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Book 4 is definitely my least favorite of the series.
Essentially over 700 pages of filler book and way too much of Oliver. I know I'm not on the outs by saying no one cares about Oliver's plotline anymore. His character has been dragged out for so long and all the dreamscape scenes were just so dull to me.
“I must really be awake,” I muttered. No dream or hallucination would be this boring.
On the contrary Fortuna, your dreams can indeed be that boring.
I guess this book did have some more substance in regards to their little dreamscape world. It WAS interesting reading about (view spoiler)[Fortuna's memories being scattered and guarded by monsters in her head (hide spoiler)], but it all just felt insignificant to what was happening in the real world. Maybe that will change in the upcoming books and Oliver will turn out to have this huge plot twist and importance but for now, he's just irrelevant. I felt like Fortuna was wasting so much time just chillin' in her little dreams with Ollie instead of trying to figure out all the things going wrong in the real world. And after a certain amount of scenes, it all got so repetitive.
Most/all of Oliver's scenes went something like this:
Ollie: "I'm done being second choice for you Fortuna." (jokes on him, he's actually her third option) Fortuna: "I'm sorry" *HORNY* Them: *MAKEOUT* Fortuna: "No I can't" Ollie: "But I love you" Them: *ALMOST DIE*
And my world the number of people miss Fortuna here made out and hooked up with is actually kind of ...
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There got to a point where she hooks up with one guy and hasn't even had time to wash his scent off her before she starts making out with someone else. I mean yeah, all the characters are hot and morally grey but c'mon girl after 4 books can you please just decide who you want to be with already? I don't know why Oliver is still even an option at this stage.
Overall, still love all the characters and the world is incredibly interesting to me, but this is dragged just a bit too much and all the flip-flopping between 3 love interests started to get annoying....more
I feel robbed by that ending. I was waiting to see more of Lara and Aren's relationship, some HEA shit and we got that??? I think they deserved a littI feel robbed by that ending. I was waiting to see more of Lara and Aren's relationship, some HEA shit and we got that??? I think they deserved a little more than that abrupt ending.
But I actually loved this book so much more than the first one. I was on the verge of tears on multiple occasions because of Lara. I love her so much now oh my world. Lara's strength, perseverance, and just absolute will to fight and live were so powerful to read. I kind of absolutely hated her in the first book, and so did all the other characters in the book. She was constantly struck down by everyone she had betrayed and it quickly made me feel bad because of how alone she was and how hard she tried to find ways to help after her mistakes. Everyone was so cruel to Lara in this book, but I can't say I blamed them either. A lot of angst and pain and forgiveness.
Aren wasn't anything special or memorable honestly. If anything, he got a bit annoying with how wishy-washy he was about Lara and his kingdom. At times, it felt like he kept dragging Lara along just to cause her more pain and hurt, instead of letting her go. Lara was honestly the character that kept me reading.
The setting and plot were great too - A1. The book was action-packed and I never lost interest. I loved all the descriptions of the island and even the new places and environments the characters found themselves in.
I wish we also got an epilogue of Lara and Aren and I wish we got to see a little more of the siblings on both sides - but I guess that will probably come in the next books....more
This hurt soo good. I was crying and smiling and loving every part of this. I lost count of how many tears I shed on these characters especially on myThis hurt soo good. I was crying and smiling and loving every part of this. I lost count of how many tears I shed on these characters especially on my boys Brant and Theo - a million and more tears.
Told over the span of 30 years, multiple POVs. This is a story about love and family and life, but mostly about Brant's life and all the tragedies he's gone through and everything he's lost and gained in the midst of all that sadness.
I know that explanation is vague as hell but this is such a beautiful book, and I love all the characters and the story. READ THIS BOOK.
What an unforgettable and remarkable book it was....more
I had high expectations. Probably MUCH too high because I was extremely disappointed.
The premise sounded promising. I thought I was getting an emotiI had high expectations. Probably MUCH too high because I was extremely disappointed.
The premise sounded promising. I thought I was getting an emotional, make-me-burst-into-tears, story about love and loss. All I got was a bunch of very cringey moments and boring conversations that frankly made me regret picking the book up.
I didn't feel any connection towards Charlotte. She wasn't my favorite, but she wasn't the worst character in the book. She was just kind of there. I understood her grief and her issues with her sister and parents but I felt nothing towards her as the MC. She was like little desperate puppy looking for attention with Tate and it was embarrassing reading some of her scenes.
The scene during the gynecologist exam???? Why was any of that necessary? I don't know any part of the exam that could sexy enough and I was not okay with that. And what kind of boss personally goes out of their way to set up a whole appointment to check out one of their employees vagina anyway? After the whole oops-gasm, Tate was a complete a-hole about it and it made the whole situation worse.
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The amount of desperation reeking out of Charlotte's scenes is out of this world. I started to look forward to Tate's scenes to avoid all the second-hand embarrassment Charlotte's POV's caused. Not that Tate's scenes were that much better but at least they didn't make want to scrub my brain out.
Charlotte and Tate lacked angst. Their "connection" felt forced and barely even there with a lot of pointless dialogue and "I can't love you because of my dead brother." The smut was there but I didn't even to care for it because there was not enough chemistry between them for me to care to read those scenes thoroughly and frankly I just could not get over their fist intimate interaction, sorry I absolutely hated that scene. It felt like Charlotte tried SO hard - maybe even TOO hard - for them to be together and Tate didn't even give a shit for most of it. Honestly, I'm kind of astounded how much she lasted begging and chasing him around. I would not have lasted that long chasing after a man after he's made it clear several times he wasn't looking for the same thing. She's persistent I'll giver her that, but I just don't know if that's brave or just pathetic at that point.
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It all just felt so unrealistic and out of nowhere.
When did her and Keellan become BFF's?? Hand't they only met 4 times? Did Tate and Charlotte even have anything in common other than the dead boy? Did they share any real meaningful conversations about themselves and not their family? 700+ pages and not one scene where they truly connect at a deeper level? Where are the emotions and vulnerability? Where's the substance and their thought processes? There was no gradual growth of feeling it was all jumping from hate to infatuation to forbidden lust to comfort. The scenes tried to show their emotion, but I didn't FEEL any of it.
There are so many issues that this book brings up but simply dismissed and never really resolves. How is everyone in this book so quick to forgive after YEARS of neglect and cruelty and selfishness? Your sister hated you and blamed you for everything wrong in her life for 8 years? Water under the bridge. Your deadbeat father abandoned and used you and your brother for over a decade? Water under the bridge. Being hurt doesn't give you a reason to be a total dipshit to your family. And the whole topic of suicide? What was that? Charlotte's entire personality was fixing people who may be suicidal and finding love through it? Sorry if I'm mistaken, but isn't that.. isn't that romanticizing suicide? I just feel like these things could've been handled better. Maybe explored the LONG process of forgiveness and regret.
I skimmed the last 30% because it was just wayy too long and way to repetitive. The issues were all the same from scene to scene: Tate vs his father, Charlotte vs her sister, and Charlotte vs Tate. Yawn. Been there, done that. For the past 500 pages actually no need to keep recycling the same scenes over and over again.
This whole book just felt like it wanted to be this deep literary love story/tragedy with a whole mirage of endless and meaningful quotes and it all just... fell short.
P.S. Also, who though it was a good idea to propose there? That's another on another level of weird and kind of fucked up. Horrifying, stop trying to be deep and insightful, it's not really working out. ...more
This series had me absolutely hooked. So much I loved and so much I'm starting to get annoyed by.
FIRST OFF: All the new POV's added in this book This series had me absolutely hooked. So much I loved and so much I'm starting to get annoyed by.
FIRST OFF: All the new POV's added in this book almost gave me a whiplash. I love my girl Geraldine, but why don't we just stick to her being a side character we can appreciate and love? Unnecessary and irrelevant. Xavier's POV and all the scenes with the spares was honestly boring af and I had very little interest in. The little side plots with Hadley and Athena were cute? I guess. But mostly had nothing to do with the main characters of the series or the plot - they were also pretty much the same idea as what Seth and Caleb had going on. I don't understand why his POV was added, I'm all for him finally realizing his pegasus potential but it was just really unnecessary and a waste of pages. Also dijazzle???? And that scene with Tyler and Sophia??? I'm sorry but let me go puke in the corner. "Was that what I was expected to do? Did my cock need to be sporting a bigger diamond than Hubert’s to prove how worthy I was of my place in the herd?"
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SECOND: I really appreciate Darcy and Orion being separated this book. There had always been something that bothered me so much about their relationship and this book made me realize it was how much Darcy depends on Orion. I love Darcy, but I got bored with her being all "I had no control over my body or mind." Every single one of her POV's always revolved around Orion and having sex with him here and there, the past books felt like I never really got to know who she was. With this book it was refreshing to see her interactions with the Heirs and her own thoughts for a change.
I still love my best friend Tory, she's still my favorite and I have zero complaints. "Because, from the moment I arrived here I swore I wouldn't let anyone decide my fate for me. So despite the fact that you're literally the rudest, most pig-headed, infuriating asshole I have ever met, I still want you. So fuck the stars. Fuck the moon and the meteors and the fucking clouds. Let the sky watch me as I tell it to get fucked. Nothing up there or down here gets to tell me what to do. You told me I was yours and I think that you're mine too."
THIRD: Why is this book so frickin long? There was really no need for it to be 800+ pages. After a while it all felt so repetitive. Tory facing the most suffering. (Why is it always Tory who has it the worst? Y'all absolutely hate her being happy huh?) Lionel is still an ass and no one can touch him. Tory and Darius having the same conversations. Orion being really irritating and not killing the shadow princess when he's had a lot of chances to do so. All the action happening in the last 5% of the book. A terrible cliffhanger. I felt like a lot of those scenes could've been taken out. *cough cough* Max's, Xavier's, Geraldine's POVs *cough cough*
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4 stars? Honestly, I just grew to love these characters so much, I felt bad giving them anything less. They feel like my friends at this point. Seth and Caleb? I can't wait to see how their relationship grows.
"Maybe I just like the way it feels when you bite me and I'm really just a selfish motherfucker, using the excuse to get your mouth on my skin."
He delivered it like a joke, but it fell flat somehow and my gaze shifted down his bare chest slowly before I met his eyes again.
"Maybe you don't need an excuse," I said carefully. "Maybe if that's what you want you should just say it."
Side note, I will not be reading the next book yet. I mistakingly came across an absolute shit spoiler for the cliffhanger in the next book and I refuse to believe it. Therefore, I will not be reading the next book in the series until the last book comes out. If there's no HEA for EVERYONE I will go back and change all ratings to 1 star....more
Holy mother of pearl. There were SO many different emotions going through my head and my heart as I was reading that la What. the. fuck.
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Holy mother of pearl. There were SO many different emotions going through my head and my heart as I was reading that last 10% of the book.
First I just have to address this: I don't understand what everyone's deal against Tory. I read so many reviews saying how annoyed they were at her during this book and I just didn't get what they really disliked. I absolutely love her, I don't get why anyone wouldn't. All she's ever done is try to protect her and her sister, she doesn't take shit from anyone, and she doesn't let others off the hook after fucking her over. She was 100% in the right, no matter how sad I was that it had to end the way that it did. Personally, I got annoyed with Darcy for a larger part of the book. Don't get me wrong, I love Darcy. I just love Tory more. Haha or maybe I was just bitter at how happy Darcy and Orion were while my favorite couple (Tory and Darius) hadn't even kissed yet.
From the very beginning I was already annoyed with Darcy after (view spoiler)[ Orion asked her to meet up with him while they were at the fair so he could "apologize" but he didn't actually apologize, he just ended up risking his life by getting electrocuted and Darcy was the one that had to go up and save his stupid ass from giving himself a heart attack. The whole time I was waiting for him to say the words "I'm sorry" but instead it was Darcy that just told him she forgot all about him giving her and her sister up to the devil Lionel in the last book and proceeded to go off and have sex with him with no real apology. (hide spoiler)] Like what???? Am I just being petty? Possibly. But I was so disappointed in her. And then (view spoiler)[ once Seth found out about Orion and Darcy's relationship and she just left her sister to drown in the shadows KNOWING quite well that her sister wasn't doing all that great with them and she needed her???? I'm sorry but that type of sisterly betrayal just didn't sit right with me. And I understood why she didn't tell Tory about Orion but the least she could have done was told her she was being threatened without telling her all the specifics. I'm sure Tory would've realized how scared Darcy was with the situation. Like come on Darcy I thought you were smarter than that. (hide spoiler)]
I was annoyed with Darcy and Orion many times, but they had so many cute moments I really couldn't stay mad at them.
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Sigh You just gotta love Orion no matter how much of a dumbass he is. (view spoiler)[ Because that ending wasn't even surprising and he was so hopelessly dumb for thinking there wouldn't be any consequences bringing his sister back. (hide spoiler)]
In other news, I loved my girl Geraldine. She's such a weirdo and she's so funny. And the subtle but growing relationship between (view spoiler)[ Seth and Caleb? (hide spoiler)] I SEE YOU. I see you guys and I have shipped y'all since book 1. I'm just waiting for y'all to realize y'all are perfect for each other. Quote of possible spoiler:(view spoiler)[ "You sure you don't want this to end in sex?" Seth teased as I continued to watch him. For a moment I was reminded of the time he'd kissed me in the Shimmering Springs last year. We’d both been drunk as fuck and had been starting up on a three way with a girl from his pack, but for some reason she’d left and the next thing I knew, his mouth was on mine and I was pulling him closer and…
"Come on then, put me out of my misery. Was I as good as Tory Vega?" Seth's gaze slid from my eyes to my mouth and a tingle ran along my skin as I considered the question... "Better," I replied. " Maybe I should hunt you more often." (hide spoiler)]
And for my biggest BIGGEST loves Tory and Darius. Wow this book HURT. It hurt soo good. Oh my lord. This book had so many moments between them both good and bad and I fell so deeply in love with them. “I didn’t mean that,” he was saying but I didn’t want to fucking hear it. “You never mean any of the things you say or do to me, do you?” I shouted back. “But you still keep doing them.”
I never wanted a war with you. But you didn’t give me a choice in that.
Darius Acrux had set out to break me from the first moment he’d ever laid eyes on me. And he’d finally gotten his wish.
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