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✅ Characters ✅ Supernatural HI was provided an e-copy of the book by the author in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Characters ✅ Supernatural Hotel ✅ Vampires, demons, one "ordinary human" and other creatures ✅ Fast pace ✅ Entertaining plot ✅ Adam making even more enemies ✅ Funny banter ✅ Sexual tension & we’re getting closer to the MMM romance ✅ Adam explaining that frogs are as big as horses (because a human should know all about frogs and Adam is definitely 100% human) ❗️❗️Trigger warning: murder attempts, murders, and mild gore
The craziness continues…
“Just once, I’d like to leave the hotel and not get kidnapped. Or arrested. Or put in a pie. But no, Adam Vex can’t catch a break.”
Poor Adam is one unlucky human (and he is really, truly 100% human!). Every week, another disaster strikes the hotel, or his personal life. This time, Tom Collins is the problem. He is not himself, he is polite and nice, and everything the AI bartender should have been from the start. Adam, Zee, and Reynard need to figure out who hacked into Tom Collins's system (preferably before whoever hacked into Tom can listen to everything Adam might or might not have confessed to Tom about himself) and find a way to get him back as soon as possible.
While the problem in this book was about Tom Collins, the plot truly revolved around Adam’s identity. He’s made many enemies in the past few weeks, and a few of them are starting to realize that Adam is not 100% human as he likes to claim. Gideon Cain will also likely be back in the picture in the next book, which is a good thing because I was wondering what happened to him since we haven’t heard from him since the first book.
WHAT ARE YOU ADAM VEX??? It’s driving me nuts that we still don’t know after 4 books, but we keep slowly, very slowly getting closer with each book. I need an answer!!!
I frowned at the limp and basic Tom Collins behind the bar. Zee had draped a sign around his neck that read: OUT OF ORDER. Then in brackets had added, more out of order than usual.
I missed Tom so much in this book. He is at the heart of the hotel, and his foul mouth and irreverence are some of my favorite aspects of the place. It just felt dead without him around to insult people and give his unsolicited opinion. It is hinted that he might be more than a defective AI, and Adam even has a theory about Tom’s true nature… I am curious to learn more about our favorite barman.
“How is anyone supposed to tell if he’s joking? His resting Reynard face never fucking changes.”
Here is how things are going between Zee and Reynard: -Zee likes Reynard, but won’t admit it to him. -Reynard likes Zee, but won’t admit it to him. -Reynard is trying to make jokes. -Zee can’t find him funny, because he doesn’t like him and Reynard is the absolute worst. -Zee sends dick jokes to Reynard. -Reynard can’t admit that he likes it when Zee texts him, so he just ignores him, because Zee is the most annoying. -Poor Adam is stuck in the middle, trying to get them to admit their feelings to each other so they can have a threesome and live happily ever after (good luck Adam).
“Sweet baby Gareth!” Zee yelled. “It’s Jesus,” I corrected, standing and searching for the flying, hissing thing. “That’s not Jesus, it’s a fucking pixie!”
Zee and Adam still have a lot of sexual tension between them, but for some reason, Zee is staying away from Adam, and running away as soon as Adam hints at them getting naked and dirty together. That is yet another issue for Adam to deal with, as he has no clue why Zee would not want to be with him anymore.
Thankfully, despite that awkwardness on Zee’s part, they still have good chemistry and can work together to keep the hotel running. There is still good banter between them, so it’s just a matter of time before things go back to “normal” between them.
“Regardless of my feelings, which I am still trying to untangle, to admit to caring for my enemy is a step I cannot yet take.”
I like that there is more communication about feelings between Adam, Zee, and Reynard. We are slowly inching toward the MMM romance we were promised, and the sexual tension between them all is intense. Reynard and Zee both admitted that they don’t actually hate each other and that they even feel some complicated feelings for the other, but they didn’t say it to each other of course, leaving Adam in the middle of it all, trying to bring them together and show them that their feelings are reciprocated.
This book has the same vibe as the 4 previous ones. It is a fast-paced, quick read and very entertaining book that is easy to read in one or two sittings. Chaos continues to ensue everywhere Adam and the SOS Hotel management go, and I can't wait for the next book, if only to finally learn what Adam is, and to see if Zee and Reynard will be able to man up and admit their feelings to each other (although I would not mind some "hate-smut" between them either, anything will be hot).
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✅ Resilient MC ✅ Asexual and I was provided an e-copy of the book by the author in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Resilient MC ✅ Asexual and probably neurodivergent MC ✅ “Who did this to you” ✅ Unhinged future love interests ✅ Reverse harem to be ✅ Angst and dark vibe ✅ Pace and plot ✅ Greek mythology in post-apocalyptic setting ✅ Multiple POVs (but mostly Alexis’) ✅(...more
✅ Beauty and the Beast retelling ✅ Strong main character ✅ Lucien and Rhys ✅ Action ✅ Captivity & horrible villain ✅ Romance ✅ Hate to love ✅ Fake-out make✅ Beauty and the Beast retelling ✅ Strong main character ✅ Lucien and Rhys ✅ Action ✅ Captivity & horrible villain ✅ Romance ✅ Hate to love ✅ Fake-out make-out ✅ Magic and faes ✅ Great world-building ❗️❗️ Trigger warnings: torture, murder, mild gore, imprisonment, use of alcohol, and kind of emotional abuse
**4.5 stars for this first half, but while this first part of the dramatized adaptation covers Feyre's time in the Spring Court until she goes back to her family, the review is for the whole book.
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Fourth read: The dramatized adaptation is truly a work of art. ❤️❤️❤️
I am still hopelessly in love with Lucien. I need him to get his HEA.
I screeched when Rhysand first came in, with his famous “I’ve been looking for you” line.
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This series is definitely one of my all-time favorites. ❤️
The first part of the book is a Beauty and the Beast retelling with a fae twist. After Feyre killed a fae in the woods while hunting, she has to yield her life to Prythian, the fae lands, in retribution. She is forced to go live with Tamlin, the High Lord of the Spring Court. Feyre hates faes, but of course, she ends up falling in love with Tamlin (even though Lucien is so much more interesting ...more
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✅ Magic wielders and assassins ✅ Princess and assassin switching places ✅ Dagmara ✅ Politics and scheming ✅ 2 POVs ✅ Marriage of convenience ✅ Hate to love ✅ "Only one bed" ✅(...more
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✅ Multiple POVs ✅ Characters ✅ Mafia/gang vibes ✅ Captor/captive dynamic ✅ Reverse harem ✅ Some smut but no insta-lust ✅ Betrayals ✅ Hate-to-I-think-I-like-you ✅(...more
✅ Gorgeous covers ✅ Angsty (at times) and cute romance ✅ Characters ✅ Magic ✅ World-building ✅ Plot and pace ✅ Action ❗️❗️Trigger warning: miscarriage, am✅ Gorgeous covers ✅ Angsty (at times) and cute romance ✅ Characters ✅ Magic ✅ World-building ✅ Plot and pace ✅ Action ❗️❗️Trigger warning: miscarriage, amputation, death and gore, brief mention of alcoholism and attempted suicide, mild PTSD (mostly nightmares)
Overall rating: 4.5
I've read this series twice, and I greatly enjoyed it both times. The books are quick and engaging reads, and the characters are just too easy to love. ...more
✅✅ Narrator ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Enemies to lovers ✅ Sexual tension and some smut ✅ Characters ✅ Writing ✅ Vampires and werewolves ✅ Some angst ✅ Pace and plot ❗✅✅ Narrator ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Enemies to lovers ✅ Sexual tension and some smut ✅ Characters ✅ Writing ✅ Vampires and werewolves ✅ Some angst ✅ Pace and plot ❗️❗️Trigger warnings: mention of an attack on a school (brief, no details), abduction, poisoning, and missing best friend
Well, I finally boarded the Hazelwood train, three years after everyone else!
In my defense, I am not a huge fan of contemporary romance, and that’s what she’d been writing for the past 3 years. I am so happy she gave a try to paranormal romance though, because the result was great.
In an attempt to bring peace between werewolves and vampires, Misery Lark, a vampire who has been living with humans for the past decades accepts to marry Lowe Moreland, the most powerful alpha of the North American werewolves. Misery is used to being treated like a tool, but this time, she has her own reasons for accepting to put her life on the line: Serena, Misery’s best friend and adoptive sister has been missing for weeks, and the only clue she has is Moreland’s name left in the secret code Misery and Serena devised when they were younger. Misery wants to help forge an alliance between vampires and werewolves, but more than that, she wants to have the opportunity to investigate Lowe’s house and find out what happened to Serena.
The plot is a mix of sweet enemies-to-lovers romance, some investigation to find out what happened to Serena, abductions, blackmail, and political scheming between vampires and werewolves. A lot was going on, but it didn’t feel half-done or overloaded with too many plotlines. It was just enough to keep me engaged in the story and to have an interesting and fleshed-out plot besides the romance. It is mostly centered on romance, so don’t start this one expecting a 5-star plot and elaborate world-building. The last part of the book was satisfying because we finally got answers regarding Serena’s disappearance, but at the same time, the miscommunication between Misery and Lowe to create some angst was not my favorite. I adore angst, but the miscommunication trope in this book was not the best.
“I have no friends, no hobbies, and no real purpose aside from earning enough money to pay rent in order to … exist, I guess.”
Misery Lark is a bright, nerdy heroine who defies vampire stereotypes. She is the only daughter of the most powerful vampire in the area and has been used as a pawn for her entire life. She likes to say that she doesn’t care about anything, but when she loves, she loves deeply. She works in computer coding, opposite to the old-fashioned vampires I’m used to in those books, and I loved her. She is likable, relatable, layered, flawed, and feels real. It broke my heart a little to see how she struggled to fit and feel like she belonged. She doesn’t have a place among vampires because of her time spent with humans, the only way she could live among humans was by disguising herself, and the werewolves are her species’ enemies. Poor Misery only wanted to be left alone and to feel like she belonged somewhere at the same time.
“My smell. Do I smell like…?” “Mine.” It’s a rumble in his throat. “You smell like you’re mine, Misery.”
Lowe is a new Alpha, still figuring out who he can and cannot trust, and weeding out the werewolves loyal to the previous alpha. While navigating the werewolves' politics, he also cares for his little sister, and let me tell you, seeing Lowe care for his sister and dote on her was the absolute cutest thing ever. I melted.
He shakes his head, eyes burning into mine. "You're not a problem, Misery. You're a privilege."
Misery and Lowe are good together. They have chemistry, and there was enough sexual tension between them to make me yearn for the moment they would finally cave and allow themselves to be together. Their romance is a slow burn, yet the book has a good pace and it doesn’t feel that long before the romance develops.
This is a single POV story, but there is a little entry from Lowe at the beginning of every chapter, allowing us a tiny glimpse of his mind, and I adored those little bits of him we got.
I have to praise the narrator for her stellar job with this book. It was amazing. The intonations, tone, emotions, everything was spot on.
After seeing this book everywhere for the past few months, and seeing how loved it was, I had high hopes, and I was not disappointed. This book is a quick and entertaining read, with quirky and lovable characters, an engaging plot, and a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance. The epilogue also leaves the door open for a potential sequel, so I will keep my fingers crossed.
✅✅ Addictiveness ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Characters ✅ Multiple POVs ✅ Reverse harem ✅ More smut ✅ Powers ✅ Action ✅ Pace and plot ✅ Found family ❗️❗️Cliffhanger ❗️❗️✅✅ Addictiveness ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Characters ✅ Multiple POVs ✅ Reverse harem ✅ More smut ✅ Powers ✅ Action ✅ Pace and plot ✅ Found family ❗️❗️Cliffhanger ❗️❗️Trigger warning: abduction, mentions of murder and past torture, torture, death of children, terrorism
4.5 stars
And she does it again: super addictive, with a killer cliffhanger.
This book picks up right where Broken Bonds ends, with Oli and Kieran being held by the Resistance, and Oli knowing what torture is awaiting them. Oli’s Bonds are losing their shit, trying to find her with the help of Sawyer, but they are out of luck as Oli keeps her Bond firmly under control to keep her men safe. By taking Oli, again, the Resistance has declared war against the Draven Bond Group, and it becomes a race against the clock to keep the Gifted community safe, find the Resistance members among them, and eradicate them before they retaliate yet again and kill more innocents.
We learn more about the Resistance and their goals in this book, and it reminded me of the whole X-Men politics, with a group of Gifted wanting to take over the country because they are powerful and tired of compromising to live in harmony with giftless humans.
Kieran becomes more important, and I have to admit that I like him now. He grew on me, and the author made a good decision to have him stuck with Oli for the first part of the book. It allowed them to build a stronger connection, I might even say friendship, and it made me like him, despite his rudeness and coldness in the first book.
“I did break. I let my bond take the pain for me. I let it become the monster instead of me.”
We also discover more about Oli’s dark past in this book, as she is back in the hands of the Resistance, and they are once again torturing her in the hopes of learning the names of her Bonds and being able to use them to force her to cooperate. It broke my heart to see all she had to endure as a young teenager, and the strength she had, all because she wanted to keep her Bonds safe.
There is one thing that I don’t get though… ➡️The Resistance knows Oli’s name ➡️They have spies/agents among the council and students attending Draven’s University ➡️Every member of the Council and student know who Oli’s Bonds are ➡️So how come the Resistance still needs to torture Oli to get her to reveal her Bonds’ names? It was explained as “one specific person trying to protect one of her Bonds and doing everything to keep the information and Oli hidden”, but it doesn’t make sense to me. How come that one person, who seems like a meek and powerless character, can prevent all students and council members from spreading the information about the identity of Oli’s Bonds?
Besides that detail, everything else was awesome. The pace gets a little slower near the middle, and I feel that there was a part where not much happened even though they were pretty much at war with the Resistance, but it didn’t prevent me from inhaling this book in a day. There was also a little issue with the timeline, or maybe that's just me, but it is said at one point that Oli spent weeks in the Resistance camp when it felt more like a few days only..? I am also curious about her periods, she had them in the first book (which was actually nice, because FMC never get their period in books) and then she never got them again.
I love that there are multiple POVs in this book, it allows us to get a different perspective on some characters, and to get more insight into their thoughts. I have to say that it made Nox more tolerable to me to know what he was going through.
Nox is so intense, and his hatred toward Oli clearly hides something. He is trying to protect himself, and he is dealing with past trauma, but all I can think about when I see him being so snarky with her is how hot and intense it will be when these two finally fall into bed together. I am so intrigued by him, I need to know more, and I need more chapters in his POV.
North looks over at me and I know that it’s game over for him. That’s the last puzzle piece in the mystery that is his Bond. Now he knows everything he ever needed to know about her. He’s done for; hook, line, and sinker. He belongs to her now, whether he’s admitting it to himself yet or not.
North Draven stole the show. I said in my reviews of the first two books that even though he wasn’t the nicest, I couldn’t resist his confident, refined, and strong aura, and he finally proved me right in this book. His meticulously cultivated image unraveled and came completely undone under the influence of Oli’s bond, and seeing him allow himself to be soft with her was everything. Also, the man is HOT in the bedroom. ...more
✅✅ Addictiveness ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Sassy and resilient MC ✅ Love interests are becoming more interesting and lovable (well, most of them) ✅ Reverse harem✅✅ Addictiveness ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Sassy and resilient MC ✅ Love interests are becoming more interesting and lovable (well, most of them) ✅ Reverse harem to be ✅ Some smut ✅ Some angst ✅ Powers ✅ Secrets and action ✅ Pace and plot ✅ Building of a found family ❗️❗️Cliffhanger ❗️❗️Trigger warning: kidnapping, mentions of murder and past torture, controlling behavior from future love interests (but not as bad as in the first book), death of loved ones (in the past)
He shakes his head slowly and as I walk away from them, calling Brutus back over to my side, I hear Kieran mutter to Gryphon, “You’re in so far over your head, she’s going to eat you all alive and I’m going to enjoy the show.”
After the shitty and dire situation that Oli finds herself in at the end of the first book, she has no choice but to use her powers, and now everyone knows what she is capable of. Even if a part of her secret is out, Oli still can’t bond, else she will put all of her Bonds in mortal danger because the Resistance is still searching for her, and they will stop at nothing to get her back, and use her Bonds as leverage to force her to cooperate.
This book focuses more on how Oli’s relationships with her Bonds change now that they know more about her and her past, and the angst and slow-burn are delicious.
He murmurs quietly to me, “You make me proud to be your Bond. Even when you hate us, your backbone, endurance, and integrity is unmatched.”
Oli is still a sassy badass in this second book, and while she changed, she remained as awesome and likable as in the first book. She kept her spunk and wits, but she was also able to be open-minded when faced with new facts that shed light on some of her Bonds’ controlling behaviors. She is slowly realizing that they are not all that bad and that they have reasons for their controlling behavior other than just for the sake of being jerks. I loved that she was mature enough to put herself in their shoes, and while she didn’t automatically forget them because she understood them a little more, she was level-headed enough to realize that there might have been some miscommunication and that she could compromise for the sake of their Bond and sanity.
Also, her loyalty to her friends and her Bonds (even those who have been nothing but jerks to her) is awe-inspiring. Again, she does not hesitate to put herself at risk and even “sacrifice” herself to help them, and she is slowly proving to the guys that she is not a spoiled brat. They have no choice but to see that if she can be that brave and selfless, surely she had a reason to flee 5 years ago, besides being immature and stupid, and not wanting her Bonds.
That being said, her savior complex will definitely get her into trouble sooner rather than later, and her Bonds deserve to have the option to help her if they want to, instead of being forced to deal with the aftermath of her decisions. She is a great character, but she is only 19 and has her super powerful Bonds ready to help her if she would only give them a chance. I think the time for secrets needs to come to an end soon because the whole “miscommunication drama” will get old if it continues for too long, and while Oli is pretty mature overall, refusing to allow her Bonds to know what is happening and help seems immature at times.
Don’t get emotional over this shit, Oli. Don’t look at your Bonds all coming to blows over you because two of them hate you, two of them like you, and the fifth one is a constant mind-fuck of changing opinions.
North is still acting like a control freak, but he also gives off this confident alpha energy that I can’t help but find hot. He still has work to do to earn Oli’s forgiveness, but when he decided to be kind to her or care for her (those were fleeting moments, but they were there), I was smiling like a mad woman and my toes curled. He just has this older, reassuring, and protective aura beneath all the controlling assholeness that I can’t resist.
Nox is still a complex fucker, but it’s clear that his mean words and assholey attitude hide some past trauma and emotional wounds. He is trying to protect himself, and I can’t wait for Oli to be able to destroy his defenses and win him over. He will be a grade 1 protective Bond once he decides to give into his instincts, I just know it. I know it will take time, and probably will not happen for a few books, but in the meantime, I am enjoying the angst he adds to the mix.
Gryphon is the definition of brooding and mixed signals in this book, but I loved the tension it created between Oli and him. I am really intrigued by him, and even though he is a central character in this book, I feel that we don’t know much about him… And while I like him and his intensity, he is not my favorite of Oli’s Bonds, he kind of fades into the background when compared to North’s intensity or Gabe and Atlas’ sweetness.
Gabe won a lot of points in this book. From the very beginning, he showed Oli that he would support her from now on, and he stood by her, even when it meant arguing with North’s orders or being in the crossfire of one of her arguments with the other guys. He stopped just fleeing the scene at the first sign of confrontation and is now firmly in Oli’s camp, and it was great to see her being able to form a real friendship with him, and also having another person she could rely on. I knew when I read the first book that he had the potential to be a sweetheart, and he showed it in this book.
Atlas is still being so supportive and awesome, his kindness, understanding, and support is what endeared me to him in the first book, and he continues the good work in this sequel. He is always there to help and defend Oli, even (and maybe especially) against her other Bonds, but he also does not act jealous and possessive of her when she decides to slowly open up to some of her Bonds and spend more time with them. (view spoiler)[But that cliffhanger makes me worried about his future with Oli and the other Bonds. (hide spoiler)]
I need to give a special mention to Brutus and August, the shadow puppies. I am in love with them, and it’s cute to see Oli being so excited about having them with her. I need to see more of them because they are the best.
Oli and Sage’s friendship is still precious, and I love that they brought Sawyer and Felix into their group too. I love that Oli has interactions with other humans besides her Bonds and that she is able to cultivate healthy friendships with boys and girls. It seems important that she continues to have a life outside of her Bonds, and I am glad that the author took the time to develop those relationships and those secondary characters.
Again, this book is not perfect, and some things in it annoyed me, but I inhaled it, just like I did the first book, and I am already halfway through the third book so there is no denying the addictive power of this series. I just can’t seem to stop, and I don’t want to either because it’s just so entertaining and easy to read, and I love it!
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley (thank you SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books). All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Sexual tension and smut ✅️ RevI received a copy of this book via NetGalley (thank you SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books). All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Sexual tension and smut ✅️ Reverse harem ✅ Pace ...more
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✅ Vampires ✅ Pace and action ✅ Plot ✅ Betrayals and twists ✅ Shocking revelations ✅ Romance (MMM) ✅ Smut ✅ Multiple POVs
4.5 stars
This one was my favorite of the series so far. Not necessarily my favorite characters, but the way the romance was developed and the progression of the plot felt smoother than in the previous books, and I loved it!
Kazi launched from the couch, Zaine lunged to stop him, and Saint watched it all unfold with a tickle of amusement, like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. The fate of the world hung on this dysfunctional Brotherhood getting their shit together.
After Atlas was shut down and Saint released at the end of Violent Mistake, everything has gone to hell for Octavius. The Brotherhood believes him to be a traitor and to be responsible for this chaos, they even have video proof of it, but Octavius is innocent and he is determined to earn back Mikalis' trust. His plan is simple, he will find Saint and kill him to show Mikalis that he is not against the Brotherhood and that he has been set up. Lately, though, Mikalis has been even shadier than before and the more Octavius learns about the Brotherhood and its founder, the more he realizes that Mikalis is not who they thought he was, but who can he trust if not the leader of the Brotherhood?
Since the beginning of this series, Octavius has always been the mysterious one. The one that no one knows, and no one really cares to know about. He is just there, he does his job, and he is good at it, so there is no need to know more about him. It was nice to see that under this unaffected and cold surface, there is a heart, and someone that can care deeply, and just wants to be accepted and loved. Octavius craves Mikalis’s approval and forgiveness, but once he starts to see that Mikalis does not care about him, even though Octavius dedicated his life to the brotherhood, he also starts to realize that maybe he deserves more. Maybe he deserves someone who will love him and trust him, and that the Brotherhood is not all there is in life.
No wonder Mikalis had locked him up. He was powerful and dangerous. But why hadn’t Mikalis killed him, like he did all the other nyks they encountered?
Saint was a surprise for me. I was expecting him to be similar to Mikalis: a cold and detached immortal being who’s been around for too long to care about anything anymore, but he was actually super sweet. After spending decades, if not centuries, as a prisoner of the Brotherhood, Saint now just wants to be free and live the rest of his life in peace, away from the Brotherhood and Mikalis. That being said, he also has a violent and vicious side that comes out whenever someone he cares about is being threatened, and when Saint decides to fight, he is a badass.
“Jay, he tried to kill you.” “And I almost hit him with a pan. I think it’s love.”
Jayden is Saint’s feeder, but he is more than just a blood bag to Saint. Jayden is sweet, caring, and funny, and Saint loves him. This book is centered around Octavius and Saint, but we can’t have them without having Jayden too. Octavius doesn’t care about Jayden at first, dismissing him as “just another foolish feeder”, but even Octavius can’t resist Jayden’s sunshine disposition and it’s not long before he starts to care about him too.
“All right, I’ll make a deal with you, Octavius.” Saint offered his hand. “I will help prove your innocence to Mikalis. We’ll find whoever betrayed him. You certainly can’t clear your name alone, not with the entire Brotherhood against you.” “It wasn’t me. I’d never betray him, or them.” He eyed Saint’s hand as though it might bite him. “What do you get out of this?” “One last chance to prove I’m not the big bad wolf you all believe me to be.”
This book has an MMM romance, contrary to the previous books of the series, but it is so well done, that I think even readers who are not usually fans of MMM romance will enjoy it. Nothing feels forced, it just happens smoothly as the plot progresses, and it would have been weirder to remove Jayden from the equation than to include him and make this romance a MMM.
“He claims none of you are permitted to love, yet he demands you love him unconditionally.” “It’s nothing like that. It’s…” He paused, searching for the right words. “Mutual respect.” Saint laughed. “I was Brotherhood. I know exactly what it’s like, and trust me, it’s not mutual.”
Mikalis has been shrouded in secrets and mystery since the first book of this series, and the more we learn about him, the more questions I have… We discover a lot about his origins and his true identity in this book, but I am still not sure about him. Is he working for the greater good or not? Is he truly trying to help or not? Is he a friend or an enemy of the Brotherhood? We can’t be sure of anything when it comes to him, and I like that he is complex and that even after everything that happened in this book, I don’t know in which category to put him.
There were those who believed the Brotherhood lies, and those who lived them. Octavius was one who lived them. The cult of Mikalis.
This book is full of action and shocking revelations. I am still processing everything that’s been revealed, and I have many questions. Hopefully, the fourth book will be released soon!
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley (thank you St. Martin's Press). All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Witches and witch hunters ✅ ScheminI received a copy of this book via NetGalley (thank you St. Martin's Press). All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Witches and witch hunters ✅ Scheming and lying ✅ Twist near the end ✅ Plot ✅ Pace ✅(...more
I was provided an e-copy of the book by the author in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Badass MC ✅ Sadie and Aran'I was provided an e-copy of the book by the author in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
✅ Badass MC ✅ Sadie and Aran's interactions ✅ Multiple POVs ✅ Pace ✅ Action ✅ Reverse harem ✅ Sexual tension and some smut ✅ Groveling (even though they are the worst grovelers ever) ✅(...more
✅ Multiple POVs ✅ Characters ✅ Prison setting ✅ Faes and magic ✅ Pace and plot ✅ Twists ✅ Reverse-harem ✅ Smut ❗️❗️Trigger warnings: time in isolation, beati✅ Multiple POVs ✅ Characters ✅ Prison setting ✅ Faes and magic ✅ Pace and plot ✅ Twists ✅ Reverse-harem ✅ Smut ❗️❗️Trigger warnings: time in isolation, beating up people, mild gore, and mentions of past child abuse ❗️❗️I recommend reading the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series before reading this one to have the background stories about the characters.
4.5 stars
Alpha Wolf picks up three months after the end of Caged Wolf. Rosalie has spent those three months locked in the hole, thanks to Cain, and now that she is finally out, she needs to move on with her escape plan as soon as possible. Because of the mayhem that happened with the Belorian at the end of the first book, new security measures have been and are also about to be implemented, meaning that Rosalie’s job got even harder, and she only has a few weeks before her plan is not possible anymore.
I should have expected this to happen really. Fate always had liked to kiss me on one cheek while slapping me on the other.
Even though I knew that Rosalie and her crew would not be able to escape the prison in this book, because there are at least 2 more books to this series, but mostly because by now, I am used to the Twisted Sisters’ twisted plot twists, I was still anxious to see how things would go for them. Sin is unpredictable and that makes him a liability at times, and Cain is also a wild card, he doesn’t want to hurt Rosalie, but he has such strong beliefs when it comes to the inmates, that there is no way he would let them escape. I am happy with the way things turned out. Sure, they are still stuck in Darkmore, but the dynamic changed so the next book with have a different pace and it shouldn’t be too repetitive.
Rosalie is still a great female lead, probably one of my favorites from the Solaria universe. She is strong, driven, resilient, and vindictive at times, but she always keeps her goal in mind and she knows when to fight and when to let it slide. I loved her when she was 14 in the Ruthless Boys series, and she keeps on showing how great of a character she is in this series.
Roary was a little disappointing in this book, mostly because I found him a little boring at times. His thoughts about Rosalie are running around in circles for most of the book, and it got repetitive quickly. Also, while I like his charisma and strong, quiet presence, he has almost no interaction with the other characters. One thing that I ADORED from the Ruthless Boys series is how the guys would interact together and slowly build bonds, I am missing this aspect here.
I saved his life. He left me to rot. And if I ever got out of this stinking hell and there was even the slightest part of me left able to fight then I would direct all of my hatred his way for what he'd done to me. Mason Cain was a dead man walking. He just didn't know it yet.
Although Sin is the crazy one, Cain is the wild card in this series. He is still attracted to Rosalie and he craves her blood, but he also doesn’t trust her and is very determined to figure out what she’s up to and make sure that no one escapes the prison. I am pretty sure that he will come around eventually and become a part of the reverse harem, but I am curious to see how things will play out between Rosalie and him, but also between him and the other members of the harem. He had his reason not to trust Rosalie and to want to get rid of her by sending her to the hole, but I don’t think he’s done enough groveling yet. He still has some work to do to earn Rosalie’s forgiveness, just as she still has work to do to earn back his trust.
Ignoring social customs was one of the biggest weapons against society I’d ever learned to wield. If people thought you were deranged, they stayed the fuck away. Being unpredictable made me terrifying, even to guys who were bigger and stronger than me.
Sin shows his unhinged side even more in this book, but he also shows a sweet side when he is with Rosalie. He stole the show, seriously. He made me smile so many times with his impulsive, reckless decisions that seemed to have no logic, but then you could see that he was trying to help in his weird way when you read his chapters. I also loved how he tries to interact with the other inmates, mostly Ethan, and how he seems to have no clue about social rules, or just doesn’t give a shit about it. The way he kept lying to Ethan to trick him into doing whatever he wanted was also pretty funny.
"Feel what?" I asked cruelly, the mask my papa had taught me to wear strapped tightly over my features. "The way you shunned me and the gift the moon offered us? The rejection of knowing my mate would rather let Sin make him into a little bitch and allow the entire prison to believe he mated a fucking Beta rather than stand up and claim me as his own? The hurt in my chest as you let that low ranking bitch paw at you and kiss you and fuck you and-" "I'm not fucking her," he snarled like the idea actually disgusted him. "I'm not fucking anyone but you."
Ethan had a tough time in this book. He was struggling at first with being forced apart from his mate, and when she was finally back from the hole, she gave him kind of an ultimatum: either he admitted to everyone that she was his mate, or he stayed away from her because she didn’t want to be his dirty secret. A part of me was disappointed by him at first, but at the same time, his situation added some angst to the book and I can’t complain about that. He came through in the end though, and I am eager to see him strengthen his bond with Rosalie in the next book. Also, I looooooove the way he calls her “love”. Nothing more to say about it.
I need to give a special mention to Busty Esme who’s a real trooper, willing to do anything for her alpha, to poor Hastings who’s going to end up stuck in the middle of this shit show even though he's a sweet sweet guy, and to plunger who is weirdly funny in his disgusting way, but he did make me smile.
I can’t wait to pick up the third book, and while I am really enjoying this addictive series, I know I will regret my decision to start it now when I reach the end of the third book and have to wait for the fourth one.
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