The goddess has jokes. It seems I'm at the end of her latest one. I've been notified that I have three mates I must find, and if I can't complete my circuit, it's not too big of a deal. It's just that, well, the Night might eat my soul. So, the fact that one of my mates doesn't want me, and that I don't know who the last one is, isn't too worrisome. Do I really need my soul? The Night has jokes, too. Should I trust the bond that he created between me and his son? Or will his epic play end on his terms? Anyone have a breath mint?
This is the third and fourth books of the series in one place, with bonus scenes. Smuttiness guaranteed. There is m/m content and this is a slow-building reverse harem which means the main character has more than one love interest and she collects them slowly over the course of the series. You can expect absurdity and humor while reading this, and the inability to put it down. You've been warned.
Kelsey Soliz is a homeschooling mama of four and army wife, and when she's not drinking copious amounts of tea or playing bassoon, she is dreaming up all kinds of romance story scapes or reading them like a maniac.
Books 5–9 of Hemlock Academy, following Delaney’s story, were… an experience. This is definitely not your usual why choose, and honestly, it never pretends to be. There are questionable elements - very questionable - and to be fair, they’re questionable the whole way through. So… yay for consistency? 😅
The best way I can describe this arc is: a touch of Game of Thrones (yes, the incest - let’s just call it what it is), mixed with The Vampire Diaries, and somehow… My Little Pony. I wish I were joking, but I am not. If you don’t take this story seriously and you’re just here for chaos and laughs, this might actually work for you. I spent a lot of time going “okay, that’s questionable” and still kept reading, so clearly it has something going for it.
That said, by the end I was mostly confused and reminded exactly why this part of the series took me so long to finish. I liked the first part of the series way more. Delaney’s story was just plain weird, and some of her guys were a hard no for me. Urgh.
I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for a large harem, which is probably why I pushed through and finished. I’m glad I did for closure’s sake… but I’m also slightly traumatized, and not in a fun way. Let’s just say certain recurring elements (involving potatoes, goat appendages, twins, and cartoon vibes) were too much by the end.
Overall: glad it’s done, but this arc wasn’t for me - and I’ll be pretending parts of it live in a separate universe.