Let’s be clear: I devoured Part I of A Monstrous Claim like it was monster dick dipped in destiny—and Part II started off just as strong. We’re dropped right back into bed with Rafe (aka dominant dungeon daddy with zero emotional chill), and the tension? SCORCHING. He wants her. She wants more. And I was feral for every interaction.
But around the halfway mark, things shift. Devyn’s sent back to Earth for her safety (cue eyeroll), and suddenly it’s not romantasy anymore—it’s just pure fantasy. She’s separated from her mates, and while the plot picks up with politics, war prep, and magical tension, let’s be real: I came for the monster men, and without them, the book lost a bit of that spark for me.
That said—was it still good? Yes. I appreciated the continued world-building, the stakes, and the expansion of the Malev threat. But Devyn alone doesn’t hold my heart the way the triad of Rafe, Elio, and Azarius does. And while the final battle brought the chaos and the boys back, the ending felt abrupt. I needed more monster reunion. More claws, more claiming, more everything.
Still—this duet delivered. The emotional intensity, the plot depth, the hot-as-hell mating dynamics? All there. And now I’m not ready to let go. I’ll absolutely be picking up another book from this author, because if she built one monsterverse I’d die for, she can probably do it again.