It was good
It wasn’t Great, but it was good. If I could, I would rate it 3.5 stars but since I can’t, 3 stars is to low, so I rounded up.
It bothers me so much, that ever chapter Elzora cries, she still lacks confidence, and constantly berates herself for breaking down over small things and big things. Like, crying because she’s frustrated she should be more knowledgeable than she is, this wasn’t just once, this was many many chapters worth of crying. Crying because she didn’t realize something about her men, and thinks she’s the worst soul mate. She constantly allows the guys to crap on each other, like horrible snipes and painful physical mishaps. Bullying each other, and the guys can’t see how much it bothers her. They are oblivious, even though she’s constantly asking them not to be “mean”, which she also says constantly. She internalizes so much that I was it got boring, I wanted to skip pages but I didn’t. She cries over all the mishaps with the guys but they don’t stop even when she asks them too, so either they are written completely stupid or they are just arrogant enough not to care even when they consistently tell her how much they are obsessed with keeping her safe. They constantly tell her she’s so much farther along than they figured. How strong she is but yet again, she just doesn’t beleive them, no matter how many times they tell her. She would rather think the worst in herself than to think of one positive thing. It’s painful to read since this is the 3rd book and it feels like it’s getting worse.
They left the school to stay at Necos to be safer, continuing her classes with the guys, although we didn’t get to read about Necos, Vex’s or Jaspers training as they didn’t schedule any. She gets to meet her dad. Anonumus, well her blood uncle but he was her mothers soul mate too so that means, he’s her dad too. He loves her so much, but I was completely caught off guard when he appeared to Necos and Elzora with Mr Downy a day before the Showcase. Eirik and Etrix dad was informed she was the Primordial Princess, and he’s planned a huge showcase to introduce her to the world. Elzora and her guys are still hiding her soul magic since soul witches are killed off once they mature. Mr Downy is now under suspicion of working with someone that does not have her best interest at heart. Which breaks her because he’s the last connection she has with her late grandma. He’s distant and shows up last min to give her a gold crown, the crown her dad Caeus made for her for their wedding day. I feel like there’s something hidden in this crown, even though she connects with it. It’s foreshadowing something. Oh, there was a chapter or two where Elzora is wanting to feel balanced and harmonized, she lets her magic spread out which switches the souls of the guys. They all get a very small taste of what their direct opposite feels and the different magic which gives allows a new modicum of respect to grow. They don’t bully each other as much after that. Just a few snipes here and there. Jasper opens up to Zohar, and allows Zohar to heal him. He was struggling so much in this book, he pulled away from them all and was even more surlier living at Necos castle with them all. Barely showing his face. Elzora allowed the space and didn’t think to ask for more, she notices small expressions that quickly disappeared when Jasper realized he was feeling even a smidge happy. So it just felt off, especially since she’s so Emphatic. Yet, Elzora is happy to chase Necos even when he pushes her away too, telling her they can never bond. It just felt weird.
There was a few instances where someone was named as a person in a group when it was them that was speaking. I swear I read about when Elzora bonded with Etrix earlier while doing the deed near the end, she bonds with him and Cial magically. I think there was some grammar errors in the book, there were sections where the bad grammar made things unclear and confusing.
Truly, there was alot of fluff, filler, whatever you want to call it. The story or plot as you will, pushes along but at a very slow pace. If we got rid of most of the crying and self discriminating, it would cut the book filler down by a huge amount and I would have definetly rated it a 5 star because it has the potential. I almost didn’t finish the book, her character needs some immediate growth for sure. I will read the next book but I’m in no hurry to read it immediately.