**This review was electronically translated into English.
* 4.2 stars. I liked it, BUT I expected more.
I love this series, even though I was frustrated with it.
This book was better than the previous one, it talked more about the work of the council, the couple's dynamics were more active, more information and details, but that's about it. Damn, it's frustrating, that's it.
A Paranormal Council that seems to be made up of sloths and koalas. Where's the action in these books, Taylor? Don't you like me?
The universe is great, the worlds are well-made and defined. The characters are good. The plot is very good. The plots are very creative. The development? Sit down and cry. I believed that this one would be more active than the previous one (which had no action) and it was better, but only a little. It started off well, but then it went back to the same old thing, the same old dragging. The same old drama of a character being related to one of the original 8 and all the weight of that. Besides the drama of the parents who spend their lives away from their children, but when they mate they want to interfere in their lives and be close. I like a family drama, but it needs to be in the background and not a main theme, not in this universe and not in all the damn books.
It doesn't work for me that while the council is having meetings and having a tantrum about the Created or simply staying in hotels for no reason, the villains do everything, spend several books spreading terror, and are almost impossible to capture, and then, BOOM, they caught the guy. Simple as that. Besides not showing the punishment of the villains, sometimes it is just mentioned in passing.
Where is all the action? All the real fighting and hunting? Magic balls, hellhound fire, shapeshifter battles, dragon fire. Where is it? How do you create characters who are supposedly so powerful and just show them rambling, arguing and with meaningless drama? I expected 1000% more. I'm tearing my hair out here.
Frederick was an example of an alpha male who was blessed by the universe in the beginning. Toxic. He treated his One in the worst way, but by a miracle of fate and the author, he was forgiven. In addition to being the great-grandson of one of the original eight, he is one of the warlocks who execute the Paranormal Council. On a mission for the council, he is sent at the end of the previous book to the clan in Amherst, to interrogate two of the warlocks who are taking refuge there, thus allowing him to meet his One.
Dominic is a refugee in Amherst, having fled from his clan with its evil leader. Having already lost hope, he is surprised to finally meet his One and even more surprised by the reception he receives from him. After a few back and forths, the two understand each other. Sex and sex and more sex. Pregnancy. Drama with the villain of the moment, Marco Gallo. Drama with the prestigious Ainsworth family. Drama with the glow that embraces the mountain. Drama with the drama.
This book had its release date changed once, but if it were to build a more dynamic story, with action and in keeping with the universe, I would wait longer. It seems to me that it was written in a hurry, I don't know. The author's books don't have as many mistakes as this one did. And I'm not just talking about spelling mistakes, I'm talking about name changes, conflicting information, and confusion in paragraphs.
I hope the next book in the Paranormal Council Enforcers series, Briggs, is better. I know that the author's next book is Roman's story, in the Destined Paranormals series, which I've been waiting for since book 7 of Raiden, when the grocery store brothers first appeared.
This book is not a standalone book, it should preferably be read after all the books in the universe, starting with the Honey Creek Den series, then Timber Valley Wolf Pack, then Warlocks of Amherst and Vampires of the Beloved Gem, then Paranormal Council Enforcers, up to Castiel's book, pausing to read the Destined Paranormals series (the first six), returning to Paranormal Council Enforcers, starting with Damien's book. If you have any questions, the author has made a reading order available on his website. Although I would read some books in a different order.
Dual POV. 1st person. Dominic and Frederick.
Mpreg/ Heat/ Heat/ Paranormal/ Shifter/ Warlocks/ Fantasy
Predestined companions.
Zero angst.
Foster family.
Sex/sex/sex.
Apprentice villain of the infamous villain Tripa Seca.
Zero action, fighting and violence. (There are only mentions of this, but it doesn't happen on the pages)
Average chapters, around 16,000 to 18,000 characters; 3,000 to 4,000 words; 150 to 200 lines. (This is a rough average, guessing, ok! I didn't do a real calculation of the entire book, it's just to have a basis for the length of each chapter for reading.)
I usually read Taylor's books, faster, but lately I've been short on time to read and when I do I can't always concentrate. So I read the book in one day, but in parts.