I think I love this one even more then book one! 😍🥰😍🥰
I went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, my heart broke for these characters and was wonderfully healed, I love characters and hate some with a fiery passion…this story was a real, true emotional rollercoaster of feels and angst for me! Everleigh, Aithan, and their friends stole my heart and I have no intention of asking for it back; they are all wonderful and amazing in their own ways and I really, really, REALLY hope all or most of them get their own stories because I NEEDS them, precious, I needs them all!! 🤗🤗
Everleigh continues to be one of my all time favorite female leads EVER, who both balances strength with vulnerability, is a girl while also being strong, and her determination never comes off as “girlboss power” which I can’t STAND, and all in all she’s a role model I would point every girl and woman to as an example of strength and grace and sheer stubborn determination done well without being stupid.
Aithan went through the wringer even more then in A Wizard Awakened and oh my gosh I felt so much for him. 😭😩 I both love and hate how the author wrote his feelings of isolation and loneliness, that desperation to grab onto anything to feel human again, the crash of despair and “what’s the point of it all?”, at the end of his fraying rope… I deeply felt his pain as I’ve felt this exact way many times and it HURT watching him go through this, but the joy on the other side was sooo worth it all, his relief such a balm to my aching heart.
And without giving too many spoilers, the cute couple vibes at the end? I. ATE. IT. UP! So good, so satisfying, so sweet and wholesome and precious and swoony…I could have died happy at the end, lol. Most adorable power couple ever—I REALLY hope we see lots of that dynamic in the final book! 🥰😍
You know what else I hope we see? King Kostas get his freaking butt kicked off a cliff; I hate his literal guts, I hate what he did to Aithan, I hate what he did to Everleigh, I hate what he does to everyone, I hate that he exists, I hate his manipulative hide, I hate him more then the actual villains in the Key (who I hate too, trust me, they’re AWFUL!), I hate him more then Satan, I HATE THIS FREAKING MANIPULATIVE MONSTER SO MUCH!!!!! HE NEEDS TO DIE OR BE DETHRONED, I DON’T CARE WHICH, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SOON!!!! 😡😤🔥 *takes a deep breath* *let’s it out slowly* *starts muttering about what kind of knives would work best to carve up an elf king*
I love this book. I love these characters (not the villains, obviously). I love Everleigh and Aithan so much, they’ve catapulted to the top of my favorite couples and lead characters ever list.
This series is so good, even unfinished as of writing this review it’s up there with K. M. Shea’s Magiford universe and might even surpass it, and as a MASSIVE fan of those books I’m not saying that lightly. And if you haven’t read these two books yet what are you waiting for?! Go read them!!!!
Amazing, fantastic, splendid—I cannot WAIT until September gets here to read the final book!!!
‼️Content‼️
Language: suck; what the; heck; freaking; darn; dang
Violence: fighting with weapons, magic, and hand to hand (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed); a vampire is implied to have killed supernaturals and drank their blood (not shown)
Sexual: kissing (not detailed)
Drugs/Alcohol: characters drink beer and wine; a magical rock/powder acts as a drug to supernaturals that can literally kill them if they ingest/inhale it
Other: vampires/wizards/fae/shifters/elves/other supernatural creatures/beings; magic; magical powers and objects; a character is cursed; humans and supernaturals are being kidnapped/going missing; people are experimented on and some died from it; dead bodies (not detailed)
****Note: I received a free copy of the book from the author/publisher. All thoughts and opinions are most assuredly my own and I wasn’t required to write a positive review. If I was I wouldn’t have read it. 😜****