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Aine
A dark fantasy romance.
When Aine is sent into the woods for her crimes, she accepts she'll be met with death.
The beasts are known to kill any human that wanders into their territory, their razor-sharp teeth ripping through flesh and bone with practiced ease.
Aine knows she'll be no different from all the others who have been executed before her, and when she's forced into the woods by her own people, it doesn't take long for the beasts to attack.
What she doesn't expect is for them to take the shape of humans and spare her, and even more, for one to claim her as his own.
Trigger warnings for this book can be found linktr.ee/inviwright
When Aine is sent into the woods for her crimes, she accepts she'll be met with death.
The beasts are known to kill any human that wanders into their territory, their razor-sharp teeth ripping through flesh and bone with practiced ease.
Aine knows she'll be no different from all the others who have been executed before her, and when she's forced into the woods by her own people, it doesn't take long for the beasts to attack.
What she doesn't expect is for them to take the shape of humans and spare her, and even more, for one to claim her as his own.
Trigger warnings for this book can be found linktr.ee/inviwright
450 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2025
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Invi Wright
13 books1,308 followersInvi Wright is the author of several romance novels, including The Female series, Aine, and The Professor. She had just begun her career in marketing when she decided to start a new hobby— writing. After many tears and more anger walks than is probably healthy, she decided to pursue writing full-time and began the journey of becoming a self-published author.
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March 31, 2023
I read the whole book... Wouldn't recommend it to my worse enemy.
November 30, 2024
3.75 stars
A quite good book, worth reading. An original take on shifter / fated mates romance. A bit too long story, could have used some strategic trimming for better story pacing (esp. the first half). But the difficult romance between Aine and Damien was quite well done with a very rich plot and complex backstories, effective drama and angst (inc. OW drama and danger scenes - TW: Torture), use of decent psychology to explain the leads' actions/feelings and a great redemption arc.
Damien was such a big jerk at the start of the story and we get to feel all the cruelty he throws at Aine. He redeems himself well and believably. Aine was at times a bit too withdrawn as a character but she showed great heart and was very smart and perceptive. Their chemistry was sizzling and their romantic development captivating to read.
Where this book could have been epic, imho, hinges on two main points:
👩🌾 More details/ polish on worldbuilding which felt wobbly at times. While Aine and Damien were richly developped, most secondary characters were vaguely developped. And I was left with many unanswered questions. E.g. Olivia's tendentious behaviour in the first half of the book, the mechanics of Freya's mark etc
👩🌾 I was totally disappointed when the hunt issue was never revisited by the end of the book. After all the anger surrounding that issue, it deserved some on-page closure from Aine's pov.
Recommended, but I would advise impatient readers to try to stick to Aine and Damien's story because I promise it gets better and much needed explanations with sense do come by the end.
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November 5, 2022
Should be triggers at the beginning about the abuse and rape
I like how her injuries aren’t rushed, it’s annoying reading about people who miraculously heal
“You’re going to ride on my back like I’m fucking cattle”😂
I love how Aine doesn’t let everything Damien did to her be swept under the rug and held him accountable!
Never read about a male being R-ped before, it almost seems taboo, I’m glad it’s being spoken about! Knowing that an alpha male was SA’d will help any male readers that come across this book to know they’re not alone, it’s not ok and it does NOT make you any less of a man. Adore the author for this!
The picture my mind forms of Aine and Olivia being so drunk to the point Alex snaps and has to carry each of them under an arm with their feet dragging on the floor creases me😂
Fuming he didn’t find Aine quicker! Poor girls already been through enough then gets traumatised all over again. Owen is a POS originally thought he got killed straight away would’ve been let off far too easily so I’m soooo glad they’ve brought him back! Deserves everything he gets.
“I’ll fuck you like a whore because that’s what you want, but the next time I take you, we’ll be making love”🥵
I like how her injuries aren’t rushed, it’s annoying reading about people who miraculously heal
“You’re going to ride on my back like I’m fucking cattle”😂
I love how Aine doesn’t let everything Damien did to her be swept under the rug and held him accountable!
Never read about a male being R-ped before, it almost seems taboo, I’m glad it’s being spoken about! Knowing that an alpha male was SA’d will help any male readers that come across this book to know they’re not alone, it’s not ok and it does NOT make you any less of a man. Adore the author for this!
The picture my mind forms of Aine and Olivia being so drunk to the point Alex snaps and has to carry each of them under an arm with their feet dragging on the floor creases me😂
Fuming he didn’t find Aine quicker! Poor girls already been through enough then gets traumatised all over again. Owen is a POS originally thought he got killed straight away would’ve been let off far too easily so I’m soooo glad they’ve brought him back! Deserves everything he gets.
“I’ll fuck you like a whore because that’s what you want, but the next time I take you, we’ll be making love”🥵
July 27, 2024
This book has confused me. I both liked and was greatly annoyed by the main characters. Can't figure out a world that has menstrual cups and shower gel but the FMC has never seen a cat before. 2 stars because I did want to finish it, but I'm not proud of it
November 28, 2022
dnf
Beyond irritated at this book and dnf 11% in and nothing and nobody will ever convince me to go past that 11%. This was a tt recommendation and as soon as I remember who it was they’re getting a dm.
Spoilers?
h is banished from her village and attacked by a pack of beasts who are actually men. They really do a number on her. She wakes up being sort of patched up by another girl who was banished previously who seems annoyed and just giggles at her and doesn’t really tell her what’s going on. Turns out the leader of the pack realized she was his mate before he let his pack eat her but he is royally pissed that they’re mates. She’s so injured she can’t walk and is wheelchair bound and he forces her to sit her wheelchair overnight with no food, no water to the point where she shits and pisses herself and then he brutally drags her to his house and is furious he has to clean her up so he’s very rough with her. I ended it there. I don’t care what’s in the rest of the book. Never again.
Beyond irritated at this book and dnf 11% in and nothing and nobody will ever convince me to go past that 11%. This was a tt recommendation and as soon as I remember who it was they’re getting a dm.
Spoilers?
h is banished from her village and attacked by a pack of beasts who are actually men. They really do a number on her. She wakes up being sort of patched up by another girl who was banished previously who seems annoyed and just giggles at her and doesn’t really tell her what’s going on. Turns out the leader of the pack realized she was his mate before he let his pack eat her but he is royally pissed that they’re mates. She’s so injured she can’t walk and is wheelchair bound and he forces her to sit her wheelchair overnight with no food, no water to the point where she shits and pisses herself and then he brutally drags her to his house and is furious he has to clean her up so he’s very rough with her. I ended it there. I don’t care what’s in the rest of the book. Never again.
August 19, 2024
Oh ho ho this is EVERYTHING I wanted. Delicious, delicious rejected mate angst. Drama. An MMC that is the biggest butthole you’ve ever seen that’s really a big ole softy underneath it all. An FMC with capital T Trauma who is going to make it everyone else’s problem. An OW so ambitious and unlikeable. My biggest gripe is that I can’t figure out what time period this is supposed to be set in. Felt historical in some parts but modern in others. I was on the fence about this author for a little while but this book definitely pushed me over the edge. Looking forward to trying some more of her books.
April 7, 2024
I didn’t find Damien to be a redeemable character and found the whole ending annoying
July 24, 2024
Such an interesting read with a lot going on that makes you have to peel back the many layers. Also, for those that need it, check trigger warnings (SA/R, intentional assault to cause loss of pregnancy, violence, ect.)
Rejected mate = H want to isolate and push away the h as he is angry she is human and not "beast". He does not do a formal rejection but does everything else he can to make the h stay away from him. Too bad for the H that his beast has googly eyes for the h and will not let him stay away.
Cheating = when h comes to see H in his office, the admin (OW1) is with the H. To prove a point to the h that he doesn't want her, the H starts to feel up on OW1 who is totes on board with it (leg caresses, boob touching, etc.). h is unaffected and this frustrates the H. h is also goading the H to continue on and do whatever as she will not care (that chaps the H's butt!).
h sees H with OW = see above, also, h sees the H returning to his room wearing only a towel while a naked woman (OW2) is waiting for the H in his bed.
OW drama = OW1 is just toeing the line of being rude/disrespectful directly to the h. OW1 is not outright malicious or cruel to the h and in the end becomes a friend to the h when OW1's life experience is explained to the h who has empathy and compassion for OW1. OW2 is a nasty piece of work. OW2 is the mate of H's brother who had left for a while and was now back. OW2 drugged the H and SA/R'ed the H several times in an attempt to get pregnant as well as intentionally giving the H a claiming bite (HUGE no-no in their culture to put your teeth in anyone's but your mates skin). The assault created a massive rift between H and his brother as well as between H and his pack as mates are taken very seriously and held to be sacred. OW2 was also responsible for assisting in the abduction and torture of the h by another alpha. Comeuppance for OW2? H's brother takes it upon himself to cut the cancer out of everyone's life by mate-ti-cide...
SA/R = H was SA/R'ed by OW2, see above. the h was SA/R'ed repeatedly by the man her village forced her to marry. The h's husband was also physically abusive and beat the h intentionally when she was pregnant to force her to miscarry (THREE TIMES!!). When the man tried to SA/R the h to try for another pregnancy, the h pushed him off and he accidentally died which is what set up the ousting of the h from her village to be killed by the "beasts."
Grovel = The H had a lot to make up for due to his treatment of the h and to overcome the h's traumas (her marriage, her kidnapping/torture, H's forced mating bite taken without h's consent, etc.). The H had his own traumas to work through. It was great watching the progression of their relationship, understanding the walls/obstacles in their way, seeing them come to understand each other and then coming together. The grovel was enough for me. H groveled through word and deed.
This was a in depth book with a lot of details and world building.
Rejected mate = H want to isolate and push away the h as he is angry she is human and not "beast". He does not do a formal rejection but does everything else he can to make the h stay away from him. Too bad for the H that his beast has googly eyes for the h and will not let him stay away.
Cheating = when h comes to see H in his office, the admin (OW1) is with the H. To prove a point to the h that he doesn't want her, the H starts to feel up on OW1 who is totes on board with it (leg caresses, boob touching, etc.). h is unaffected and this frustrates the H. h is also goading the H to continue on and do whatever as she will not care (that chaps the H's butt!).
h sees H with OW = see above, also, h sees the H returning to his room wearing only a towel while a naked woman (OW2) is waiting for the H in his bed.
OW drama = OW1 is just toeing the line of being rude/disrespectful directly to the h. OW1 is not outright malicious or cruel to the h and in the end becomes a friend to the h when OW1's life experience is explained to the h who has empathy and compassion for OW1. OW2 is a nasty piece of work. OW2 is the mate of H's brother who had left for a while and was now back. OW2 drugged the H and SA/R'ed the H several times in an attempt to get pregnant as well as intentionally giving the H a claiming bite (HUGE no-no in their culture to put your teeth in anyone's but your mates skin). The assault created a massive rift between H and his brother as well as between H and his pack as mates are taken very seriously and held to be sacred. OW2 was also responsible for assisting in the abduction and torture of the h by another alpha. Comeuppance for OW2? H's brother takes it upon himself to cut the cancer out of everyone's life by mate-ti-cide...
SA/R = H was SA/R'ed by OW2, see above. the h was SA/R'ed repeatedly by the man her village forced her to marry. The h's husband was also physically abusive and beat the h intentionally when she was pregnant to force her to miscarry (THREE TIMES!!). When the man tried to SA/R the h to try for another pregnancy, the h pushed him off and he accidentally died which is what set up the ousting of the h from her village to be killed by the "beasts."
Grovel = The H had a lot to make up for due to his treatment of the h and to overcome the h's traumas (her marriage, her kidnapping/torture, H's forced mating bite taken without h's consent, etc.). The H had his own traumas to work through. It was great watching the progression of their relationship, understanding the walls/obstacles in their way, seeing them come to understand each other and then coming together. The grovel was enough for me. H groveled through word and deed.
This was a in depth book with a lot of details and world building.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 1, 2025
kinda hot, mostly insane.
I couldn’t tell what time period I was in. The MC knows about IV’s and blood transfusions, but a wheelchair is a new invention? Sunscreen exists but people get hung at the gallows? crazy. 3 stars cause I love a werewolf.
I couldn’t tell what time period I was in. The MC knows about IV’s and blood transfusions, but a wheelchair is a new invention? Sunscreen exists but people get hung at the gallows? crazy. 3 stars cause I love a werewolf.
November 24, 2025
“…You’re safe here.” I shake my head, refusing to believe it. I’ve been told a man wouldn’t hurt me before, and it was a lie.
I really like this author’s story telling abilities. Her stories are so interesting to read and I devour them but this relationship was toxic. I know it’s fake but if I was Aine my pride would not let me ever forget what Damien did. I might have forgiven him eventually with the whole mate thing. But forgotten, never. And that is my biggest problem. Aine suffered so much and it was repeatedly done by every man she ever met that had power over her. I don’t know how she continued living to be honest. Or how she survived!! It was too much.
I really like this author’s story telling abilities. Her stories are so interesting to read and I devour them but this relationship was toxic. I know it’s fake but if I was Aine my pride would not let me ever forget what Damien did. I might have forgiven him eventually with the whole mate thing. But forgotten, never. And that is my biggest problem. Aine suffered so much and it was repeatedly done by every man she ever met that had power over her. I don’t know how she continued living to be honest. Or how she survived!! It was too much.
February 13, 2023
Well Written, Good Main Character
[TW: rape, violence, sexual violence, torture; werewolf smutty romance; dystopian ish setting - villages all seem to be suspended in different time periods; brooding alpha male romantic interest, actually relatable female protagonist but then the author sort of tortures her a lot]
The trauma descriptions can be a little gratuitous and there’s a huge section of violent plot near the climax that I skimmed because it’s descriptive and really just torturous to a character. Trigger warnings: descriptions of violence, sexual violence, torture. I wish we spent more time discussing the grief after so we as the reader and our characters could have some cathartic healing post-torture.
Falls into a handful of werewolf/paranormal romance fiction cliche camps but the main characters feel well developed.
The strong point is Aine’s character, she gives relatable reactions most of the time and can be sassy so that’s nice. I would recommend this story for her.
The main male character has typical alpha energy and broods a lot. He’s super tropey but that’s to be expected. His transformative actions at the end feel believable to a degree so you don’t have to fight to at least believe his sincerity in the end.
World building is confusing, I had a very hard time with timing/setting in comparison to this world. The characters are modern but the setting is dystopian ish? The setting of everything just didn’t feel fleshed out enough to feel like it’s own distinct space. We visit 3 different “villages” and somehow they all feel like 3 different movie sets and time periods and they’re really pure set dressing. This all means very little to the plot and story, which is a pro in that it doesn’t need to be understood and a con in that we could have just made this story exist in the modern day world we all know and it would have been fine.
Healthy amounts of smut. Thought I’d mention that. If you’re looking for that, it exists for sure.
Despite it all it was a decent story within the genre.
[TW: rape, violence, sexual violence, torture; werewolf smutty romance; dystopian ish setting - villages all seem to be suspended in different time periods; brooding alpha male romantic interest, actually relatable female protagonist but then the author sort of tortures her a lot]
The trauma descriptions can be a little gratuitous and there’s a huge section of violent plot near the climax that I skimmed because it’s descriptive and really just torturous to a character. Trigger warnings: descriptions of violence, sexual violence, torture. I wish we spent more time discussing the grief after so we as the reader and our characters could have some cathartic healing post-torture.
Falls into a handful of werewolf/paranormal romance fiction cliche camps but the main characters feel well developed.
The strong point is Aine’s character, she gives relatable reactions most of the time and can be sassy so that’s nice. I would recommend this story for her.
The main male character has typical alpha energy and broods a lot. He’s super tropey but that’s to be expected. His transformative actions at the end feel believable to a degree so you don’t have to fight to at least believe his sincerity in the end.
World building is confusing, I had a very hard time with timing/setting in comparison to this world. The characters are modern but the setting is dystopian ish? The setting of everything just didn’t feel fleshed out enough to feel like it’s own distinct space. We visit 3 different “villages” and somehow they all feel like 3 different movie sets and time periods and they’re really pure set dressing. This all means very little to the plot and story, which is a pro in that it doesn’t need to be understood and a con in that we could have just made this story exist in the modern day world we all know and it would have been fine.
Healthy amounts of smut. Thought I’d mention that. If you’re looking for that, it exists for sure.
Despite it all it was a decent story within the genre.
September 23, 2025
hated the mmc having no redeeming qualities, hated the ambiguous timeline, and frankly hated myself for finishing this book
July 30, 2024
3.5 stars. I find myself disappointed with this unfortunately. It had a little too much feminism for a shifter book. To each their own, but it's not my preference if I'm being honest. Also, a big gripe for me, and maybe this doesn't bother everyone, but not knowing anyone's age or about was frustrating. The author didn't even go into detail. Are they in their 20s, 30s? A comment by the H saying he was too old to get it on in a pantry raises questions in my brain. How old exactly? This wasn't advertised as an age gap. Anyways, I found myself annoyed. Then there's the h Aine who acts like a feminist yet comes from a poor village without a lot of education. I was confused. She was so judgemental as well. Sometimes it was understandable, but other times it was overkill. By the end of this story she had the Alpha acting like a beta and I don't care for that in shifter books. Again it's just my preference.
I wish the author would have built up a better description of the world she was building. It was just too vague without a lot of detail, and poorly described. As were the people. We have Aine's village which is remote and hates the shifters, which are called beasts in this book. Then we're introduced to another village, but was more like an advanced city to Aine, where the men only wore loin clothes, and the women sheer dresses, but yet the city is advanced. Make it make sense. Aine didn't even know what a cat was, so the way she acted and how she thought made no sense to me. The beast's world wasn't described well either and I need that in a fantasy book. But it just wasn't there. By the time I got to the end of the book I found myself really disliking Aine and not even caring about her trauma. Maybe if the author gave more details? I needed to feel her pain, but I just couldn't get there. It's advertised as dark fantasy, but it wasn't dark at all for me. I did find myself sympathetic towards Daimen in the end and felt he shouldn't have ended up with Aine as a mate. Actually, I think this book has cemented that I don't like human mates for shifters. By the end of the book she still didn't understand how important fated mates are, and the author didn't convince me of their love. I only came to the conclusion that humans and wolf shifters do not make good mates.
I apologize for my critical review, but I was just overall disappointed because I was excited to have found another wolf shifter book. It's not a rejected mates book because he doesn't outright reject her. Just treats her like crap, but from his POV, which we didn't get much of, he just didn't know any better.
Trigger warnings: rape and SA is mentioned from her previous husband that she murdered rightfully so, but doesn't go into much detail, but if that worries you maybe you should pass. There's also some torture scenes, but I've read darker so it didn't bother me, but may bother some. Also, important the H was drugged and raped by his sister-in-law and I understood the author bringing two sexually assaulted character's together both refusing to admit as such
I wish the author would have built up a better description of the world she was building. It was just too vague without a lot of detail, and poorly described. As were the people. We have Aine's village which is remote and hates the shifters, which are called beasts in this book. Then we're introduced to another village, but was more like an advanced city to Aine, where the men only wore loin clothes, and the women sheer dresses, but yet the city is advanced. Make it make sense. Aine didn't even know what a cat was, so the way she acted and how she thought made no sense to me. The beast's world wasn't described well either and I need that in a fantasy book. But it just wasn't there. By the time I got to the end of the book I found myself really disliking Aine and not even caring about her trauma. Maybe if the author gave more details? I needed to feel her pain, but I just couldn't get there. It's advertised as dark fantasy, but it wasn't dark at all for me. I did find myself sympathetic towards Daimen in the end and felt he shouldn't have ended up with Aine as a mate. Actually, I think this book has cemented that I don't like human mates for shifters. By the end of the book she still didn't understand how important fated mates are, and the author didn't convince me of their love. I only came to the conclusion that humans and wolf shifters do not make good mates.
I apologize for my critical review, but I was just overall disappointed because I was excited to have found another wolf shifter book. It's not a rejected mates book because he doesn't outright reject her. Just treats her like crap, but from his POV, which we didn't get much of, he just didn't know any better.
Trigger warnings: rape and SA is mentioned from her previous husband that she murdered rightfully so, but doesn't go into much detail, but if that worries you maybe you should pass. There's also some torture scenes, but I've read darker so it didn't bother me, but may bother some. Also, important the H was drugged and raped by his sister-in-law and I understood the author bringing two sexually assaulted character's together both refusing to admit as such
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 8, 2025
Well, that was dark. And not typical “dark romance” dark, but “lessons in brainwashing” dark. And while the groveling trope fed my angry-femme brain, I was almost too devastated by the climax to recognize the groveling. This is a weird sentence, but hear me out—I think the torture scene in this may be the most brilliant representation of psychological trauma I have ever read. The destruction of our FMC was so thorough and gutting that I felt genuinely distraught for MYSELF just for having read it. So yeah, good times. Good times.
November 27, 2023
This will definitely be a book I will re-read in the future 😁
Make sure to read the trigger warnings for this book! ⚠️
What I liked:
- The premise: the "the guy who was supposed to kill you but didn't because he found out you're his mate" trope really drew me in NGL
- I loved how the author portrayed trauma in this book. I do feel like it was kind of romanticized a little close to the end but I approve of it in general
- All the characters were likeable (except Olivia IMO)
- I loved how the main characters were always being held accountable for their actions. Sometimes in books people do something bad and everyone just kind of like forgets about it?
- The smut! I actually began reading it not knowing it was erotica 😂 so it was a pleasant surprise
- I loved how the whole book never stopped being interesting! There was not one point where I wanted to put it down
What I did not like:
- The time where the book takes place was unclear
- Damien (the ML) never told Aine about cancelling "the hunt" so it was kind of like a plot hole
- The ending was too sudden and somewhat underwhelming
- I didn't like how the author handled the whole Olivia, Damien, and Aine situation. It was confusing
- Certain smut scenes could have had a little more detail. For example, what was she holding on to when they were having sex? WAS she screaming, panting, anything? Also, the smut was too short imo
- I would have liked a scene where Aine was acknowledged/accepted by the whole pack as Alpha or the Alpha's mate or whatever. There was technically one in the begining but the scene ended up being more about the MCs realizing they are attracted to each other and no one of the pack actually interacts with Aine idk
- I'm not a fan about how much the author tortures Aine. Poor woman ☹️
⚠️Trigger warnings: ableism, rape, domestic violence, abortions, torture, erotica, death/grieving, trauma⚠️
Make sure to read the trigger warnings for this book! ⚠️
What I liked:
- The premise: the "the guy who was supposed to kill you but didn't because he found out you're his mate" trope really drew me in NGL
- I loved how the author portrayed trauma in this book. I do feel like it was kind of romanticized a little close to the end but I approve of it in general
- All the characters were likeable (except Olivia IMO)
- I loved how the main characters were always being held accountable for their actions. Sometimes in books people do something bad and everyone just kind of like forgets about it?
- The smut! I actually began reading it not knowing it was erotica 😂 so it was a pleasant surprise
- I loved how the whole book never stopped being interesting! There was not one point where I wanted to put it down
What I did not like:
- The time where the book takes place was unclear
- Damien (the ML) never told Aine about cancelling "the hunt" so it was kind of like a plot hole
- The ending was too sudden and somewhat underwhelming
- I didn't like how the author handled the whole Olivia, Damien, and Aine situation. It was confusing
- Certain smut scenes could have had a little more detail. For example, what was she holding on to when they were having sex? WAS she screaming, panting, anything? Also, the smut was too short imo
- I would have liked a scene where Aine was acknowledged/accepted by the whole pack as Alpha or the Alpha's mate or whatever. There was technically one in the begining but the scene ended up being more about the MCs realizing they are attracted to each other and no one of the pack actually interacts with Aine idk
- I'm not a fan about how much the author tortures Aine. Poor woman ☹️
⚠️Trigger warnings: ableism, rape, domestic violence, abortions, torture, erotica, death/grieving, trauma⚠️
August 17, 2025
This was a Tt recommendation and let me just say dont bother, I was frustrated for the majority of the book, leaving her in her pee wasnt so bad for me because i was already expecting from the review i saw. but omg she was toutured and abused in the later chapters and it went on for my many chapters in excruciating details before they came to rescue her. I am traumatized. I hated it so much. the FMC was so dull, i was already bored then she was captured and abused and i just couldn’t stand it. Both leads also arent very likeable. I wanted the revenge and he just said he accidentally killed the guy, i hated that even more. after the abuse the author was trying too hard to make up for it so many chapters of her recovery like why put her through so much? When they finally got intimate i couldn’t even read it, she has been through so much please leave her alone! this book was too frustrating for me. So many misunderstandings and when its time to have serious conversations they say i dont want to talk about it. like please breakup and date other people. It really didnt seem like they were mates.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 22, 2024
couldn’t take to Aine or Damien, thought both were pretty selfish and annoying. couldn’t find a plot anywhere so ended up skim reading it. wouldn’t recommend
August 23, 2025
I was very excited to start reading Invis backlog after reading The Female series but maaan this book needs work.
The story itself was a fun dark shifter romance just as promised, but it needs some drastic editing. Just off the top of my head, at one point the main character mentions her ex husband would go to the brothels, but then later in the book they go to a town and pass a brothel and she doesn’t know what it is and the other main character needs to explain it to her. There’s a lot of stuff like that.
I also have no grasp on the world they’re living in. At one point the main character gets an IV and she knows what it is, but a few minutes later she gets a wheel chair and just has no clue what it is. They have indoor plumbing (toilets & showers), electricity, menstrual cups and blood transfusions, but when she talks about her village and even when they go into town it sounds like it’s in the dark ages (village “leader” who’s just seemingly some guy? instead of like, a mayor or some other form of government official, executions, sold for marriage, paying with coins). Also she doesn’t know what cats are which is just… why??? It doesn’t even become a thing she doesn’t get to have a cat because cats are scared of the shifters so what was the point of it?
Anyways, I did finish the book because as I said the story was fun and I love Invi Wrights other books but man. It was damn near painful at points.
The story itself was a fun dark shifter romance just as promised, but it needs some drastic editing. Just off the top of my head, at one point the main character mentions her ex husband would go to the brothels, but then later in the book they go to a town and pass a brothel and she doesn’t know what it is and the other main character needs to explain it to her. There’s a lot of stuff like that.
I also have no grasp on the world they’re living in. At one point the main character gets an IV and she knows what it is, but a few minutes later she gets a wheel chair and just has no clue what it is. They have indoor plumbing (toilets & showers), electricity, menstrual cups and blood transfusions, but when she talks about her village and even when they go into town it sounds like it’s in the dark ages (village “leader” who’s just seemingly some guy? instead of like, a mayor or some other form of government official, executions, sold for marriage, paying with coins). Also she doesn’t know what cats are which is just… why??? It doesn’t even become a thing she doesn’t get to have a cat because cats are scared of the shifters so what was the point of it?
Anyways, I did finish the book because as I said the story was fun and I love Invi Wrights other books but man. It was damn near painful at points.
November 23, 2025
I feel like it started off decent but didn't really go anywhere, certainly not anywhere I liked. There were so many macguffins that seemed like they would be the main drama but went nowhere....Olivia as the other woman, Freya as the other woman, Alex as a potential love interest for the FMC. None of them panned out or turned out to be true.
I picked this because it had the cheating trope and I love an angsty, gut wrenching romance. Bamboozled. The cheating is related to characters that are not the MCs. *sigh*
The FMC was often annoying and whiny and rude.
The fact that the FMC didn't want the MMC to kill Freya, when Freya drugged and r*ped her mate, the MMC (before they met), and set her up to be kidnapped and tortured by Owen was gross to me.
I picked this because it had the cheating trope and I love an angsty, gut wrenching romance. Bamboozled. The cheating is related to characters that are not the MCs. *sigh*
The FMC was often annoying and whiny and rude.
The fact that the FMC didn't want the MMC to kill Freya, when Freya drugged and r*ped her mate, the MMC (before they met), and set her up to be kidnapped and tortured by Owen was gross to me.
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August 22, 2025200 pages into this shii and I HAD to drop it.
1. The MMC is TERRIBLE like dude wtf is wrong with you
2. The FMC just takes all that shit the MMC gives her. Like girl what are you doing ?!??!!
3. Everybody in the village is like “Give the MMC a chance, we love him blah blah blah” like this dude literally has been disrespecting her from day 1. Why tf would yall even say that to her.
Anyway my breaking point was because of some crazy annoying OW shit and let me tell you, there’s a LOT of OW shit (with different women too). Stuff that’s unnecessary and just stupid.
1. The MMC is TERRIBLE like dude wtf is wrong with you
2. The FMC just takes all that shit the MMC gives her. Like girl what are you doing ?!??!!
3. Everybody in the village is like “Give the MMC a chance, we love him blah blah blah” like this dude literally has been disrespecting her from day 1. Why tf would yall even say that to her.
Anyway my breaking point was because of some crazy annoying OW shit and let me tell you, there’s a LOT of OW shit (with different women too). Stuff that’s unnecessary and just stupid.
December 7, 2024
I dragged myself all the way through this mess of a book. It was about 200 pages too long and those 200 pages were all torture porn. Romance for children.
November 5, 2024
I needed a hit of dopamine and this did the trick! Didn’t love the male main character.
October 19, 2024
I hate Damien
I have a visceral hate for Damien and I really wish Aine rejected him. If there are no haters of Damien, I am not alive
I have a visceral hate for Damien and I really wish Aine rejected him. If there are no haters of Damien, I am not alive
December 13, 2023
It's givingggg Wattpad author finds her " Alpha finds his human mate, and she's too weak for him", book from 2013, and rewrites/proofreads it at a higher education level. Like I'm not saying it's bad but it just took me to those dark times of so much angst in middle school.
June 7, 2023
This book is a world-wind of emotions. It had the classic enemies to lovers trope but with so much more depth, This Author really knows how to tell a story. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think Damien deserved Aine. I wasn’t really rooting for their relationship in the beginning, but after what happened to Aine he really did a complete 180 and gave her the love she deserves.
The only reason I’m giving this book 4 stars instead of five is because I felt like the last chapter was rushed to end the book. I would’ve like to have an epilogue where Aine and Damien have children, after Aine being forced to lose her children mid pregnancy I wanted Aine to finally have that child with Damien.
The only reason I’m giving this book 4 stars instead of five is because I felt like the last chapter was rushed to end the book. I would’ve like to have an epilogue where Aine and Damien have children, after Aine being forced to lose her children mid pregnancy I wanted Aine to finally have that child with Damien.
May 18, 2023
By no means was this book bad, but as an avid romance reader, I think I wanted just a little more. Im being slightly harsh with only three stars, so please dont be deterred by my rating. This is a well written story with a plot that flows. I do enjoy how the author didn’t shy away from letting the main character from experiencing some trauma and danger. I find that very important when I read romance books, especially supernatural ones.
February 1, 2025
This was the worst book I’ve read in a while. All of the characters were annoying and unlikable and none of the relationships felt earned by the end of the book. Was written very simplistic which made it a quick read, although unenjoyable. So many parts made me just cringe. The turning point at the confrontation was so poorly written that it lost me entirely. It was basically “you did all these awful things to me” “I’m truly sorry” .. and then all is forgiven. I hate this book.
July 31, 2024
This book took forever to get to the point! Even when it did, Aine’s internal struggles, hell…everybody’s internal struggles, were repetitive and annoying.
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October 1, 2025the last 30% being pure groveling is the only thing preventing me from giving this one star
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