I received a digital ARC of this book for my honest opinion.
I will also do my best to give my review without spoiling, however this is a sequel. After finishing In The Mouth Of The Wolf I was excited to see where this story continued. The twists that the first book ended on kept me engaged enough to hook me in for another ride. Overall I came away from this read with a 2.5/5. Similarly to when I reviewed the first book, there are places I feel like this book really shined and I also feel like this book fell a little flat.
When it comes to what I enjoyed in this book it is very similar to the one before it. I love a snippy one liner, and not just letting men walk all over women. I enjoy emotional complexity when someone decides to come back from the dead, and how that is going to present itself. There were some similarities to issues I had with the books as well. Pacing was a bit of a bigger issue in this book than the last one. It felt a bit jumpy at times. And, without spoiling anything, the pacing at the end felt confusing and a little rushed.
Then on a personal note, when it comes to kink, safe words shouldn’t be used as a joke. This might just be a me thing, but it just rubbed me the wrong way. If there is any kind of power exchange or play going on there should be a discussion of limits and some sort of limit if stop will or won't be respected. Especially when a character like Marlowe keeps being seen only as a sex object.
In the end, I feel like there was a great premise that had some pacing issues and might have been squished into one book. Sometimes it's okay to cut some aspects out or expand an idea into another book. Overall, I am not mad at these books. If you are looking for a spicy supernatural duology with A/B/O with some craziness thrown in these might be the books for you!!