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Brides of the Kindred #19
Unbound
Slave to Love…
Varin is a Vision Kindred and an elite bodyguard, bound to Princess Brynnalla of Galen Prime. Though he can never have her, Varin is sworn to protect her with his life… but there are some things even he can’t protect her from. When Brynn's parents sell her to a race of insectile beings called the Hive as a Breeding Queen, he must risk everything to get her back…even if it means losing his bond with her forever.
*Contains exclusive content about my new series Cougarville as a BONUS*
**Warning--although I have tried to deal with it sensitively, there is a scene--which is absolutely integral to the plot--which may cause distress to some readers who have suffered abuse in their past. Please read responsibly.**
Varin is a Vision Kindred and an elite bodyguard, bound to Princess Brynnalla of Galen Prime. Though he can never have her, Varin is sworn to protect her with his life… but there are some things even he can’t protect her from. When Brynn's parents sell her to a race of insectile beings called the Hive as a Breeding Queen, he must risk everything to get her back…even if it means losing his bond with her forever.
*Contains exclusive content about my new series Cougarville as a BONUS*
**Warning--although I have tried to deal with it sensitively, there is a scene--which is absolutely integral to the plot--which may cause distress to some readers who have suffered abuse in their past. Please read responsibly.**
443 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 18, 2017
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Evangeline Anderson
297 books5,047 followersEvangeline Anderson is a registered MRI tech who would rather be writing. And yes, she is nerdy enough to have a bumper sticker that says “I’d rather be writing.” Honk if you see her! She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.
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April 6, 2017
Main characters: Varin (ex Bereth) & Princess Brynalla
Type of Kindred bonding: Vision Kindred
I believe that was the darkest story of the series.
If someone compared this book to the first book of the series “Claimed”, he/she would see that they are very different. The series after 19 books have certainly matured. Olivia in book 1 was getting acquainted with the strange aliens that came to the Earth to protect it and to find Brides. The story was playful, funny, naughty and cute and Baird was just the perfect gentleman for her.
Unbound is NOT playful, funny, naughty and cute – except maybe this only scene with the tickle-teaser and the Brynn’s discovery of her lost sexuality. And this again ends up with shame in the morning.
Unbound is simple a dark and with a lot of angst story, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I absolutely love dark sci-fi romances.
Let’s see my points one by one:
-A baby girl not wanted at all by her parents ends up in a strict convent until she grows up.
-A young boy sees his parents being murdered and later on he ends up a slave and forced bound to the young princess. They also made him lose his memory and his name.
-The princess is constantly verbally bullied and belittled by her ladies in waiting.
-The princess –still not wanted at all by her parents- is sold when she grows up to an absolute stranger.
-The princess never gets to meet her only brother.
-An unorthodox birth is described in full details that reminded me of the movie “Alien” - only the book’s birth was a bit more disgusting.
-I think we have the worst villain by far in the series. A humanoid insect with his Hive who are eating their way through all the known planets of the universe.
-The princess is so traumatized in the whole book and so emotionally stressed that she does not find a moment of peace until the very end.
There will be a happy ending as in all the books in the series. I can tell you that. And there will be moments of relaxation.
If you are new in the Kindred world, I suggest that you start with the first books of the series.
If you are a fan of the Kindred world, you will find most of the favorite elements of this series in this book and you will get to meet again some of the old beloved characters.
The world building is still strong and there is this ending that signifies the beginning of book 20 of the series.
Possible triggers:
Type of Kindred bonding: Vision Kindred
I believe that was the darkest story of the series.
If someone compared this book to the first book of the series “Claimed”, he/she would see that they are very different. The series after 19 books have certainly matured. Olivia in book 1 was getting acquainted with the strange aliens that came to the Earth to protect it and to find Brides. The story was playful, funny, naughty and cute and Baird was just the perfect gentleman for her.
Unbound is NOT playful, funny, naughty and cute – except maybe this only scene with the tickle-teaser and the Brynn’s discovery of her lost sexuality. And this again ends up with shame in the morning.
Unbound is simple a dark and with a lot of angst story, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I absolutely love dark sci-fi romances.
Let’s see my points one by one:
-A baby girl not wanted at all by her parents ends up in a strict convent until she grows up.
-A young boy sees his parents being murdered and later on he ends up a slave and forced bound to the young princess. They also made him lose his memory and his name.
-The princess is constantly verbally bullied and belittled by her ladies in waiting.
-The princess –still not wanted at all by her parents- is sold when she grows up to an absolute stranger.
-The princess never gets to meet her only brother.
-An unorthodox birth is described in full details that reminded me of the movie “Alien” - only the book’s birth was a bit more disgusting.
-I think we have the worst villain by far in the series. A humanoid insect with his Hive who are eating their way through all the known planets of the universe.
-The princess is so traumatized in the whole book and so emotionally stressed that she does not find a moment of peace until the very end.
There will be a happy ending as in all the books in the series. I can tell you that. And there will be moments of relaxation.
If you are new in the Kindred world, I suggest that you start with the first books of the series.
If you are a fan of the Kindred world, you will find most of the favorite elements of this series in this book and you will get to meet again some of the old beloved characters.
The world building is still strong and there is this ending that signifies the beginning of book 20 of the series.
Possible triggers:
September 9, 2017
Not my type of book anymore.
Whilst this book will please most of Ms Andersons fans, this series is not what it started out as anymore. Too dark for me.
Be warned this book contains a forced medical rape scene.
I was really not happy with this scene. It may have been done medically but a woman screaming NO and still losing her virginity to a metal tool is wrong on so many counts.
Brynn was a tough cookie and I felt really sorry for the lack of love from those abominations called her parents, or otherwise known as the King and Queen of Galen.
Whilst my heart bled for Varin or Bereth and his lost childhood and family, once his chip was removed he only remembered Brynn due to the Goddess intervening or he would have quite happily gone on with his life and maybe bonded someone else.
I have loved this series since book one but it is no longer filled with nail biting tension and interesting discoveries, it is just becoming dark with very little of the original concept utilised anymore.
This series is losing its edge and is not about the Kindred anymore but about how cruel and horrible people or aliens can be to others. Slavery, mistreatment, nasty women at court and Insectoids that want to rape and breed woman with viable DNA.
By the end of this book I was sick of all the attempted forced sex.
The main part of the story was enjoyable and I really liked both Varin and Brynn and had great empathy for their life stories, the remainder was quite gory in places which is not my thing.
I am sorry but as Sovereign X’izith survived and they now plan to use earth women, I think this will be my last Kindred book. I cannot take any more of the Hive and its nasty insects.
I like to feel good at the end of a book, not freaked out and queasy.
Will be sticking to the Alien Mate Index series.
This is my honest review of this book.
Whilst this book will please most of Ms Andersons fans, this series is not what it started out as anymore. Too dark for me.
Be warned this book contains a forced medical rape scene.
I was really not happy with this scene. It may have been done medically but a woman screaming NO and still losing her virginity to a metal tool is wrong on so many counts.
Brynn was a tough cookie and I felt really sorry for the lack of love from those abominations called her parents, or otherwise known as the King and Queen of Galen.
Whilst my heart bled for Varin or Bereth and his lost childhood and family, once his chip was removed he only remembered Brynn due to the Goddess intervening or he would have quite happily gone on with his life and maybe bonded someone else.
I have loved this series since book one but it is no longer filled with nail biting tension and interesting discoveries, it is just becoming dark with very little of the original concept utilised anymore.
This series is losing its edge and is not about the Kindred anymore but about how cruel and horrible people or aliens can be to others. Slavery, mistreatment, nasty women at court and Insectoids that want to rape and breed woman with viable DNA.
By the end of this book I was sick of all the attempted forced sex.
The main part of the story was enjoyable and I really liked both Varin and Brynn and had great empathy for their life stories, the remainder was quite gory in places which is not my thing.
I am sorry but as Sovereign X’izith survived and they now plan to use earth women, I think this will be my last Kindred book. I cannot take any more of the Hive and its nasty insects.
I like to feel good at the end of a book, not freaked out and queasy.
Will be sticking to the Alien Mate Index series.
This is my honest review of this book.
September 3, 2017
Awesome! This is my favorite Kindred book so far!
March 27, 2017
Literally my least favorite of the series. It just didn't feel like a kindred book until the end and then I was just already to annoyed with it to enjoy.
I also had some issues with a few things.
1st: it never explained how she bonded to him when she hadn't drank his blood as a baby.
2nd: he woke with no memory which means his last memory was of him being seven years old. Yet he didn't seem shocked he was grown... he cursed and acted like a grown man not a seven year old.
3rd: at the beginning of the book it says he has a special ability to locate weaknesses... but then when he was chained to the wall and she's being all raped my a machine he couldn't find the chains weakness? When he was rescuing her at the end he again couldn't find a weakness in the bugs wings...????
I also had some issues with a few things.
1st: it never explained how she bonded to him when she hadn't drank his blood as a baby.
2nd: he woke with no memory which means his last memory was of him being seven years old. Yet he didn't seem shocked he was grown... he cursed and acted like a grown man not a seven year old.
3rd: at the beginning of the book it says he has a special ability to locate weaknesses... but then when he was chained to the wall and she's being all raped my a machine he couldn't find the chains weakness? When he was rescuing her at the end he again couldn't find a weakness in the bugs wings...????
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 19, 2018
I enjoyed this science fiction romance with an interesting plot and the devoted hero was nice but after awhile the sex scenes got kind of monotonous. I started skimming them which turned it into a pretty good story with plenty of exciting action. At age seven, Varin was turned into a slave and with his unique ability was bonded to baby princess Brynalla then warrior trained to be her bodyguard.
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June 17, 2023
In the words of Charles Barkley…”Terrible,Terrible, Terrible”.
In all seriousness this book had all of the elements that brought my to Evangeline Anderson’s Kindred series, so I cannot fault her…merely my tastes. It was a well written story, it was wildly imaginative and filled with the usual torrid affair, but it involved a new species of giant bugs that lived in a hive and were looking for female hosts to inject their larvae into (which would eat their way out and kill their host when they come of age). She really got into the details of that too…pheromone scenting used in the hives, etc.
I suppose it’s someone’s cup of tea…no judgement here, it just wasn’t mine. I can’t fault Anderson as I still think she is one of the most inventive and creative writers in the genre. (Hence the three stars…I still love her!)
Don’t let my review deter you.
In all seriousness this book had all of the elements that brought my to Evangeline Anderson’s Kindred series, so I cannot fault her…merely my tastes. It was a well written story, it was wildly imaginative and filled with the usual torrid affair, but it involved a new species of giant bugs that lived in a hive and were looking for female hosts to inject their larvae into (which would eat their way out and kill their host when they come of age). She really got into the details of that too…pheromone scenting used in the hives, etc.
I suppose it’s someone’s cup of tea…no judgement here, it just wasn’t mine. I can’t fault Anderson as I still think she is one of the most inventive and creative writers in the genre. (Hence the three stars…I still love her!)
Don’t let my review deter you.
March 21, 2017
3.45
So there is kind of a lot to upnack with this book. Mainly because I read it both critcally and well not.
First things first its been awhile since I read this author. I think I read the first five of this series but I do not recall.
Second I hadn't planned to read this but changed my mind so I could analyse a scene in the book for myself
This book also wasnt as dark as I thought many people had made it out to be. Which made me laugh but also note that just because its not dark or triggering to me doesnt mean its not triggering for someone else
Also can kindred be gay, bisexual or asexual, cant remember if this is stated in other books but it would be something interesting to see in this series. Though really Kindreds are kind of like giant demiseuxals because they only do it if they are in love and mated to thier bride. These dudes aint straight.
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There are a couple positive things I will say about this book
-- I enjoyed the alien insects probably my favorite part of the book
---could have used more insect larvee
---that Varin didnt presure Brynn into having penetrative vaginal sex after her truama
--- last sex scene was nice even if it did feel a little like the magic dick trope saves the day
--- I kind of wanted her to end up pregnant in this one
--how blood kindred must have descended from the extiction of the vision kindred by the gap in the universe ecosystem
---- brynn learning how to defend herself.
---cons
so some might classify this book as a slavefic. I do not. I would classify it as forced bonding because it's done when they are children and neither have consent. Brynn because she is a baby and Varin because he is a seven and slave. So the relationship starts out on a dubious playing field.
---the deflowering. Oh how I hate this word. Quite a few readers viewed this differently than I do. That is a rape scene she both verbaly and internally does not want this happening to her. She has a metal rod shoved up her vagina to break her hymen. That is rape regardless if its by an obejct.
Also their hymens must be made of steel or something if the insects barb is that weak
---eggregious use of the word pussy
So I have a mixed relationship with this word. I both hate and want to reclaim it. My first issue with this word is when Brynn and Varin are talking about her upbringing with the sisters of silence. Who constantly referred to her Vagina as her downstairs place. Varin deciding an anatomy lesson is in order keeps calling it her pussy. When really that is really creepy at that point in time. Brynn literally doesnt know how her own body works. Folks the word vagina is just as sexy if not sexier than the word pussy.
So because of this my mental image of Varin was stuck at that of a 16 year old boy not a 25 year old man. Every. Single. Time. He. Used. The. Word. Pussy.
--that all the female characters on Brynns planet fell into cold or bitchy or catty sterotypes. That did not make for pleasant reading those are tropes I greatly dislike
In general I neither disliked or liked Varin in Brynn I viewed neither of them as very strong characters. There is a lot about this book that I didnt like particularly because of how certain tropes are used in the het romance.
Rape as a plot device which while both men and women experience it is a really tricky thing to pull off in a book. But if that is the only thing you are using to threaten your female characters then I have an issue.
So there is kind of a lot to upnack with this book. Mainly because I read it both critcally and well not.
First things first its been awhile since I read this author. I think I read the first five of this series but I do not recall.
Second I hadn't planned to read this but changed my mind so I could analyse a scene in the book for myself
This book also wasnt as dark as I thought many people had made it out to be. Which made me laugh but also note that just because its not dark or triggering to me doesnt mean its not triggering for someone else
Also can kindred be gay, bisexual or asexual, cant remember if this is stated in other books but it would be something interesting to see in this series. Though really Kindreds are kind of like giant demiseuxals because they only do it if they are in love and mated to thier bride. These dudes aint straight.
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There are a couple positive things I will say about this book
-- I enjoyed the alien insects probably my favorite part of the book
---could have used more insect larvee
---that Varin didnt presure Brynn into having penetrative vaginal sex after her truama
--- last sex scene was nice even if it did feel a little like the magic dick trope saves the day
--- I kind of wanted her to end up pregnant in this one
--how blood kindred must have descended from the extiction of the vision kindred by the gap in the universe ecosystem
---- brynn learning how to defend herself.
---cons
so some might classify this book as a slavefic. I do not. I would classify it as forced bonding because it's done when they are children and neither have consent. Brynn because she is a baby and Varin because he is a seven and slave. So the relationship starts out on a dubious playing field.
---the deflowering. Oh how I hate this word. Quite a few readers viewed this differently than I do. That is a rape scene she both verbaly and internally does not want this happening to her. She has a metal rod shoved up her vagina to break her hymen. That is rape regardless if its by an obejct.
Also their hymens must be made of steel or something if the insects barb is that weak
---eggregious use of the word pussy
So I have a mixed relationship with this word. I both hate and want to reclaim it. My first issue with this word is when Brynn and Varin are talking about her upbringing with the sisters of silence. Who constantly referred to her Vagina as her downstairs place. Varin deciding an anatomy lesson is in order keeps calling it her pussy. When really that is really creepy at that point in time. Brynn literally doesnt know how her own body works. Folks the word vagina is just as sexy if not sexier than the word pussy.
So because of this my mental image of Varin was stuck at that of a 16 year old boy not a 25 year old man. Every. Single. Time. He. Used. The. Word. Pussy.
--that all the female characters on Brynns planet fell into cold or bitchy or catty sterotypes. That did not make for pleasant reading those are tropes I greatly dislike
In general I neither disliked or liked Varin in Brynn I viewed neither of them as very strong characters. There is a lot about this book that I didnt like particularly because of how certain tropes are used in the het romance.
Rape as a plot device which while both men and women experience it is a really tricky thing to pull off in a book. But if that is the only thing you are using to threaten your female characters then I have an issue.
March 19, 2017
The thing I loved most about this one is the fact that the Kindred and his potential mate were in the Blind, a place where few people have entered and returned from. He was a Kindred we hadn't heard of yet, and coming across a new one with a new set of idiosyncrasies was a bonus in my book. Yes, he had some similarities to some of the others, but his heart was in a good place. To see this love cross the class barriers was my favorite part of the book. It was something that wasn't supposed to happen, and her parents were told that it was impossible. But it simply made things that much better in my book. I loved the way they got to know each other when no one else was around, talking until all hours of the night and building a trust that each of them needed for the situations to come.
And the Hive was an especially exciting and worthy addition to the series as an evil force to be reckoned with. They weren't just frightening individuals, but their way of life was completely different and opposite any other evil entity we've seen. Not only that, but there is the potential for their numbers to be in the six digit range if not more. That is quite an awesome army to come up against. The devastation they could cause among the Kindred and to the earth is frightening and give the author the potential to continue the series in a number of new direction.
As with the majority of the Brides of the Kindred in the series, there's a hard edge to this book, a tough few moments to swallow that leave the heroine frightened and having a difficult time with a decision that must be made, but knowing the traumatic experiences she's had in her past keep her from wanting to make them. It is part of the conflict of these stories and makes the way she ultimately overcomes that experience to find a happy ending all that much sweeter. She's been brought up as a princess who is soft and malleable as the spare heir to the throne. But how she takes her life into her own hands when her back is against the wall shows a strength that I always appreciate reading concerning these brides.
As with each of the stories in the series, there were moments that made me laugh, some that made me cheer and some that brought tears to my eyes. I loved it and can't wait to see what the author has in store for us next
And the Hive was an especially exciting and worthy addition to the series as an evil force to be reckoned with. They weren't just frightening individuals, but their way of life was completely different and opposite any other evil entity we've seen. Not only that, but there is the potential for their numbers to be in the six digit range if not more. That is quite an awesome army to come up against. The devastation they could cause among the Kindred and to the earth is frightening and give the author the potential to continue the series in a number of new direction.
As with the majority of the Brides of the Kindred in the series, there's a hard edge to this book, a tough few moments to swallow that leave the heroine frightened and having a difficult time with a decision that must be made, but knowing the traumatic experiences she's had in her past keep her from wanting to make them. It is part of the conflict of these stories and makes the way she ultimately overcomes that experience to find a happy ending all that much sweeter. She's been brought up as a princess who is soft and malleable as the spare heir to the throne. But how she takes her life into her own hands when her back is against the wall shows a strength that I always appreciate reading concerning these brides.
As with each of the stories in the series, there were moments that made me laugh, some that made me cheer and some that brought tears to my eyes. I loved it and can't wait to see what the author has in store for us next
July 16, 2017
HELL TO THE NO!!! no f*ing bugs in my erotica!
Bugs - huge, gross, flesh-eating, people-f*ing, in your throat vomiting.... BUGS!!!
As in - my future hubby to be a ginormic ant/cockroach/wasp talking bug!
and Varin... if he had no difficulty to be-head all the sentries in his way, why, WHY the HELL he didn't off the sovereign in the same fashion...??! First he cutts off his baby-maker instead of his head [that thing re-grew], then he leaves him dying and again he left his head - now that's just STUPID!
[NOTE TO SELF: book in short, so I don't have to read it AGAIN]
Varin's parents get killed by a slaver, so he can sell Varin to the king.
The king bondes the 7-year-old to the infant Brynn.
She gets send off to the convent 'till she's 18, he learns how to be a warrior, to become her future guard.
The king & queen don't care much for Brynn. They want to sell her off to the highest bidder.
She and Varin get close.
The big bug-in-disguise comes for Brynn, but first she needs to be deflowered. Torture!
Varin in helpless to watch her be tortured & sold.
When she leaves, he's being sold to another slaver. He escapes.
Brynn learns the truth about her future hubby, when sha gets to his planet.
Varin comes to the rescue.
They get closer, but no bonding sex.
Near the Blind the bugs catch-up. They use super-speed to escape.
They escape through the Blind.
They reach the Kindred in Earth orbit.
Varin's chip needs replacing. He looses his memory after removing the chip.
Brynn is some how connected to her hubby-bug, takes a ship and flies to the dark side of the moon.
She meets the bug, gets nearly raped, but guts the bug instead. Varin gets her back to the MShip.
They have bonding sex. The End.
The big bug ends in a cocoon, recuperating.
Bugs - huge, gross, flesh-eating, people-f*ing, in your throat vomiting.... BUGS!!!
As in - my future hubby to be a ginormic ant/cockroach/wasp talking bug!
and Varin... if he had no difficulty to be-head all the sentries in his way, why, WHY the HELL he didn't off the sovereign in the same fashion...??! First he cutts off his baby-maker instead of his head [that thing re-grew], then he leaves him dying and again he left his head - now that's just STUPID!
[NOTE TO SELF: book in short, so I don't have to read it AGAIN]
Varin's parents get killed by a slaver, so he can sell Varin to the king.
The king bondes the 7-year-old to the infant Brynn.
She gets send off to the convent 'till she's 18, he learns how to be a warrior, to become her future guard.
The king & queen don't care much for Brynn. They want to sell her off to the highest bidder.
She and Varin get close.
The big bug-in-disguise comes for Brynn, but first she needs to be deflowered. Torture!
Varin in helpless to watch her be tortured & sold.
When she leaves, he's being sold to another slaver. He escapes.
Brynn learns the truth about her future hubby, when sha gets to his planet.
Varin comes to the rescue.
They get closer, but no bonding sex.
Near the Blind the bugs catch-up. They use super-speed to escape.
They escape through the Blind.
They reach the Kindred in Earth orbit.
Varin's chip needs replacing. He looses his memory after removing the chip.
Brynn is some how connected to her hubby-bug, takes a ship and flies to the dark side of the moon.
She meets the bug, gets nearly raped, but guts the bug instead. Varin gets her back to the MShip.
They have bonding sex. The End.
The big bug ends in a cocoon, recuperating.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 10, 2019
Trigger warnings: Medical rape; also disgusting insects, near-rape by giant wasp-king
This book was a bit different from other BotK books because
a) the villain was new
b) the main cast was new
c) there wasn't even a hint of this story beforehand
d) the Kindred Mother ship was basically an afterthought and barely made an appearance
BUT
I liked it!
Our couple, Brynalla and Varin, is actually quite cool.
Brynalla is the princess of Galen Prime, a pretty much medieval planet (with cloisters! huge dresses! jousting! big castles! poofy hair!) only with space travel. Never mind space travel though! This is all pretty much a historical slave/princess romance if you leave out the insect dictator who comes over to eat and breed and capture said medieval princess ...
Wait, insects? As in, a giant insect whose mandibles, multiple legs, wings and eyes and breeding barb are described in exploitative detail?
He's one hawt insect king!
Basically, the new villain Xil-something or other, is a Wasplike KING of his species, who, in order to procreate (that is, breeding new workers and also his own antecessor, who will eat HIM), needs flesher females. You read that correctly, it basically means humanoid women.
Weirded out yet? It gets worse: when Xil-something impregnates a flesher, the grubs grow and grow in the host womb until they eat their way out of the living woman, who gets drugged with the species' Blood Honey the entire time so that she doesn't freak out and, you know, stresses the grubs. This procedure is detailled in gorey finery in one instance of the book that was one of the most disgusting pieces of writing I have ever been exposed to! (I loved it)
In any case, so on the one hand, we have the sort-of-medieval Princess/Slave dynamic of a very sympathetic couple and on the other we have basically Alien/Predator seeks woman for breeding. These two aspects of the story don't mesh awfully well, as you might imagine! No matter though, it kind of works. And Xil-something is super creepy, super disgusting and his drive to find flesher feamles to breed (and then throw their carcasses into the gorey abbyss that seems to be the Hive's kitchen - so he makes a great new villain.
I liked Brynalla and Varin. Shame they won't ever appear again except for their obligatory one-off sex-scene in Book 20 (They do get very repitive and at this point I'd love to revisit some of the couples, especially the earlier ones, with story!). The wasp king will be a lot of fun, I expect. I hope he manages to survive long enough to actually become a little dangerous (none of the former villains ever managed to harm the Mother Ship and the couples significantly).
Off to Book 20 ~
This book was a bit different from other BotK books because
a) the villain was new
b) the main cast was new
c) there wasn't even a hint of this story beforehand
d) the Kindred Mother ship was basically an afterthought and barely made an appearance
BUT
I liked it!
Our couple, Brynalla and Varin, is actually quite cool.
Brynalla is the princess of Galen Prime, a pretty much medieval planet (with cloisters! huge dresses! jousting! big castles! poofy hair!) only with space travel. Never mind space travel though! This is all pretty much a historical slave/princess romance if you leave out the insect dictator who comes over to eat and breed and capture said medieval princess ...
Wait, insects? As in, a giant insect whose mandibles, multiple legs, wings and eyes and breeding barb are described in exploitative detail?
He's one hawt insect king!
Basically, the new villain Xil-something or other, is a Wasplike KING of his species, who, in order to procreate (that is, breeding new workers and also his own antecessor, who will eat HIM), needs flesher females. You read that correctly, it basically means humanoid women.
Weirded out yet? It gets worse: when Xil-something impregnates a flesher, the grubs grow and grow in the host womb until they eat their way out of the living woman, who gets drugged with the species' Blood Honey the entire time so that she doesn't freak out and, you know, stresses the grubs. This procedure is detailled in gorey finery in one instance of the book that was one of the most disgusting pieces of writing I have ever been exposed to! (I loved it)
In any case, so on the one hand, we have the sort-of-medieval Princess/Slave dynamic of a very sympathetic couple and on the other we have basically Alien/Predator seeks woman for breeding. These two aspects of the story don't mesh awfully well, as you might imagine! No matter though, it kind of works. And Xil-something is super creepy, super disgusting and his drive to find flesher feamles to breed (and then throw their carcasses into the gorey abbyss that seems to be the Hive's kitchen - so he makes a great new villain.
I liked Brynalla and Varin. Shame they won't ever appear again except for their obligatory one-off sex-scene in Book 20 (They do get very repitive and at this point I'd love to revisit some of the couples, especially the earlier ones, with story!). The wasp king will be a lot of fun, I expect. I hope he manages to survive long enough to actually become a little dangerous (none of the former villains ever managed to harm the Mother Ship and the couples significantly).
Off to Book 20 ~
March 12, 2018
This is probably one of the most haunting story of the series...
Unbound is not like many of the other kindred stories: It is forboeding, painful, full of despair, and longing. Many scenes are full of shame and careless bragging and hurtful words.
Unbound is very dark. It has many heartbreaking scenes:
* Brynnalla is a baby girl not wanted by her parents for simply being a female. When her brother is born as an heir, she ends up in convent until her eighteenth birthday.
* Brynnalla is constantly bullied and belittled by her ladies in waiting. They use her ignorance and innocence against her in the royal court.
* Brynnalla never once sees her parents while growing up in the Convent. She never even gets to meet her brother
* When Brynnalla comes of age, all her parents can think about is getting rid of her as a burden, and selling her to the highest bidder.
* Brynnalla's feelings and opinions are not valued by her parents of her ladies in waiting. As a result, her own mother hurts her is a very sensitive and personal way.
* Brynnalla being so innocent, spends most of her story being in emotional turmoil. She is also traumatized but certain events that she is thrown into.
* Varin is ripped away from his parents at 7 cycles old, sold into slavery, and made to forget everything about his life before he was pledged as a body slave
* Varin is forced to witness everything about Brynnella in a half bond for her whole life. He feels her emotions and pain, always.
* both Bairn and Brynnalla lose everything they once knew when The Hive devastates their home planet of Galen Prime
I think The Hive has to be one of the worst villains yet. Humanoid insect like species, who have a mixed look of a cockroach, wasp and a ant. Their sovergien is a ruthless killer and will not stop until he gets his Breeding Queen. The way they "breed" is disgusting and inhumane. They literally use female humanoid creatures to incubate Common and Royal Grubs, that eat their way out of the humanoid body when ready to be "born"
Even though this book seems daunting and dark, I can assure you there are still some very sweet and cute moments. And yes, you definitely get the Kindred ever after ending.
Unbound is not like many of the other kindred stories: It is forboeding, painful, full of despair, and longing. Many scenes are full of shame and careless bragging and hurtful words.
Unbound is very dark. It has many heartbreaking scenes:
* Brynnalla is a baby girl not wanted by her parents for simply being a female. When her brother is born as an heir, she ends up in convent until her eighteenth birthday.
* Brynnalla is constantly bullied and belittled by her ladies in waiting. They use her ignorance and innocence against her in the royal court.
* Brynnalla never once sees her parents while growing up in the Convent. She never even gets to meet her brother
* When Brynnalla comes of age, all her parents can think about is getting rid of her as a burden, and selling her to the highest bidder.
* Brynnalla's feelings and opinions are not valued by her parents of her ladies in waiting. As a result, her own mother hurts her is a very sensitive and personal way.
* Brynnalla being so innocent, spends most of her story being in emotional turmoil. She is also traumatized but certain events that she is thrown into.
* Varin is ripped away from his parents at 7 cycles old, sold into slavery, and made to forget everything about his life before he was pledged as a body slave
* Varin is forced to witness everything about Brynnella in a half bond for her whole life. He feels her emotions and pain, always.
* both Bairn and Brynnalla lose everything they once knew when The Hive devastates their home planet of Galen Prime
I think The Hive has to be one of the worst villains yet. Humanoid insect like species, who have a mixed look of a cockroach, wasp and a ant. Their sovergien is a ruthless killer and will not stop until he gets his Breeding Queen. The way they "breed" is disgusting and inhumane. They literally use female humanoid creatures to incubate Common and Royal Grubs, that eat their way out of the humanoid body when ready to be "born"
Even though this book seems daunting and dark, I can assure you there are still some very sweet and cute moments. And yes, you definitely get the Kindred ever after ending.
March 25, 2017
Book 19 of the Kindred Bride Series and each book continues to have amazing and unique stories, characters and mesmerizing worlds to get lost in. This book is no exception as we encounter a new evil presence in the Kindred world (huge insects, eww) , the Hive.
We are also introduced to the Vision Kindred (another amazing race of Kindred with special "gifts"),who have unfortunately been dying out as they are so valuable they have been exploited as slaves. As a vision Kindred Varin is a prized slave, bought with the intention to use him as a bodyguard for the Princess of a very uptight and snobby royal family. Varin is given an injection of a bit of the Princess Brynella's blood when he is a young boy to form a bond with her, unfortunately it does not bind the princess to him. Varin is considered too low of status to allow the princess to bind to him and her greedy parents decide to sell her off to the highest bidder when she comes of age.
Princess Brynn is sent away as baby to a convent to be raised away from the royal home as her parents do not wish to be bothered with the female. They produce a male heir who will become their focus as the Princess is forced to live a sheltered life with little comforts or royal benefits. She is quite taken back when she returns home from the convent all grown up, to see all she has missed. Ever the proper daughter and her rigid upbringing has Brynn trying to follow her parents wish to be sold in marriage. She is very fond of the big Kindred Warrior who has been bonded to her as a body guard since she was an infant. Although she has not been bonded to him there is that attraction to him the virgin princess can not ignore or explain.
The story concentrates on the Varin, Brynn and the horrid sovereign leader of the hive. Had no problem hating this horrible evil being as I'm no big fan of wasp/roach creatures whether they be small or these gigantic sentient ones. This did make for an exciting plot and it seems like the kindred and people of earth will need some bigger cans of insecticide (kidding) as it's not certain they've been defeated for good (I hope it's soon though).
There is the gradual development of the hero and heroines feelings for each other and also the wonderful journey of them learning to value themselves along the way as well.
If you haven't started reading treat the sci-fi romantic erotic adventurous reader in you and start right now with Claimed then go in order.
We are also introduced to the Vision Kindred (another amazing race of Kindred with special "gifts"),who have unfortunately been dying out as they are so valuable they have been exploited as slaves. As a vision Kindred Varin is a prized slave, bought with the intention to use him as a bodyguard for the Princess of a very uptight and snobby royal family. Varin is given an injection of a bit of the Princess Brynella's blood when he is a young boy to form a bond with her, unfortunately it does not bind the princess to him. Varin is considered too low of status to allow the princess to bind to him and her greedy parents decide to sell her off to the highest bidder when she comes of age.
Princess Brynn is sent away as baby to a convent to be raised away from the royal home as her parents do not wish to be bothered with the female. They produce a male heir who will become their focus as the Princess is forced to live a sheltered life with little comforts or royal benefits. She is quite taken back when she returns home from the convent all grown up, to see all she has missed. Ever the proper daughter and her rigid upbringing has Brynn trying to follow her parents wish to be sold in marriage. She is very fond of the big Kindred Warrior who has been bonded to her as a body guard since she was an infant. Although she has not been bonded to him there is that attraction to him the virgin princess can not ignore or explain.
The story concentrates on the Varin, Brynn and the horrid sovereign leader of the hive. Had no problem hating this horrible evil being as I'm no big fan of wasp/roach creatures whether they be small or these gigantic sentient ones. This did make for an exciting plot and it seems like the kindred and people of earth will need some bigger cans of insecticide (kidding) as it's not certain they've been defeated for good (I hope it's soon though).
There is the gradual development of the hero and heroines feelings for each other and also the wonderful journey of them learning to value themselves along the way as well.
If you haven't started reading treat the sci-fi romantic erotic adventurous reader in you and start right now with Claimed then go in order.
March 19, 2017
I loved Unbound, the latest instalment from Evangeline Anderson’s Brides of Kindred series. As usual she writes in such a way she sucks you in and you can’t put the book down until its finished.
Unbound centres around the Galen Prime Princess, Brynnalla (Brynn) who was whisked off to a convent as a baby due to her royal parents needing an heir not a messy baby to deal with. Yep, such loving parents! Before she leaves they buy a slave that has the talent of being able to bond with her and serve her 100% even if it means death for him. Brynn Returns on her 18th birthday to be married off to suiter that benefits her royal parents.
Varin doesn’t know where he came from or who he is and only knows himself as the slave to Princess Brynnalla who he would protect from anything. Unbeknown to Varin he is a Vision Kindred which is why he can dream what is happening to Brynn when he closes his eyes. It is a bond he formed when he was 7 years old and bought as the Royal family slave. The bond is supposed to be only one way but of course sometimes the goddess has a plan of her own.
From the moment Brynn locks eyes with Varin in the fighting arena she is drawn to him. She realises this is the man that had been stalking her dreams and showing her visions of acts and places she had always been told was dirty and unacceptable to a real lady. As they sneak more and more late night talks in the dark where no one else can see them they realise just how much each means to the other.
The day of finding the perfect suiter is found. He has more wealth that the royal parents had hoped for and they are willing to come to any terms to finalise the marriage. Thankfully for Brynn, Varin is willing to face anything to find her and bring her back to him forever.
It’s a race against time, bad versus good with a time limit that will end their lives as they know it. This book is delicious with all the trimmings.
Unbound centres around the Galen Prime Princess, Brynnalla (Brynn) who was whisked off to a convent as a baby due to her royal parents needing an heir not a messy baby to deal with. Yep, such loving parents! Before she leaves they buy a slave that has the talent of being able to bond with her and serve her 100% even if it means death for him. Brynn Returns on her 18th birthday to be married off to suiter that benefits her royal parents.
Varin doesn’t know where he came from or who he is and only knows himself as the slave to Princess Brynnalla who he would protect from anything. Unbeknown to Varin he is a Vision Kindred which is why he can dream what is happening to Brynn when he closes his eyes. It is a bond he formed when he was 7 years old and bought as the Royal family slave. The bond is supposed to be only one way but of course sometimes the goddess has a plan of her own.
From the moment Brynn locks eyes with Varin in the fighting arena she is drawn to him. She realises this is the man that had been stalking her dreams and showing her visions of acts and places she had always been told was dirty and unacceptable to a real lady. As they sneak more and more late night talks in the dark where no one else can see them they realise just how much each means to the other.
The day of finding the perfect suiter is found. He has more wealth that the royal parents had hoped for and they are willing to come to any terms to finalise the marriage. Thankfully for Brynn, Varin is willing to face anything to find her and bring her back to him forever.
It’s a race against time, bad versus good with a time limit that will end their lives as they know it. This book is delicious with all the trimmings.
August 28, 2017
The book was the usual Kindred stuff. Uptight woman embarrassed by her sexuality coerced into comfort by a Kindred. It would be nice for once to read about a woman who likes sex and is pretty comfortable with her body, that meets a Kindred.
Also I wasn't a fan of the slave aspect. It would've been a nice twist for the Brynn and Varin to not end up together. She was only 18 and lived in a convent up until a few months before meeting him, and his connection to her was forced on him by slavers and her father. All that devotion was not prompted by love, it was because of a forced bond. Their interactions after she returned home wouldn't led to any real connection between the two.
While I'm glad this book introduced a new Kindred species and foe, it's about time people start questioning the goddess. She her treatment of her worshippers is not worthy of all this devotion. She's become a sadist instead of a savior.
Also I wasn't a fan of the slave aspect. It would've been a nice twist for the Brynn and Varin to not end up together. She was only 18 and lived in a convent up until a few months before meeting him, and his connection to her was forced on him by slavers and her father. All that devotion was not prompted by love, it was because of a forced bond. Their interactions after she returned home wouldn't led to any real connection between the two.
While I'm glad this book introduced a new Kindred species and foe, it's about time people start questioning the goddess. She her treatment of her worshippers is not worthy of all this devotion. She's become a sadist instead of a savior.
September 27, 2020
I liked the first half of the book much better before the villain entered. The villain was just ridiculous like LOL if you read it, you will definitely understand. And the whole her being compelled to fly a spacecraft so that he could implant her with his royal grubs (his royal seed) was just crazy. Just the second half of the novel was a bit too implausible even as SciFi. It seemed like some fantasy nightmare a kid drew up. Just the story became a bit juvenile. It became slightly cringey.
Also, now that I am more well versed in literature, I couldn't help but notice that all the villains were so one dimensional. The only morally ambiguous character that wasn't totally bad was the royal doctor...Her parents had the same personality, of being just stupid and greedy basically.
I really liked the whole her being a princess trope and him as her slave (I mean it is romantic) and this reminded me of books I read when I was younger. This makes me really want to read a historical romance with a princess and a kingdom lol.
A lot of SciFi romances I have read are mostly lighthearted and fun and sexy. This one was much darker... Vairn was teaching her to not be ashamed of her sexuality because of what she learned from the nuns at the convent, for example. (Much darker examples)
Also, now that I am more well versed in literature, I couldn't help but notice that all the villains were so one dimensional. The only morally ambiguous character that wasn't totally bad was the royal doctor...Her parents had the same personality, of being just stupid and greedy basically.
I really liked the whole her being a princess trope and him as her slave (I mean it is romantic) and this reminded me of books I read when I was younger. This makes me really want to read a historical romance with a princess and a kingdom lol.
A lot of SciFi romances I have read are mostly lighthearted and fun and sexy. This one was much darker... Vairn was teaching her to not be ashamed of her sexuality because of what she learned from the nuns at the convent, for example. (Much darker examples)
March 18, 2017
I just love the Kindred Bride series. With each book we get to see so much creativity from the author.
Varin was a new different type of Kindred that we have not read about before. He is what is called a Vision Kindred. Now the Vision Kindred are very unique. They can be bonded in a way through blood. The blood bond will make the kindred be devoted to that person and protect them with his life.
Varin was a slave at a young age and really did not remember his past due to a chip. I felt sorry for him to be sold and blooded to a baby girl he will never be allowed to love. He will not even be able to have skin contact with her with out having pain due to the wrist band he wore. I found the whole situation sad.
Princess Brynn might seem a little weak and timid but do not let that fool you. She was stronger then what she appeared. She might of been small in size but she had a very strong personality that made up for her size.
I love how Brynn did not look at Varin as beneath her. Though I did find Brynn situation just as sad as Varin. They were both slaves in a way. She might of been born a princess but her parents did not love her. I truly hated her parents and the people of her land. She was just something her parents owned and this will soon put Brynn in some serious danger.
Like I said Brynn will find herself in some serious danger. Her life is at stake. Varin is the only person that can save her. Will he get to her in time?
There is some very touching and heartbreaking parts in this book and I did shed a few tears. This was a great story and glad I got a chance to read it.
Varin was a new different type of Kindred that we have not read about before. He is what is called a Vision Kindred. Now the Vision Kindred are very unique. They can be bonded in a way through blood. The blood bond will make the kindred be devoted to that person and protect them with his life.
Varin was a slave at a young age and really did not remember his past due to a chip. I felt sorry for him to be sold and blooded to a baby girl he will never be allowed to love. He will not even be able to have skin contact with her with out having pain due to the wrist band he wore. I found the whole situation sad.
Princess Brynn might seem a little weak and timid but do not let that fool you. She was stronger then what she appeared. She might of been small in size but she had a very strong personality that made up for her size.
I love how Brynn did not look at Varin as beneath her. Though I did find Brynn situation just as sad as Varin. They were both slaves in a way. She might of been born a princess but her parents did not love her. I truly hated her parents and the people of her land. She was just something her parents owned and this will soon put Brynn in some serious danger.
Like I said Brynn will find herself in some serious danger. Her life is at stake. Varin is the only person that can save her. Will he get to her in time?
There is some very touching and heartbreaking parts in this book and I did shed a few tears. This was a great story and glad I got a chance to read it.
January 7, 2018
I really wanted to give this a higher rating because I really like the characters and felt for them, however the whole issue with the insectiod turned my stomach at times. Reading about the plans this creature had was too dark for me.
When I read a Sci-fi romance I want to get lost in the fantasy, not be reminded of the darkness as there is already too much of it at times in the real world. Not looking forward to hearing more about this new "villian" as I found myself grossed out by it. If I wanted to read a Sci-fi horror book with resembles of "Alien" I would choose that genre but I want to read a Sci-fi romance book, so hopefully the next book will deliver and I can get through it without being completely being turned off because of the villian.
When I read a Sci-fi romance I want to get lost in the fantasy, not be reminded of the darkness as there is already too much of it at times in the real world. Not looking forward to hearing more about this new "villian" as I found myself grossed out by it. If I wanted to read a Sci-fi horror book with resembles of "Alien" I would choose that genre but I want to read a Sci-fi romance book, so hopefully the next book will deliver and I can get through it without being completely being turned off because of the villian.
June 23, 2017
Time to end series..
I had such a hard time reading this one. I found so many parts ridiculous. I have stuck with series because I have a hard time putting it down and the back story was semi interesting but I think I am done now. Most of these female characters are so annoying, and the kindred not much better. Every book has the female wondering "oh no, I shouldn't do that..." and the kindred tells them how "brave" they are .... ugh and now bees trying to impregnate women. It was bad enough when some other creature thing was trying to impregnate the kindred wives. Now it is bees... bees... same stories over and over. Only gave this one a 2 because it got a little better in the second half of the book.
I had such a hard time reading this one. I found so many parts ridiculous. I have stuck with series because I have a hard time putting it down and the back story was semi interesting but I think I am done now. Most of these female characters are so annoying, and the kindred not much better. Every book has the female wondering "oh no, I shouldn't do that..." and the kindred tells them how "brave" they are .... ugh and now bees trying to impregnate women. It was bad enough when some other creature thing was trying to impregnate the kindred wives. Now it is bees... bees... same stories over and over. Only gave this one a 2 because it got a little better in the second half of the book.
May 19, 2017
Sci-Fi Romance!
The 19th installment in the Brides of the Kindred series is not my favorite, but it's not a bad read. The story carries forward the new story line with the new threat to Earth by the Hive but I just could not fully like or care about the primary female character, Brynnalla. I'm simply not a fan of the blushing virgin, damsel in distress female in my romance reads. I will continue reading the series because the 18 books before this one has had both strong women as well as men characters and have been throughly enjoyable reads. Just did not enjoy this one as much as the previous books in the series.
The 19th installment in the Brides of the Kindred series is not my favorite, but it's not a bad read. The story carries forward the new story line with the new threat to Earth by the Hive but I just could not fully like or care about the primary female character, Brynnalla. I'm simply not a fan of the blushing virgin, damsel in distress female in my romance reads. I will continue reading the series because the 18 books before this one has had both strong women as well as men characters and have been throughly enjoyable reads. Just did not enjoy this one as much as the previous books in the series.
March 28, 2020
One of the main villians in this book is a giant bug, which I find creepy still managed to get past that since he got all chopped up and everything. The other villians were the female's parents I don't understand how a mother can do to her child what this mother did and her father said nothing about it so he was just as bad if not worse.
The two main characters of this story end up rescuing each other at different times in the book. I also enjoyed how past characters are introduced into the storyline. It makes for a continuing series and I'm hoping at some point the children get to find their mates.
The two main characters of this story end up rescuing each other at different times in the book. I also enjoyed how past characters are introduced into the storyline. It makes for a continuing series and I'm hoping at some point the children get to find their mates.
March 21, 2017
Another one hit out of the part!
I've read every one of the Brides of the Kindred books. Each book is a delightful mix of entertaining drama , romance and addicting plot you just can't put down. I don't know how she does it but I'm thrilled she can and continues to never fail writing a winner. Sure wish I could get me a pair of my own twin Kindred! I highly recommend this series to anyone that enjoys a science fiction story filled with action, intrigue, romance with a HEA in each book.
I've read every one of the Brides of the Kindred books. Each book is a delightful mix of entertaining drama , romance and addicting plot you just can't put down. I don't know how she does it but I'm thrilled she can and continues to never fail writing a winner. Sure wish I could get me a pair of my own twin Kindred! I highly recommend this series to anyone that enjoys a science fiction story filled with action, intrigue, romance with a HEA in each book.
October 26, 2020
I liked the characters in this book. I did upset for Brynnie in the beginning of the book and got like her more has I read, didn't like her mum and dad one bit because of wanted they did to Varin and Brynnie with letting her beening bonding to a kindered by blind at first and let on the mother ship kindered warriors and they lady's friends helped to get the alien kindered warrior back to Princess Brynnie in last few chapters in the book. I liked the last 6 chapters in the book again when I read other book by Evangeline Anderson another time.
March 19, 2017
Engaging and Very Entertaining
One of the best books I’ve read. You will not want to start reading too late at night because you will not want to put it down and stop reading. Highly engaging story with lots of different emotions.
This story is about a princess that was sent off to be raise by the Sisters of Chastity and Obedience. Making Princess Brynnalla very naïve in the ways of the real world. Upon returning home her parents want to marry her off to the highest bidder due to the fact they have a male heir.
Varin was bought as a slave for the Princess when he was 7 years old. A vision Kindred that was blood bonded to while she was a baby. At that point his whole life has been dedicated to train to be the best so he could protect her. But it’s had to protect her when she’s sold off and he’s not allowed to go with her.
This book has the whole spectrum of emotions running through the book. So very engaging that at one point I had tears of sadness and then tears of joy. This may be part of a series yet it is a self-contained story. Well written and very entertaining to read.
One of the best books I’ve read. You will not want to start reading too late at night because you will not want to put it down and stop reading. Highly engaging story with lots of different emotions.
This story is about a princess that was sent off to be raise by the Sisters of Chastity and Obedience. Making Princess Brynnalla very naïve in the ways of the real world. Upon returning home her parents want to marry her off to the highest bidder due to the fact they have a male heir.
Varin was bought as a slave for the Princess when he was 7 years old. A vision Kindred that was blood bonded to while she was a baby. At that point his whole life has been dedicated to train to be the best so he could protect her. But it’s had to protect her when she’s sold off and he’s not allowed to go with her.
This book has the whole spectrum of emotions running through the book. So very engaging that at one point I had tears of sadness and then tears of joy. This may be part of a series yet it is a self-contained story. Well written and very entertaining to read.
October 7, 2019
Like all the other Kindred books, its a fun read. Varian is a new type of Kindred we haven't seen before. Varian is a Vision Kindred that is blood bound to an infant to always be there to protect her. Brynn the princess he is sworn to protect grows close to him and they begin their adventure. I do enjoy how each book brings in characters from the earlier books. I like how here is an overarching story line.
February 10, 2024
Loved this book!
To be stolen from your home after watching your parents be killed and then having all of your memories blocked. To then be bonded to a baby and grow up to be her body guard and slave. Both of them sharing dreams of each other, but keeping it hidden. Begin goes through so much to protect and save Brynn. You will have to read the book to find out what all happens to each of them.
To be stolen from your home after watching your parents be killed and then having all of your memories blocked. To then be bonded to a baby and grow up to be her body guard and slave. Both of them sharing dreams of each other, but keeping it hidden. Begin goes through so much to protect and save Brynn. You will have to read the book to find out what all happens to each of them.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 20, 2017
Great read
Love these books, so sad yet always a happy ending. The characters are all strong and capable. And the heroin is so sure she is unable to be as strong as she really is. Great storyline but kind of wish the end was a little different. Lol I am a little blood thirsty now we t go squoosh some bugs.
Love these books, so sad yet always a happy ending. The characters are all strong and capable. And the heroin is so sure she is unable to be as strong as she really is. Great storyline but kind of wish the end was a little different. Lol I am a little blood thirsty now we t go squoosh some bugs.
March 22, 2017
Antithesis of sexy... Fucking insects? Simpering, simplistic milksops, grotesque and nonsensical interspecies mating. Even figuring out how to spell check (mostly) didn't compensate for how lame a concept this was.
Weird chapter in the middle for no real reason with the old dude, Terex, just because we're all supposed to need a BDSM fix (again, ugh). WTF was up with that?
And if it wasn't bad enough to have to have to think about sex and fucking roaches in the same thought (though sex is actually pretty minimal in this endless book), there will obviously be more to come because they didn't fucking kill the bad guy. And here I thought that endlesssss hissing of the idiotic Scourge guy was annoying.
Wow. A real low point, even for the series.
Weird chapter in the middle for no real reason with the old dude, Terex, just because we're all supposed to need a BDSM fix (again, ugh). WTF was up with that?
And if it wasn't bad enough to have to have to think about sex and fucking roaches in the same thought (though sex is actually pretty minimal in this endless book), there will obviously be more to come because they didn't fucking kill the bad guy. And here I thought that endlesssss hissing of the idiotic Scourge guy was annoying.
Wow. A real low point, even for the series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 20, 2017
Bound by blood
This story was amazing. From the beginning you were kept on the edge of your seat. From the family who didn't care for a girl child. The relationship with our bonded pair. The sexual tension, and to end it all you have a connection that you have no control of. What an amazing time.
This story was amazing. From the beginning you were kept on the edge of your seat. From the family who didn't care for a girl child. The relationship with our bonded pair. The sexual tension, and to end it all you have a connection that you have no control of. What an amazing time.
April 26, 2020
Finally, we see Baird again, although brief, i missed him🤗 i love how creative Evangeline is with each new book and has been keeping this series going. 👍
Loved this couple and how quickly they became best friends too. Too bad they couldnt have a more romantic bonding sex considering how both of the them never had sex before.🤧
Loved this couple and how quickly they became best friends too. Too bad they couldnt have a more romantic bonding sex considering how both of the them never had sex before.🤧
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