Okay so this book was just as amazing as the last book. Reading the thoughts of Mikhail and Maeve showed how much development they went through, individually and as a couple. It was lovely hearing about the progression in their relationship, considering it was a bit of a mess in the last book.
The writing was also super immersive, when Mikhail got ambushed by the 2 Nephilims and Maeve found him almost dead, the journey she went on to make sure he survived was amazing. Reading how the cold weather was impacting both of their health’s made me feel like I was in her shoes, freezing to death.
And also, I was definitely not expecting Jacob to be Zaid, that genuinely was not something I was expecting, even though in the first book when Jacob was introduced there was a comment: “oh so this is where he came from”.
There were some things I was pretty confused on/disliked. For one, Maeve gave up her immortality, Mikhail didn’t. So I’m not sure how that’s supposed to work out unless she’s mortal but ageless.
Another thing, I don’t understand the whole thing with Gabriel. How is it that a “cult” was able to capture a Fallen Angel and force him into breeding with wolfs/humans? It didn’t make sense to me at all, especially when he broke those chains off.
I also really hated how towards the end, Maeve got a cat against Mikhail’s wishes and didn’t even think about what his opinion on them was. I know it wasn’t serious, but had my significant other pulled that, especially after telling them explicitly I don’t want a cat, I’d be infuriated.
Last but not least, no matter what anyone says, I refuse to believe that Merle was truly in love with the Priest. I felt sick to my stomach each time their names were brought up. Thinking about how the Priest raised all 7 of the brothers, only to pursue a sexual relationship with Merle extremely grossed me out. On top of that, Merle had a mate? So not sure how that even worked out.
Overall I definitely enjoyed this book, not as much as the first one but still thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the touch of when Maeve lost her immortality that she was able to see Jace and Sin in the Afterlife, allowing Mikhail to lessen the burden of taking his Beta’s life.