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Imprinted Tattoos
Crazy Psycho Ex? Check.
Massive Imprint Tattoo appearing and taking my total up to three now? Check.
Five deliciously gorgeous new guys at school and secrets galore? Check.
I have a feeling everything is about to change.
Sage is just done, done with the abuse that her mother puts her through daily, done with always being so alone and done with being one of the youngest humans to get an Imprint Tattoo. Only a small percentage of the human population over the age of eighteen ever receive one and they only appear when a soul changing event happens in that person's life. Sage's first one showed up when she was nine, yey for being weird.
She's been fighting for so damn long and she's just tired of it all. when she's almost fully given up, hope comes in the arrival of five new guys at her crappy high school, the guys are shrouded in secrets but it's not like she's being completely honest with them either.
If Sage doesn't let her fear control her, then she has the chance to be a part of something amazing but fate throws them all a curve ball when they realize that their lives are more intertwined than any of them could've imagined and as secrets about her past come to light and her psycho ex makes a reappearance she can't help but find comfort in the five guys who give her hope.
This is a slow/ medium burn paranormal Reverse Harem.
Warnings: please be advised that this book contains dark themes, including abuse, memories of abuse from when she was a child, violence and cursing. Additionally, sexual themes suitable for mature audiences 18+.
All sex is consensual.
Massive Imprint Tattoo appearing and taking my total up to three now? Check.
Five deliciously gorgeous new guys at school and secrets galore? Check.
I have a feeling everything is about to change.
Sage is just done, done with the abuse that her mother puts her through daily, done with always being so alone and done with being one of the youngest humans to get an Imprint Tattoo. Only a small percentage of the human population over the age of eighteen ever receive one and they only appear when a soul changing event happens in that person's life. Sage's first one showed up when she was nine, yey for being weird.
She's been fighting for so damn long and she's just tired of it all. when she's almost fully given up, hope comes in the arrival of five new guys at her crappy high school, the guys are shrouded in secrets but it's not like she's being completely honest with them either.
If Sage doesn't let her fear control her, then she has the chance to be a part of something amazing but fate throws them all a curve ball when they realize that their lives are more intertwined than any of them could've imagined and as secrets about her past come to light and her psycho ex makes a reappearance she can't help but find comfort in the five guys who give her hope.
This is a slow/ medium burn paranormal Reverse Harem.
Warnings: please be advised that this book contains dark themes, including abuse, memories of abuse from when she was a child, violence and cursing. Additionally, sexual themes suitable for mature audiences 18+.
All sex is consensual.
241 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 31, 2020
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June 22, 2023
Great Ideas (Spoilers)
This book was hard to rate. On one hand I loved the premise and tropes used. On the other hand it was executed in ways that made it difficult for me to engage and stay engaged. There will be spoilers below!!
What I Liked:
* I have said this before about other books but I am a sucker for the abused heroine who finds a group of guys that quickly connect and take care of her.
* The idea of Sage. I love a strong female protagonist who can fight her own battles and make the bad guys sorry they messed with her.
* The imprints. There is something I love about magical tattoos. Plus, the author took this somewhat common idea and made it different than any other story with this plotline that I have read.
* The animals, especially Knot. I adore animals in books especially when there us a mystical connection.
What I Didn't Like:
* The repetition. From thoughts, to dialogue to actions, there was a lot of repetition. Sage couldn't enter a room without describing how hot the guys were and it was almost always in the same or similar ways. She often forgot others were around when she was driven to kiss one of them. Kai repeatedly had to make it known that "that was hot". Different characters thought that scars weren't ugly but instead showed the person was a warrior. Four of the guys had very similar breakdowns when they were triggered and the assistance to get them back to normal was almost the same. These were just a few examples but the book was rife with it.
* The pacing. There were so many times that the plot stalled out. At times it was because the reader had to be reminded how lustful the characters were for each other. Other times it was because Sage couldn't process anymore information. Actually it was funny when she yelled at her parents later in the book that she was tired of being kept in the dark since she was the only reason she didn't have all the information. Anyway, I personally just wanted to know more about the soul bonds, the other supernatural creatures, the academy, and for her to have her block removed but it took so long to get any details. I also would have liked more character and relationship building. It seemed like there weren't a lot of conversations or activities outside of the lust factor.
* Some of the motivations seemed thin or nonsensical. It didn't make sense to me that a group of villains would train their kidnapped victim how to fight until or unless she was loyal to them and trusted them. They didn't work towards anything positive with her and treated her horribly. Another example is that she is this bad@ss fighter but never stops her "mother" from beating her. Sure she explains it that she didn't want to be like her mother but in self defense she could have at least stopped it or minimized it. And why was it not OK for her to defend herself but she had no problem beating people up in the underground fighting ring? It just didn't make sense. She should have had most of the power with her "mother" since not only was she stronger and able to fight but she was paying the rent and buying her alcohol. It just made her character weak and illogical.
Overall, this book had some great ideas with some tropes that are like catnip to me. I believe with a bit more content editing as well as another pass with a copy editor and this book would be phenomenal. As it is, it is still very interesting and I think some will love the ideas and characters enough to really enjoy this.
This book was hard to rate. On one hand I loved the premise and tropes used. On the other hand it was executed in ways that made it difficult for me to engage and stay engaged. There will be spoilers below!!
What I Liked:
* I have said this before about other books but I am a sucker for the abused heroine who finds a group of guys that quickly connect and take care of her.
* The idea of Sage. I love a strong female protagonist who can fight her own battles and make the bad guys sorry they messed with her.
* The imprints. There is something I love about magical tattoos. Plus, the author took this somewhat common idea and made it different than any other story with this plotline that I have read.
* The animals, especially Knot. I adore animals in books especially when there us a mystical connection.
What I Didn't Like:
* The repetition. From thoughts, to dialogue to actions, there was a lot of repetition. Sage couldn't enter a room without describing how hot the guys were and it was almost always in the same or similar ways. She often forgot others were around when she was driven to kiss one of them. Kai repeatedly had to make it known that "that was hot". Different characters thought that scars weren't ugly but instead showed the person was a warrior. Four of the guys had very similar breakdowns when they were triggered and the assistance to get them back to normal was almost the same. These were just a few examples but the book was rife with it.
* The pacing. There were so many times that the plot stalled out. At times it was because the reader had to be reminded how lustful the characters were for each other. Other times it was because Sage couldn't process anymore information. Actually it was funny when she yelled at her parents later in the book that she was tired of being kept in the dark since she was the only reason she didn't have all the information. Anyway, I personally just wanted to know more about the soul bonds, the other supernatural creatures, the academy, and for her to have her block removed but it took so long to get any details. I also would have liked more character and relationship building. It seemed like there weren't a lot of conversations or activities outside of the lust factor.
* Some of the motivations seemed thin or nonsensical. It didn't make sense to me that a group of villains would train their kidnapped victim how to fight until or unless she was loyal to them and trusted them. They didn't work towards anything positive with her and treated her horribly. Another example is that she is this bad@ss fighter but never stops her "mother" from beating her. Sure she explains it that she didn't want to be like her mother but in self defense she could have at least stopped it or minimized it. And why was it not OK for her to defend herself but she had no problem beating people up in the underground fighting ring? It just didn't make sense. She should have had most of the power with her "mother" since not only was she stronger and able to fight but she was paying the rent and buying her alcohol. It just made her character weak and illogical.
Overall, this book had some great ideas with some tropes that are like catnip to me. I believe with a bit more content editing as well as another pass with a copy editor and this book would be phenomenal. As it is, it is still very interesting and I think some will love the ideas and characters enough to really enjoy this.
September 3, 2020
2 for effort
Pick a genre, any genre, and it's covered here. RH with insta-love, check. Soulmates, check. Academy, they're going there so half a check. Not the real momma who abuses the FMC, check. Unexplained supernatural powers and secret government undercover agents in high school, double check!!!!
Grammar that switches from first person to narrative, check. Author can't decide between American English or British English, check and check again. Dropped words, poor editing, and plot holes? You guessed it, triple check.
I think I read this on Wattpad and it was just as bad. I feel like the author literally decided to insert every genre in RH into one book. By 50%I really wasn't reading any more, just skimming to see what else cliche would be added. I think.the only thing not included was alien abduction.
I really feel for writers that self publish. I respect their drive and determination. However, at some point get an editor and don't try to include every little sub-genre in one book. It's just too much. I gave it a 2 for effort only.
Everyone has their own opinions and mine is this book was one I'm glad I didn't purchase and that I just read on KU because if I had purchased it I would be asking for a refund. I won't be reading the next book.
Pick a genre, any genre, and it's covered here. RH with insta-love, check. Soulmates, check. Academy, they're going there so half a check. Not the real momma who abuses the FMC, check. Unexplained supernatural powers and secret government undercover agents in high school, double check!!!!
Grammar that switches from first person to narrative, check. Author can't decide between American English or British English, check and check again. Dropped words, poor editing, and plot holes? You guessed it, triple check.
I think I read this on Wattpad and it was just as bad. I feel like the author literally decided to insert every genre in RH into one book. By 50%I really wasn't reading any more, just skimming to see what else cliche would be added. I think.the only thing not included was alien abduction.
I really feel for writers that self publish. I respect their drive and determination. However, at some point get an editor and don't try to include every little sub-genre in one book. It's just too much. I gave it a 2 for effort only.
Everyone has their own opinions and mine is this book was one I'm glad I didn't purchase and that I just read on KU because if I had purchased it I would be asking for a refund. I won't be reading the next book.
November 6, 2020
Bad punctuation.
The bad punctuation made it hard to read. The language made it even harder. The concept sounded interesting, but there was a lot of work needed here.
The bad punctuation made it hard to read. The language made it even harder. The concept sounded interesting, but there was a lot of work needed here.
August 14, 2023
Poorly written all around
This was just bad. The author clearly had no understanding of how poverty works.... you don't have bottled water if all you have to eat is stale bread and crackers. The author doesn't understand how apostrophes work nor does she understand correct capitalization, not to mention the misuse of homophones. The world building was lacklustre and there was no character development. I will not read anything else written by this author.
This was just bad. The author clearly had no understanding of how poverty works.... you don't have bottled water if all you have to eat is stale bread and crackers. The author doesn't understand how apostrophes work nor does she understand correct capitalization, not to mention the misuse of homophones. The world building was lacklustre and there was no character development. I will not read anything else written by this author.
November 11, 2020
Sage needs to get out of her mothers house. The lack of food, the level of filth, and the abuse are too much. She just needs to hang on and finish school. Shouldn't be too hard, she's invisible there. Until five new guys show up right after her latest imprinted tattoo appeared. Coincidence or fate?
No, no, no. No author should allow her book baby to be published in this condition. Honestly, this is a good idea for a story. Mystical tattoos, powers, familiars, secret organizations, future academy all combined in an RH should be a good read . However, the poor writing makes it almost a DNF. I'm not trying to be cruel but there is no way there should be any 5 star reviews of a book this poorly researched and written. The author has never been exposed to poverty, the poor don't have water bottles in their fridge and the GED isn't taken while you're attending HS. The run-on sentences were complimented by sentence fragments, tenses would change during a run-on, the punctuation was at a 2nd to 3rd grade level, and the grammar was enough to make me scream. To and too are not interchangeable. Groove and grove have two entirely different meanings. It repeated itself
and then contradicted itself from paragraph to paragraph. And I can't stress enough if a book is set in America, the author needs to know American terms and not use British versions. This could have been easily avoided if the author used a critique service or had strong beta readers and an arc team. You only have one chance to make a first impression with readers and this book in its current version is a big red flag. I will not pick this author back up unless hired to help with her next project. I would recommend she pull this book out of Amazon and send it through editing. The cover is fantastic, the title intriguing, don't waste them. Redo this book, otherwise I cannot recommend it to any reader. There are too many quality books out there to waste time struggling through one this flawed.
No, no, no. No author should allow her book baby to be published in this condition. Honestly, this is a good idea for a story. Mystical tattoos, powers, familiars, secret organizations, future academy all combined in an RH should be a good read . However, the poor writing makes it almost a DNF. I'm not trying to be cruel but there is no way there should be any 5 star reviews of a book this poorly researched and written. The author has never been exposed to poverty, the poor don't have water bottles in their fridge and the GED isn't taken while you're attending HS. The run-on sentences were complimented by sentence fragments, tenses would change during a run-on, the punctuation was at a 2nd to 3rd grade level, and the grammar was enough to make me scream. To and too are not interchangeable. Groove and grove have two entirely different meanings. It repeated itself
and then contradicted itself from paragraph to paragraph. And I can't stress enough if a book is set in America, the author needs to know American terms and not use British versions. This could have been easily avoided if the author used a critique service or had strong beta readers and an arc team. You only have one chance to make a first impression with readers and this book in its current version is a big red flag. I will not pick this author back up unless hired to help with her next project. I would recommend she pull this book out of Amazon and send it through editing. The cover is fantastic, the title intriguing, don't waste them. Redo this book, otherwise I cannot recommend it to any reader. There are too many quality books out there to waste time struggling through one this flawed.
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October 17, 2020DNF at 17%.
I’m sorry, I just couldn’t take it, even though I really wanted to since the story seemed interesting. This book is a good idea - executed terribly. I don’t want to be harsh but someone needs to tell the author that IT’S OK FOR SENTENCES TO END. Commas are not a replacement for a point, especially if the sentence after the comma talks about a completely different thing. Drove me completely mad. Also, it felt like she took a book and cut out half of it, it was so compressed that all scenes had to do either with Sage, her guys, their-insta feelings about her or her (spoiler but not really) abuse. A STORY CAN’T BE ONLY ACTION AND IMPORTANT SCENES, WE NEED BACKSTORIES, WE NEED SUBTLETY, WE NEED FOR EMOTIONS TO GROW AND NOT JUST MAGICALLY BE THERE BC SOMEONE IS HOT!
But more importantly, we need an editor to take a look at this shit because it’s frankly sad that a story with such potential makes me want to throw it at the nearest wall in rage, because of something like grammar.
So, that’s my two coins, take ‘em or leave em 🤷🏽♀️I hope I spared someone the frustration that this book gave me at least. ✌️
I’m sorry, I just couldn’t take it, even though I really wanted to since the story seemed interesting. This book is a good idea - executed terribly. I don’t want to be harsh but someone needs to tell the author that IT’S OK FOR SENTENCES TO END. Commas are not a replacement for a point, especially if the sentence after the comma talks about a completely different thing. Drove me completely mad. Also, it felt like she took a book and cut out half of it, it was so compressed that all scenes had to do either with Sage, her guys, their-insta feelings about her or her (spoiler but not really) abuse. A STORY CAN’T BE ONLY ACTION AND IMPORTANT SCENES, WE NEED BACKSTORIES, WE NEED SUBTLETY, WE NEED FOR EMOTIONS TO GROW AND NOT JUST MAGICALLY BE THERE BC SOMEONE IS HOT!
But more importantly, we need an editor to take a look at this shit because it’s frankly sad that a story with such potential makes me want to throw it at the nearest wall in rage, because of something like grammar.
So, that’s my two coins, take ‘em or leave em 🤷🏽♀️I hope I spared someone the frustration that this book gave me at least. ✌️
December 17, 2020
I gave up on 92%
Couldn’t even cross that finish line.
Couldn’t even cross that finish line.
October 13, 2022
I thought this was a really interesting premise but the writing style just wasn't for me and it made it hard to truly connect with the characters and the story. Parts felt very rushed, such as the romance between all of the characters, but other parts felt too drawn out. It took me almost three days to read this book and for me that's a really long time. But the story kept losing my interest and I'd put it down without a second thought.
February 17, 2021
DNF
I started this one cos I'm a sucker for magical tattoos and was intrigued by the concept of imprints appearing because of "soul affecting" events. I was hoping for something original and interesting.
Sadly, I didn't get very far, probably not even as far as any of the real story, because it kind of felt like I was reading every single contemporary highschool YA book ever all crammed together, with the supernatural ones then piled on top. Like every possible trope from every series I ever read was included. And a lot of it didn't make sense to me - I can happily suspend disbelief, but not when things seem so contradictory. It was just too much all together.
I've read books with these tropes in various combinations before (and maybe that is part of the problem) and usually I enjoy them, however far-fetched, but I just couldn't get on with this one. Not to say someone else wouldn't love it.
Also editing.
I started this one cos I'm a sucker for magical tattoos and was intrigued by the concept of imprints appearing because of "soul affecting" events. I was hoping for something original and interesting.
Sadly, I didn't get very far, probably not even as far as any of the real story, because it kind of felt like I was reading every single contemporary highschool YA book ever all crammed together, with the supernatural ones then piled on top. Like every possible trope from every series I ever read was included. And a lot of it didn't make sense to me - I can happily suspend disbelief, but not when things seem so contradictory. It was just too much all together.
I've read books with these tropes in various combinations before (and maybe that is part of the problem) and usually I enjoy them, however far-fetched, but I just couldn't get on with this one. Not to say someone else wouldn't love it.
Also editing.
November 12, 2020
I loved the book. Yes it had some typo's and errors, but that should not stop you from checking this book out. The characters are really great. and the story really is good. Please gimme book 2 :D
September 26, 2024
I am not sure what I expected in this. I think from the beginning it felt rushed but midway through it slowed down and developed. I didn't realize this would be I think it could do with some editing a little which took it down and I wrestled with a 3.5 to 4 the whole time until the towards end with the climax being really good.
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September 11, 2020
Needs an edit!
When I read the blurb of this book I was intrigued.
Imprinted Tattoos is the first book in the Lost Ones series by Nikita Parmenter, the first book from this author that I’ve read, and a PRN RH. It’s quite fast paced and whilst there is an immediate connection with the FMC and love interests, this book shows a lot of slow burn steam.
I think there is a lot of potential for this series however, and this leads to the 2.5 star rating, there are so many spelling and grammar mistakes that it really needs a re-edit. There was British-English and American-English spelling which was confusing and normally I wouldn’t finish a book with the amount of errors because it slows my reading down but I did.
There was a few inconsistencies with the story, for example in chapter 1 colours are described in Sages tattoo however later in the book red is changed to sky blue.
Sages character is interesting, she’s bit of a contradiction, she’s shy and meek at the beginning but under all that is this super badass, and it’s not character growth, she has the capacity to stand on her own but she doesn’t she allows herself to be abused by others, it’s strange that’s all. I felt like Sage spent a lot of time with Kai, Jax and Levi so hopefully in the preceding books I hope to see more of Mav and Hunter.
Also, I feel like this book was eerily close to C.L Stones Ghost Bird series, I’m not exactly sure how I feel but I know I will have a crack at the second book just because I can’t not finish a series.
When I read the blurb of this book I was intrigued.
Imprinted Tattoos is the first book in the Lost Ones series by Nikita Parmenter, the first book from this author that I’ve read, and a PRN RH. It’s quite fast paced and whilst there is an immediate connection with the FMC and love interests, this book shows a lot of slow burn steam.
I think there is a lot of potential for this series however, and this leads to the 2.5 star rating, there are so many spelling and grammar mistakes that it really needs a re-edit. There was British-English and American-English spelling which was confusing and normally I wouldn’t finish a book with the amount of errors because it slows my reading down but I did.
There was a few inconsistencies with the story, for example in chapter 1 colours are described in Sages tattoo however later in the book red is changed to sky blue.
Sages character is interesting, she’s bit of a contradiction, she’s shy and meek at the beginning but under all that is this super badass, and it’s not character growth, she has the capacity to stand on her own but she doesn’t she allows herself to be abused by others, it’s strange that’s all. I felt like Sage spent a lot of time with Kai, Jax and Levi so hopefully in the preceding books I hope to see more of Mav and Hunter.
Also, I feel like this book was eerily close to C.L Stones Ghost Bird series, I’m not exactly sure how I feel but I know I will have a crack at the second book just because I can’t not finish a series.
December 19, 2020
This author has never met a punctuation rule they didn’t consistently break. Need a period at the end of a sentence? Nope, commas abound. Is a comma necessary with quotation marks for dialogue. Hard pass. Sometimes i run across books that are just not edited at all. For whatever reason, the author has decided they hate their work so much that they won’t even use free editing software before publishing. Personally, I don’t understand that, and as a reader, it is prohibitively distracting. Even if i could overlook inconsistencies in the setting and narration (e.g., she says when she’s 18, she’ll leave her mom behind, but she’s already 18, sooo...), I can’t get past the editing issues to get to the story. It’s extremely annoying, and if the author doesn’t care, then why should I waste my time trying. I may have given this 2 stars for having an interesting premise, but 2 stars means “it’s ok” on Goodreads. And this definitely is not okay.
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June 3, 2021I'm not sure how to rate this one.
On one hand it wasn't terrible, I actually kind of liked it. However, on the other there were some things I found annoying.
For one, Sage. She's supposed this BA fighter who is extremely capable of fighting (and winning against guys) twice her size. She also is well trained with knives and guns (because of course). Knowing all of that, why would she continuously let her 'mother' beat on her the way she did. I mean she had cracked ribs and bruises everywhere and that was just the recent attacks, apparently she had grown up being abused and never did anything to protect herself other than become submissive and hide herself away. She could have done something to stop her abuser without having to hurt her (which was her reasoning for not fighting back against her mother). Same goes with her ex-boyfriend. Also, Sage was 18, why stay at her mother's house? She had a way to make money, why didn't she get her own place?
Anyways there were a few continuity issues as well.
All that aside, the thing that bothered me most was the insta-love. They meet and within a day or so they can't be without each other. I get it, they are soulmates or whatever, but they don't know each other and Sage had an extremely traumatic childhood, yet she is willing to just let them in with minimal questions asked? The reasoning behind this is their bond so we're just expected to accept it. And don't get me started on the ridiculous nicknames (and the overuse of them) that they had for her.. WTF even is a Titch? is this something I need to google?
The MMCs were okay.. the only thing I could say is there could have been more distinction among them. Jax and Kai are essentially the same character. Maverick is kind of still an unknown, there isn't much about him. Hunter is the protective one and Levi is the leader/nerd of the group.
Anyways, like I said, although there was a lot that annoyed me, it wasn't terrible and I ended up kind of liking it. I finished it and barely skimmed any of the chapters, so there's that. I might continue the series, still not sure atm.
Would recommend to anyone who likes paranormal/urban fantasy with a strong heroine with a dark past.
On one hand it wasn't terrible, I actually kind of liked it. However, on the other there were some things I found annoying.
For one, Sage. She's supposed this BA fighter who is extremely capable of fighting (and winning against guys) twice her size. She also is well trained with knives and guns (because of course). Knowing all of that, why would she continuously let her 'mother' beat on her the way she did. I mean she had cracked ribs and bruises everywhere and that was just the recent attacks, apparently she had grown up being abused and never did anything to protect herself other than become submissive and hide herself away. She could have done something to stop her abuser without having to hurt her (which was her reasoning for not fighting back against her mother). Same goes with her ex-boyfriend. Also, Sage was 18, why stay at her mother's house? She had a way to make money, why didn't she get her own place?
Anyways there were a few continuity issues as well.
All that aside, the thing that bothered me most was the insta-love. They meet and within a day or so they can't be without each other. I get it, they are soulmates or whatever, but they don't know each other and Sage had an extremely traumatic childhood, yet she is willing to just let them in with minimal questions asked? The reasoning behind this is their bond so we're just expected to accept it. And don't get me started on the ridiculous nicknames (and the overuse of them) that they had for her.. WTF even is a Titch? is this something I need to google?
The MMCs were okay.. the only thing I could say is there could have been more distinction among them. Jax and Kai are essentially the same character. Maverick is kind of still an unknown, there isn't much about him. Hunter is the protective one and Levi is the leader/nerd of the group.
Anyways, like I said, although there was a lot that annoyed me, it wasn't terrible and I ended up kind of liking it. I finished it and barely skimmed any of the chapters, so there's that. I might continue the series, still not sure atm.
Would recommend to anyone who likes paranormal/urban fantasy with a strong heroine with a dark past.
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June 6, 2024This is the second time I have attempted this book - and while I got farther than the last time, it was, yet again, a DNF - at 60% instead of 11%.
I feel bad because this book could be great and so many like it... but I just couldn't do it. I adore Mary Sue's, but there is something about THIS Mary Sue that bothered me, (I decided she was that around the fighting scenes...). Sigh
Update: 3rd time, DNF.
I feel bad because this book could be great and so many like it... but I just couldn't do it. I adore Mary Sue's, but there is something about THIS Mary Sue that bothered me, (I decided she was that around the fighting scenes...). Sigh
Update: 3rd time, DNF.
July 19, 2024
Great story
What an interesting story. The author takes the regular world and gives it an interesting paranormal twist. It is a reverse harem and the FMC has 5 devoted men to help her with the obstacles she faces and her horrific past. Action packed.
What an interesting story. The author takes the regular world and gives it an interesting paranormal twist. It is a reverse harem and the FMC has 5 devoted men to help her with the obstacles she faces and her horrific past. Action packed.
April 7, 2025
You guys…… she’s not like other girls.
The amount of cringe, the number of eye rolls, the way I groaned ‘oh my god’ every ten minutes. I listened to this on audio at like 2x and it still took me almost 2 weeks to finish because I was too stubborn to DNF something I paid for and I don’t return audiobooks.
This was just a hornier version of The Academy and Seraph Black. The main character is small (describes herself as just too skinny with too big eyes and too sharp cheekbones), she’s quiet and meek yet also somehow a super badass fighter and a super good marksman and oh yes she has magical powers that just happened to be locked away. She hides all her pain and scars and just ‘shrugs’ after every randomly dropped weird thing she says. She also gets 7 million nicknames (all that have to do with how petite she is, of course).
Her inner monologue is absolutely insufferable. I can’t even describe how much I hated the whole experience of listening to this 😂
The amount of cringe, the number of eye rolls, the way I groaned ‘oh my god’ every ten minutes. I listened to this on audio at like 2x and it still took me almost 2 weeks to finish because I was too stubborn to DNF something I paid for and I don’t return audiobooks.
This was just a hornier version of The Academy and Seraph Black. The main character is small (describes herself as just too skinny with too big eyes and too sharp cheekbones), she’s quiet and meek yet also somehow a super badass fighter and a super good marksman and oh yes she has magical powers that just happened to be locked away. She hides all her pain and scars and just ‘shrugs’ after every randomly dropped weird thing she says. She also gets 7 million nicknames (all that have to do with how petite she is, of course).
Her inner monologue is absolutely insufferable. I can’t even describe how much I hated the whole experience of listening to this 😂
February 27, 2023
Weird
I think this story moved to fast for me. I felt like I was missing some of the story. it just didn't make a whole lot of sense. A girl who has stayed to herself in school all the sudden has these 5 guys who are now interested in here? They appear in school out if know where and the popular girls like these guys and start coming at our H? The book mentions these tattoos a few times in the story, but we have no world building of what that means? These guys are all automatically crazy about our H out of the blue? End @ 49%
I think this story moved to fast for me. I felt like I was missing some of the story. it just didn't make a whole lot of sense. A girl who has stayed to herself in school all the sudden has these 5 guys who are now interested in here? They appear in school out if know where and the popular girls like these guys and start coming at our H? The book mentions these tattoos a few times in the story, but we have no world building of what that means? These guys are all automatically crazy about our H out of the blue? End @ 49%
February 20, 2023
I tried, I really did but I couldn't get all the way through this one. This suffered from a few issues, it needs some more editing, and there are a lot of wrong words or missing words throughout. There is also quite a bit of repetition and it bogged things down. Another issue that editing should have fixed was the book switching between American English and British English randomly... This book has a bad case of I'm not like other girls but also I'm a doormat. This girl can supposedly take down huge MMA guys in a blink of an eye but lets her drunk mother almost beat her to death often... This is just one example of the contradiction and non-sensical bits of the plot just doesn't work for me so I'm going to check out.
December 28, 2024
I did enjoy this book. But I do feel like it could’ve been a lot better if the author could have pulled it off.
There were a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, like a lot. Which is always annoying. I also felt like the dialogue was often very basic and somewhat immature if that makes any sense. Especially when it came to the guys. And that made them all seem a little bit like the same, I was missing a bit of depth and just a higher level of writing.
And I personally am not a fan of extreme slow burn especially not in an RH book. I mean, the girl has five boyfriends for fucks sake. There is no time for slow burn with that shit. I also feel like the character Maverick was a bit in the background. You could tell he wasn’t one of the writers favorites. The first probably 60 or 70% of the book was the guys just kissing her on the forehead and the cheek like fucking Mormons or something. I’m never a big fan of that.
That all being said, I did really enjoy the book otherwise. It had a really good fantasy aspect to it and I am curious about the second book so that’s saying a lot too.
There were a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, like a lot. Which is always annoying. I also felt like the dialogue was often very basic and somewhat immature if that makes any sense. Especially when it came to the guys. And that made them all seem a little bit like the same, I was missing a bit of depth and just a higher level of writing.
And I personally am not a fan of extreme slow burn especially not in an RH book. I mean, the girl has five boyfriends for fucks sake. There is no time for slow burn with that shit. I also feel like the character Maverick was a bit in the background. You could tell he wasn’t one of the writers favorites. The first probably 60 or 70% of the book was the guys just kissing her on the forehead and the cheek like fucking Mormons or something. I’m never a big fan of that.
That all being said, I did really enjoy the book otherwise. It had a really good fantasy aspect to it and I am curious about the second book so that’s saying a lot too.
October 19, 2024
Just no..check the other reviews as it’s all been said before and like an idiot I thought maybe it’s just not some people’s cup of tea. This sounded different but right up my street so I was disappointed when DNF after 50%…I just couldn’t do it to myself
There was a lot of issues but one that drove me crazy was when the guys called Sage by her name and the nickname said guy gave her e.g “ Sage, beautiful” “Sage, sweetheart”… why give a nickname if you are going to use the persons name anyway??
Also, who the hell makes fresh pasta when making a quick lunch that was unplanned, there is nothing quick about making fresh spaghetti for 6 people plus everything else
I’m going to stop as we can be here all day..this might be good for novices of RH or insta love but not for me
There was a lot of issues but one that drove me crazy was when the guys called Sage by her name and the nickname said guy gave her e.g “ Sage, beautiful” “Sage, sweetheart”… why give a nickname if you are going to use the persons name anyway??
Also, who the hell makes fresh pasta when making a quick lunch that was unplanned, there is nothing quick about making fresh spaghetti for 6 people plus everything else
I’m going to stop as we can be here all day..this might be good for novices of RH or insta love but not for me
February 21, 2023
It started off okay. She was timid, abused, and faded in the background kind of girl, then, her personality did a complete 180. She became a sassy, dirty mouthed, take no shit girl over night! It would of been better if when her mum was abusive if she had some thoughts on the lines of...I could knock her teeth out IF I wanted into. Instead it felt like I was reading two different books. I'm not saying she can't change but there was no growth at all.
Then when she finds out her who her real family is, it felt really forced. Instead of an emotional, get to know you sort of thing, they just chucked loads of information at her for the plot.
Then when she finds out her who her real family is, it felt really forced. Instead of an emotional, get to know you sort of thing, they just chucked loads of information at her for the plot.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 1, 2023
While not perfect, this book was exactly what I needed after a string of disappointments and even a couple false starts of other books. I don’t think I have given a slow burn series five stars in a really long time. But I love the story, and the characters, and I am excited to find out more about the world. I liked that while it is the first in a series, the book was its own self-contained story. I also love any book with a badass named Erin.
June 29, 2021
To be honest this isn't a good book but I enjoyed finding all the tropes that got mixed in one book and the author used almost all of them. The characters are pretty flat and there are almost no real interactions and emotions between the different characters. The conversations were awkward and the pacing weirdly timed.
August 8, 2021
Heartening
What happens when 5 damaged souls find each other? They find a place to call home. This book is heartbreaking, heartening and at times even sweet. The range of emotions will leave you reeling, but in the best way. Enjoy with a box of tissues and some chocolates ❤️
What happens when 5 damaged souls find each other? They find a place to call home. This book is heartbreaking, heartening and at times even sweet. The range of emotions will leave you reeling, but in the best way. Enjoy with a box of tissues and some chocolates ❤️
June 14, 2024
***DIFFERENT BUT INTERESTING***
A fresh take to a recurring theme from this genre. But I do have a complaint regarding the unnecessary retelling of what Sage has been through when she was kidnapped. There was no need to keep repeating her ordeal.
A fresh take to a recurring theme from this genre. But I do have a complaint regarding the unnecessary retelling of what Sage has been through when she was kidnapped. There was no need to keep repeating her ordeal.
December 28, 2025
What happened to, Nikita?
This book...was horrible.
I will NOT be contuing the series.
Poorly written.
Doesn't know the difference between a noun and a verb.
It could have had at least 100 words less if she didn't repeat so many details.
This is not the author I know....
This book...was horrible.
I will NOT be contuing the series.
Poorly written.
Doesn't know the difference between a noun and a verb.
It could have had at least 100 words less if she didn't repeat so many details.
This is not the author I know....
dnf
July 2, 2025DNF 48%
Nie wiem czemu ale niestety nie podeszła mi ta książka. Trochę za banalne to wszystko.
Nie wiem czemu ale niestety nie podeszła mi ta książka. Trochę za banalne to wszystko.
August 24, 2025
This was amazing. I loved this book so much. Fun, sexy and kick ass. The guy are me favorite. I can't wait to read the next book.
September 24, 2025
Dnf, I can’t. This was garbage. I think a 15 year old wrote this. Also did no one edit this book??
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