3.5 ⭐️
Resistant is the third book in the Her Reverse Genus series and they must be read in order - if you haven’t read books 1 & 2 there will be slight spoilers for those books mentioned in this review.
The entire series and its focus on genetics is still one of the most interesting reverse harem (RH) plots out there and I love that. Book 3 picks up immediately after the ending of book 2 with the team in the new Underground location. I absolutely loved this location and all of its features, rooms, and how it is ran. Any time a book has a unique location like this I am a happy reader.
I did struggle with some of the story elements, things I don’t want to spoil here - some things just didn’t seem true to the characters or seemed like they came out of nowhere (though admittedly I didn’t do a re-read of the first two books and it has been a while since I read them so definitely could be forgetting something or have missed some foreshadowing). I also wasn’t personally a fan of the timing of a couple of things that happened. I enjoy this author’s writing very much - it has an intelligence that I don’t consistently find in other RH books, however, sometimes I love the extra oomph of some of the vocabulary, and other times I find it unnecessary or too wordy for the flow.
I appreciated the length of this book and the answers we got in it - and oh, what doozies they are! I’m very interested in the Roux storyline, loved the new character Auden, and enjoy the complexities of Jax’s history and how it illustrates that things aren’t ONLY about genetics. And it probably goes without saying that of course, I am always looking forward to more of my man Tobias (just call me Ruby, haha) The ending isn’t really a cliffhanger to my mind, but it does leave you ready for the next book.