Until recently, I didn’t like having Corbin Frost and his overprotective streak around, but now I could really use his help. I’m being held captive by a power-hungry Fae determined to steal my powers by draining my blood. If my captor doesn’t kill me first, the Fae Queen will force me to be her servant.
Then the Queen assigns me my most important bounty yet—Corbin. I learn that he’s trapped in the demon realm and I’m the only one who can save him. I’d go to hell and back for Corbin, and I’m certain he feels the same.
If I can find and rescue him, he can help me to escape my Fae captor. I know the Queen wants me dead and considers it a suicide mission. But compared to the Unseelie court, the demon realm can’t be that dangerous…
Note: if you don’t mind watching heroines fall prey to bad guys and pretty much get turned into a toy, you’ll like this.
If it weren’t for this little trigger of mine, the rating would be higher. As it stands, I hate having to go through chapters of the heroine being stuck and unable to fight back. Especially right now with my current mood. Just can’t. I don’t wanna read about her being literally controlled, degraded, visually assaulted, bitten (who wants an unwanted mouth on them!?). It’s borderline torture for me and this honestly felt like the whole book was about her torture and rescuing Corbin and then her torture again. After chapter three I skipped any pages that involved her listening to the bad guy prat on or the servant “righteously” control her into taking baths and eating.
That aside, I like her and Corbin. I don’t, however, like that it took her to be tortured for her to realize that she just may want to be with Corbin. Before all this, she didn’t think he was worth it. But after having experienced the worse? Only then did she change tunes, and I usually enjoy watching people love others in SPITE of something. But that’s the story, so whatever…
I think Devin did a great job at all these descriptions. It certainly bothered me enough, you know? Sometimes it felt like things dragged and lingered too long on them, and if you’re hoping for epic explicit sex, don’t hold your breath lol but it’s nice to finally see them get together. Again, I have to think hard about the how of it (spoiler) and I always personally question said spoiler as a main reason for doing something. But that’s me.
Overall okay for me, probably better for someone who can mentally stomach being stuck and forced to endure under someone’s gross thumb. I like Tempie and her life and the near ending kinda made me bittersweet-sad. But still, kudos.
Lindsey Devin finally figures out how to start a book. We open to Tempie freaked out in lingerie and a magical shock collar. Well, I'm ALSO freaked out AND invested in what happens next.
The major issue for this book was the plot hole of why they didn't just rat Daniel out to the queen immediately. Especially after the return from Hell. It makes no sense that she goes back to Faeirie or to him. The guys are like oh blah blah blah plot convenience reason- NO no there is no reason for her to go back to Daniel. And then they just leaves her there all stoned for weeks when he could be anything to her? Makes no sense.
But the book was good when that wasn't happening. The romance between Tempie and Corbin is sweet enough to make the fated mates trope less of a dramatic eyeroll moment. Things wrapped up with a neat little bow when they returned Earthside. Though I was briefly panicked about her cat. Like fuck her apartment WHAT ABOUT THE CAT?!? Thank God Oscar was fine.
The sex scene was sweet but meh. Not really worth the wait. More focused on the biting and blood stuff than the actual sex. The spice was you're enjoying a potato-filled soft taco from Taco Bell and you put the mild hot sauce from Taco Bell on it that is basically tomato sauce and then someone stabs you in the neck with a fork for some fucking reason.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
So Tempie is stuck in Faery as Daniel's pet (great name for a Fae by the way 🙄), her magic totally locked down by his collar and she has no idea where Corbin ended up. Corbin is stuck in the Demon realm and the Unseelie Queen instructs Tempie to rescue him. She sets off with Maxwell who is Corbin's best friend to find and rescue Corbin. I'm not saying anymore about what happens as I hate when people give the story away. The world building is everything you need and all of the characters are so well developed they come alive before your eyes, even the backing players. There is definitely plenty of action in this story, fighting, plotting and planning, romance, darkness and of course light, there's even a little humour. It's such a well written book and I didn't want to put it down, I hope this isn't the last we see of Tempie and Corbin. I do have to say though some of the Fae names, Maxwell and come on Daniel, why not go the whole hog and call him Darren? I don't like these names you can't pronounce but please. Other than that I recommend this series but you need to have read the previous books.
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⬇️❌ Bounty hunter: nope ⬇️ Investigation: barely 🆗⬇️ Humans, Fae, demons,... ⬇️ Powers: few information 🆗⬇️ Hidden as human ⬇️ Different realms ⬇️❌ World building: not the most clear ⬇️ Captured ⬇️ Rescuing ❌ Being under others' control; forced body control ❌ Being unwillingly fed on ❌ Drug like feeling
When trying to catch the Fae serial killer, Tempie and Corbin get separated.
Tempie is thrust into Faerie and into the hands of power-hungry Fae, the one who has been behind the murders on Earth.
He wants to steal her powers, control her, make her subservient.
Meanwhile Corbin was sent to the Demon Realm and the Queen wants her dog back.
As the only way out of her captivity and out of her jailor's hands, Tempie is assigned by the Fae Queen into rescuing Corbin.
A blood contract assured them she will return with Corbin or die.
This is her only chance of escaping her Fae captor and getting her half-fae back.
***
Notes:
❌ Lots of plot lines that end up being unnecessary & incoherent scenes:
For example,
🔸 the Fae serial killer and the rituals that showed they were trying to develop something dangerous -> completely abandoned and leads nowhere
🔸 the mastermind, the one behind the serial killer, the powerful one with a devious plan -> nothing, just obsessed
- Never was explained how he found out about Tempie in the first place
- Tempie never told Corbin who he was, so they never used his connection to what he did on Earthside to their benefit
🔸 Corbin's family: mentioned and it seemed to start a little intrigue but goes nowhere
🔸Corbin being so powerful they would be scared of him: meh, nope
🔸Drinking blood
- A bite is supposed to feel good - any time Tempie is bitten other than by Corbin, it hurts her. So what is it?
- Tempie's captor seems to get addicted to her blood. But then nor Tempie nor Corbin question it and Corbin drinks from her without even a thought about it.
🔸The Fae Queen
- Powerful but then she is misled by jewelry
- Supposedly suspicious but then she doesn't question her subjects when things are strange
- possessive over Corbin but she sends his previous pet, a human dancer that is a bounty hunter (btw she doesn't question the lie), after him? A human in the demon realm? Does she want him back? No show of jealousy whatsoever?
🔸Tempie: the stolen pet
No one finds it strange that Tempie, the first "human" pet appears as Corbin's pet and the next time someone else's pet???
The Fae have such pettiness for appearances, etiquette and whatever but not for stolen "goods"?
🔸Portal travelling
- sometimes they use portals that are in fixed places, other times they make portals... No explanation why they need to find a portal sometimes but others they don't.
- we get the idea Tempie is supposed to be able to do something special with the portals no one else can do but that line isn't followed
🔸Powers
Confusing. I really didn't get what they actually were nor how they controlled them. They described them like wishes and feels. And whenever someone struggled with their power, it was somewhat under control in someway.
Overall not the most complex nor enthralling series but nice if a bit simple.
***
As always my complete respect for the author and their work. No hate nor hurt intended with this review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
This is a review of the entire Solstice Huntress series rather than this book only, as I read these back to back and it's quite hard for me to distinguish between them (they're only roughly 240-260 pages each).
Tempie is a standard, but nevertheless well-written, urban-fantasy heroine. Human with super-special and rare (of course) fae powers. She is cool, collected, says fuck a lot and doesn't do anything over-the-top stupid. I enjoyed having her as a narrator. Our MC Corbin is similarly well-written with his own brand of special and freaky and their chemistry and banter was enjoyable and believable. The storyline itself was mostly believable and sufficiently interesting to hold my attention.
Why not 4 full stars? Well, there are the usual small mistakes a lot of the shorter urban fantasy series suffer from: continuity mistakes (MC is described as shirtless and pulls off his shirt roughly two pages later, same scene), world building is a little scarce (why does the fae realm feel like Bridgerton?!), side-characters not well fleshed-out (honestly I was asking myself why the queen was such a mean b**** for the entirety of the three books - a little back story would have been nice but in roughly 750 pages probably not possible; also would have enjoyed seeing more of Max before Book 3) etc. etc. etc.
A note on the romance: In general, it's relatively tame so keep that in mind depending on what you're looking for.
The story itself is fine, I guess, but there are so many continuity errors that it really pulls you out of it.
Possible tiny spoilers ahead.
The beast she rides is faster than any horse she's ever ridden? She's only ridden one horse! I was pretty sure the queen was Corbin as mother in the last book, but now she's his old girlfriend? What happened to Corbin's half brother? The queen and court literally MET Tempie as Corbin's toy a short while before and now no one recognizes her, and yet they all know about Tempie the bounty hunter that worked with Corbin? She works as a bounty hunter in a semi major metro area, but she apparently sets up camp all the time? There are just so many little things, that it is almost like all the books were written, but then the first two were edited and this one wasn't. Barely seems connected to the first two. Was everything done just to get Tempie into the far realm? Nothing else about the crazy weird magic from the first two? Not enough world building in the series, I really don't know any thing about how magic works in the world. Wish I could rate it higher as the first two were interesting and seemed like they were going somewhere.
Well, this was a mess. Not gonna spend the time to list everything in detail, so a list it is:
- So many writing errors, getting worse in the second half. Reads like the author just wanted to get the book done with. - No intelligence to be found, worst offender: MC. Very solidly TSTL now. - Still no worldbuilding. - So many inconsistencies (power, behaviour, knowledge), might as well label the book as one big inconsistency. - Things happen because they need to happen for the plot to go where the plot needs to go. There's always conveniently a guy that is known by one of the characters that knows exactly what the characters need to know. - So many dropped plot lines or just nonsensical plot lines. They have a plan, take ages to set it up, end up setting it up in a way that is begging for it to fail, and then end up doing something that makes the plan obsolete anyways.
Romance was decent though and the only thing that kept me going.
Sloppy world building & characters. action is what kept me reading.
This book was better. A few loose ends are tied up @ the end. But not enough to make me enough the series. Tempie doesn’t mature but is grounded with Corbin. We’re introduced to what they are to each other but without backstory we don’t know HOW important that is. It’s like it was thrown in there and the reader is supposed to assume it makes sense. It’s not coherent. Things are added without much context or details. We know what certain things are because of other books (fae, realms, hybrids, etc) but this series is DIFFERENT. So the cookie cutter definitions dont apply because the author changed them …. Yet didn’t bother telling the reader how / why she changed them. THAT information would have added to the world building and made this series BETTER.
Disappointing change in mood and slow to get going
I really enjoyed the first 2 books. There was mystery, a bit of chemistry and the heroine had some sass. Instead, book 3 opens with our heroine trapped, unable to use her magic and at points, fully controlled by her captives physically. This narrative continues for too long and didn't really add anything to the character development later in the book. As soon as she is free, it's all back to the task and much more the book I was expecting; however due to the time dedicated to previous chapters, there just wasn't enough meat on the bones. Perfunctory as another reviewer put it.
Overall, I felt it was half a good book and would deserve 50% of a mark that I would have given books 1 and 2.
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I finished this book only because I wanted to finish the storyline. But the writing was juvenile and boring. The author would tell you exactly what’s happening rather than leading you as the reader through it. It made the whole story feel a bit dry and unrelatable. I liked the storyline and what the characters had the potential to be. But there were gaps and things didn’t always line up with previous information in the story. And the characters were inconsistent. But overall, it definitely wasn’t the worst thing I’d read. I just felt like this was more of an outline or a rough draft rather than a final product. I can see the potential in the author, but she’s just not there yet.
I consumed the whole series but by book 2 I started skimming. it just wasn't enough to spread across 3. if author had contained the story to one rocking awesome book would have loved it. the series had a definate Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter (by Janet Evanovich) feel. loved that they took that idea and ran it thru the fantasy genre. I really enjoyed book 1 but it just got a bit repetitive over 2 n 3 without Plums spicy ridiculous situations and funny one liners... ooo and the sexual tension between the leads. would love to see future but funnier stuff.
This book was a page turner right from the opening chapter. Daniel was such a sleaze…even for an Unseelie. Thankfully Corbin has such a good friend in Maxwell. He accompanies Tempie to the Demon realm with the approval of the Queen to find Corbin and bring him back to Faerie. There are some epic battles while they are there, especially after finding Corbin. Upon their return, Daniel does his best to drain Tempie or her blood…coming very close to ending her. I won’t give away the ending…it’s satisfying is all I’ll say. I look forward to reading about more escapades with Corbin and Tempie.
Binged read the entire series over the weekend. Loved Tempie & Corbin!! Great chemistry jumping off the pages. Great plot lines throughout-BUT, weird typos would pop up every now & then that would make you stop & re-read a sentence & “fix” it in your mind. There are a few inconsistencies with Grandma & Tempie’s back story. The final huge glaring missing plot line-Who killed her mother?!! And why wouldn’t she want to track them down & avenge her?!! Maybe that can be book 4?! Still worth the 5 stars because these characters were that much fun to read!!
The book was OK. I was expecting more from this series. The book started with her being the last solistic nymph and her blood was very precious. Though the story went on slow in the beginning, it picked up pace slowly and was a good read, however I was not happy with the ending. Lot of things left untold; eg. Her heritage, seelie realm, the unseelie queen etc etc.. It would have been more fun if there was more to this book, her battle for living in faeries, both her and Corbin coming together to make a difference between the two realms etc etc..
This series went from hitting all my sweet spots in books 1&2 (city dwelling, solving cases, being a kickass sassy, powerful lady) to hitting all my triggers (MC spent 90% of the book powerless, paralyzed, silenced and assaulted with the ever looming threat of SA, plus there was no case to solve and it all happened in high-fantasy settings.) I kept on til the end hoping for at least a satisfying revenge & conclusion, but it just fizzled out. A real bummer because the first two books were SO fun.
Part III wraps up the storyline quite neatly starting in faerie, crossing over to the demon realm, and returning back to earthside. It’s just not terribly interesting. Despite spending several months held captive and subjected to torture and abuse, neither Tempie nor Corbin think or feel anything about it, which made the whole thing rather perfunctory as it seemed to exist solely to fill pages between the end of book II and the HEA.
Bounty Captured, the third book of the Solstice Huntress series, is an ebook I borrowed through Kindle Unlimited (KU). A nice wrap up for the series, but I'm disappointed that the main characters felt flat (so much trauma happening, yet it doesn't seem to impact Tempie and Corbin as I'd expect). My 3.5 stars rounded up for an overall good plot.
Temperance and Corbin have been transported someplace separate….
Temperance has finally found herself trans Ported to the fae realm without Corbin, and as her gran feared, she’s being held against her will, and sucked dry. Her only hope is to free Corbin, and together maybe they can escape.
I would recommend this whole series to everyone because it is a fantastic journey for these characters. I would have loved to keep going and find out where else the journey leads them because I'm sure they were destined to do bigger things together. I'm VERY happy with the way the story played out though.
So, I loved the series. I hate that's it's over but I loved it along the way. It was tied up nicely. It's a sweet romance, I loved watching the romance blossom. The only complaint I really had is how easy it was to get Corbin back. Daniel was definitely a dog and I loved how that turned out.
I really wanted this book to be better than the last one. I was wrong. I skimmed through what was an entirely predictable story expecting something, anything. Like what exactly is a soltice nymph. I can't even pick one thing that bothered me the most because there are too many choices. I don't recommend this book.
I liked most of this final chapter except the torture of Tempie. I know most of these kind of stories have to have a darkside but maybe you could have glossed over more of this part. The ritualistic killing of humans was enough. Still, I liked the series very much and look forward to reading more of your books.
Lindsey Devin has done a great job providing us with well written characters and an engaging story line making this book another great addition to the series.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This was a wonderful way to round off this series! Tempie and Corbin are neck deep in danger and have to pull out all their skills to survive and get back to those they love. Brilliant read.
This story is a really fun read, it has plenty of action, adventure, mystery and a pretty good love story. It has a few misspellings but in no way detracts from a great story.
I liked the story and the different plots. My only real complaint would be the editing. I saw so many grammar issues. All books need to be read and corrected so customers can read easier.
Bit superficial in its treatment of characters and relationships but it was ok. Plot wasn’t fantastic and for someone who apparently doesn’t trust easily, she sure does seem to start trusting a bunch of people without much proof.
You may get tired of the enemies to lovers thing, but Lindsay served up all kinds of definitely unexpected story lines. LOVED this trilogy. Blew me away. Bring them back!!!!!
A good ending to this trilogy. Things got pretty bleak for a bit, and it was definitely an adventure in some parts. But the characters were enjoyable, even the villains you loved to hate.
If this is the end of Tempie's story, it was very anti-climatic. I hope there is more to the series because while the author tried to wrap all plotlines up, it feels unfinished. Overall the storytelling/plot lines have been shakey throughout the series, but I really enjoyed the characters.