Where the first "season" of this series had me hook, line & sinker, this "season" wasn't as spectacular for me. Our FMC, Jessie aka his little Mouse, is caught up in some pretty serious old vampire politics, she's got some tasty blood and a very hot, very dangerous vampire who is now more into having her obey him, punishing her, and f*cking her hard -- which luckily his super human f*cking, which would likely destroy those delicate parts on anyone else, for her -- well she likes the pain, the pleasure and feeling *used* by him. Soooo there's that. This "season" is giving me dark mafia vibes. Which is not my cuppa in the spicy department.
ALSO, outta nowhere, he is in LOVE with her. Uhm. Insta-lust was happening. Major possessive stuff, dom stuff... and now he loves her? She's twenty something, and he's hundreds and after 3 days of infiltrating every orifice she has, he's in love. But she needs to know, according to him, he's sadistic... but that doesn't deter her... cause he's SOOO hot. Sigggh.
Soooo. For those of you out there who enjoy the more dark mafia rough, hard stuff, this might float your boat.
QUICK OVERVIEW:
Good story/plot: This one lagged a bit for me... Some reveals happened, but it took a long time to get there.
Good Pace: Things are always moving forward.
POV: 1st person, from the FMC
Good FMC:
She was not as much fun as last time, she's still super sassy, and she's all kinds of push the bad vampire's buttons to see what nasty things he's going to do to her, which both terrifies her and excites her. So she's up to that a lot. Also she finds out that there are things about her past she didn't know, so she's reeling from this not knowing... Anchoring to the bad vamp.
Good MMC:
He was rougher, colder, meaner this time around and I didn't love it. He's like mean Damon now, and if I continue with the series I hope he comes to be a bit more caring.
Good side characters:
This time around there was a bit more with her sister and his brother and she did talk to her bestie. But still not really what I would count as true side characters.
🌶️ Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (3/5)
🔥How much spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (4 /5)
⚡️What kind of spice: Rough, hard, bloody... he insists on f*cking all her holes. She's scared, but also excited... He uses blood as lube... He ties her hands behind her back and makes her deal with a brutal bj, where she's gagging and has tears streaming down her face, then he forces her to swallow... but it's all ok because she likes it.
😊Things I loved: Not so much on this one.
☹️Peeves: Cliffhanger -- but as the author clearly states, this is an ongoing series, originally put out on Kindle Vella, so it's serialized intentionally.
🎧Audiobook Narrator: Amy Hall 👍
Season 1 was a 5 stars for me...LOVED IT... Overall for Season 2, I'd say this is a 3 stars, but mostly because I found the plot to lag a bit and the spicy parts got a bit dark, mean and rough for my personal tastes.