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The Beauty of Imperfection #1
Flourishing Heart
Knowing that somewhere out there your soulmates are waiting for you sounds like a dream come true, and most people grow up imagining the perfect fairy-tale life they will lead once they find them.
But Grace, however, can't help but dread the day she might find hers.
Socially inept, Grace Millington is living a half-life but unfortunately the half she exists in is primarily made out of fear for what the world could give her. Grace is sure fate will not be as kind to her as the bedtime stories will have you believe.
How could it, when so many of her Mother's clients say otherwise?
No matter if benevolent or not, fate eventually comes barging through Grace's door after moving to a new town with her family. Experiencing new things, meeting new faces and stepping into a whole new environment with her going to school for the first time in her life.
Grace is forced to face her fears but in the end, will she wither or flourish?
Flourishing Heart is the first book of the 5 book series that will have the heroine find her soulmates throughout. This is a slow/medium burn reverse harem/ poly novel intended for readers aged 18 years and over. MM scenes inside, along with drug references, use and violence. This book ends with a cliffhanger.
But Grace, however, can't help but dread the day she might find hers.
Socially inept, Grace Millington is living a half-life but unfortunately the half she exists in is primarily made out of fear for what the world could give her. Grace is sure fate will not be as kind to her as the bedtime stories will have you believe.
How could it, when so many of her Mother's clients say otherwise?
No matter if benevolent or not, fate eventually comes barging through Grace's door after moving to a new town with her family. Experiencing new things, meeting new faces and stepping into a whole new environment with her going to school for the first time in her life.
Grace is forced to face her fears but in the end, will she wither or flourish?
Flourishing Heart is the first book of the 5 book series that will have the heroine find her soulmates throughout. This is a slow/medium burn reverse harem/ poly novel intended for readers aged 18 years and over. MM scenes inside, along with drug references, use and violence. This book ends with a cliffhanger.
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Published May 20, 2022
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April 18, 2023
Every now and then you come across a hidden gem while scrowling through kindle for something new to read.
When I tell you I could not put this book down it was that good.
The concept of it was incredible. It's unlike anyother fated mates trope I've read. Complex characters that pull at your heart strings.... Apollo is just everything!!!
Highly recommend you all read this book. It was amazing. Looking forward to reading more from the author.
When I tell you I could not put this book down it was that good.
The concept of it was incredible. It's unlike anyother fated mates trope I've read. Complex characters that pull at your heart strings.... Apollo is just everything!!!
Highly recommend you all read this book. It was amazing. Looking forward to reading more from the author.
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June 8, 2022BASIC FACTS:
Pages: 391
My rating: not rating this book
Genre: rh, coming of age, urban fantasy
Themes: coming off age, fated mates, finding another part of your soul
Protagonist Ages: 18
Plot Rating: not rating the plot
I love the cover art of this book and that was the reason, why I picked it up. It's not a typical RH cover and I like that. The book has a lot of great rating on GR. And I am sorry, but I don’t agree. The author is an english person, living in Sweden. I really needed to mention this, because I met a lot of really nice people living in Sweden.
The reason why I am not rating this book is, that I think there are some great ideas in this book. And it's a debut book. But 75-80% of the book I was really bored. But after she finds her first soul mate (she has to find four), it gets a little better and the end has a lot of drama. Thinking back why I felt bored was basically I could not connect to the authors writing style. Sorry about this but things like writing style is individual for each reader. I basically read the whole book, because I couldn’t believe, that this book has so good ratings and I never felt like the other readers. For me it took too long to get the hang of the world building and also about the workings of Grace’s family. I liked that Grace’s parents were not perfect, but somehow Grace fate is not really nice with her. Sorry can’t explain it, because it would spoil too much. At the moment I think I won’t go on with this series.
May 23, 2022
Decent story
The book starts out slow and boring. The FMC is supposed to come across sheltered and innocent, but really she is just ignorant and unlikable. The book does get better, but I can’t stand 90% of the characters.
The author needs an editor and beta readers ASAP. Can I suggest a spellchecker at least? Will I read the next book, possibly.
The book starts out slow and boring. The FMC is supposed to come across sheltered and innocent, but really she is just ignorant and unlikable. The book does get better, but I can’t stand 90% of the characters.
The author needs an editor and beta readers ASAP. Can I suggest a spellchecker at least? Will I read the next book, possibly.
August 6, 2022
I enjoyed this book. It was a really interesting take on reverse harems. It is a slow build story and looks to be book 1 of 5. Looking forward to the next one!
August 2, 2022
Emotionally Complex NA RH
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is the first book in an ongoing series. The book ends on a cliffhanger.
Grace is 18 years old and lives in a world where you are part of a circle. Born with four slices of your soul missing, exchanged for the slices of your circle-mates soul, means searching for your soul mates to make you complete. Grace’s parents form an unusual circle, where individuality is encouraged and essential for happiness. Unusual for a circle, she is an only child and her parents have put all their beliefs into raising her to reach for her own happiness before seeking her circle and being subsumed by the needs of the circle. In order to do that they have educated her at home until recently when they moved from the city to the small home town of half of her parents’ circle.
Grace is socially awkward and finds it difficult to speak up for herself. She is paralysed with fear of finding her circle and it being difficult and unhappy as she has watched her mother counsel unhappy circles as part of her work promoting her beliefs in embracing individuality. It doesn’t help at her new school that she suffers socially but is also bucking the norms of searching desperately for her circle where identifying them is a matter of a simple touch.
This is a complicated story about a journey into self-awareness and joining together strangers into a relationship formed by fate rather than choice. Being 18 is a time of self-discovery, when you are searching for your own identity and desires, working out what makes you happy and what doesn’t work for you. This book explores all those desires and blends it with knowing that you have four soul-mates out in the world waiting for you, but that you might never find them.
Grace is a complicated character who has been raised in an unusual way by well meaning parents who love her dearly. This book examines whether that parenting experiment is successful or not, because like all real life relationships the past and emotions impact all the people involved. Nothing is done in perfect isolation, there will always be outside factors involved in raising a child. Grace’s relationship with her parents is very important to her personality and the basis for her start in creating her own adult relationships. When Grace starts at her school she starts to make her own decisions about who she wants to spend time with and the kind of person she wants to be. This journey is fascinating to watch.
The premise for this world is a simple one and whilst there is some world building in the story this felt like the area the book was most lacking in. There was hints and suggestions about the world outside of the society based in circles, but it wasn’t fully explored. I get the feeling that the world building may become more important in future books. It felt like this book was simply about Grace and her search for identity.
I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again, it is hard to rate and review the first book in an ongoing series because you believe that any lack in the book will be met in the rest of the series, but you can’t be sure. Some books might be a higher rating if you know what the rest of the series might bring, but on their own, they feel like there are holes in the story. This feels the case with this book. It’s a fantastic start to a new series, but until I’ve read the rest of it, I can’t know how this book stands in relation to what comes next. However, there is a great deal of promise for this emotionally challenging, yet satisfying book.
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is the first book in an ongoing series. The book ends on a cliffhanger.
Grace is 18 years old and lives in a world where you are part of a circle. Born with four slices of your soul missing, exchanged for the slices of your circle-mates soul, means searching for your soul mates to make you complete. Grace’s parents form an unusual circle, where individuality is encouraged and essential for happiness. Unusual for a circle, she is an only child and her parents have put all their beliefs into raising her to reach for her own happiness before seeking her circle and being subsumed by the needs of the circle. In order to do that they have educated her at home until recently when they moved from the city to the small home town of half of her parents’ circle.
Grace is socially awkward and finds it difficult to speak up for herself. She is paralysed with fear of finding her circle and it being difficult and unhappy as she has watched her mother counsel unhappy circles as part of her work promoting her beliefs in embracing individuality. It doesn’t help at her new school that she suffers socially but is also bucking the norms of searching desperately for her circle where identifying them is a matter of a simple touch.
This is a complicated story about a journey into self-awareness and joining together strangers into a relationship formed by fate rather than choice. Being 18 is a time of self-discovery, when you are searching for your own identity and desires, working out what makes you happy and what doesn’t work for you. This book explores all those desires and blends it with knowing that you have four soul-mates out in the world waiting for you, but that you might never find them.
Grace is a complicated character who has been raised in an unusual way by well meaning parents who love her dearly. This book examines whether that parenting experiment is successful or not, because like all real life relationships the past and emotions impact all the people involved. Nothing is done in perfect isolation, there will always be outside factors involved in raising a child. Grace’s relationship with her parents is very important to her personality and the basis for her start in creating her own adult relationships. When Grace starts at her school she starts to make her own decisions about who she wants to spend time with and the kind of person she wants to be. This journey is fascinating to watch.
The premise for this world is a simple one and whilst there is some world building in the story this felt like the area the book was most lacking in. There was hints and suggestions about the world outside of the society based in circles, but it wasn’t fully explored. I get the feeling that the world building may become more important in future books. It felt like this book was simply about Grace and her search for identity.
I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again, it is hard to rate and review the first book in an ongoing series because you believe that any lack in the book will be met in the rest of the series, but you can’t be sure. Some books might be a higher rating if you know what the rest of the series might bring, but on their own, they feel like there are holes in the story. This feels the case with this book. It’s a fantastic start to a new series, but until I’ve read the rest of it, I can’t know how this book stands in relation to what comes next. However, there is a great deal of promise for this emotionally challenging, yet satisfying book.
December 12, 2022
Okay, so...
I have mixed feelings about this book. Normally, a book with this much grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors would have me dropping it by page two. But, for some reason, I kept reading. The characters and the storyline gripped me and I needed to know more about Apollo. Grace was a little annoying, but not horrible and a lot of it had to do with too much passive voice. I do wonder if English isn't this author's first language because a lot of the words were off, like she googled synonyms for variety and just went with it even when they don't work. And some words were just wrong (muscularity in stead of musculature, normality instead of normalcy, slither instead of shiver, etc.). Despite these errors, I knew what the author was trying to say, so it didn't slow the reading flow as much as I would have expected.
I'm giving this 4 stars because it has a lot of promise. With a little tweaking and some major editing, this book could be amazing. Excellent little cliffhanger, so I'm game for book two.
I have mixed feelings about this book. Normally, a book with this much grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors would have me dropping it by page two. But, for some reason, I kept reading. The characters and the storyline gripped me and I needed to know more about Apollo. Grace was a little annoying, but not horrible and a lot of it had to do with too much passive voice. I do wonder if English isn't this author's first language because a lot of the words were off, like she googled synonyms for variety and just went with it even when they don't work. And some words were just wrong (muscularity in stead of musculature, normality instead of normalcy, slither instead of shiver, etc.). Despite these errors, I knew what the author was trying to say, so it didn't slow the reading flow as much as I would have expected.
I'm giving this 4 stars because it has a lot of promise. With a little tweaking and some major editing, this book could be amazing. Excellent little cliffhanger, so I'm game for book two.
September 27, 2022
2.75 rounded down.
This was a very long slow burn. That combined with the fact that her two soul mates were complete douches (who she is stuck with forevermore) ... I just can't bring myself to rate this any higher.
Was there cheating??? Technically not ... Maybe? I honestly hate even a hint of betrayal, lies, cheating and this book had all of these.
Sorry, I won't subject myself to the next book. Grace was a doormat of a character, who fooled us into thinking she was experiencing growth ... But in the end, alas, the answer was a big fat nope ... Still a doormat.
Writing wasn't bad except for the slow pacing and subject matter, but it obviously kept my interest and elicited a lot of emotion from me (negative emotion)
This was a very long slow burn. That combined with the fact that her two soul mates were complete douches (who she is stuck with forevermore) ... I just can't bring myself to rate this any higher.
Was there cheating??? Technically not ... Maybe? I honestly hate even a hint of betrayal, lies, cheating and this book had all of these.
Sorry, I won't subject myself to the next book. Grace was a doormat of a character, who fooled us into thinking she was experiencing growth ... But in the end, alas, the answer was a big fat nope ... Still a doormat.
Writing wasn't bad except for the slow pacing and subject matter, but it obviously kept my interest and elicited a lot of emotion from me (negative emotion)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 23, 2022
I almost DNFed this one
I almost gave up on this one, but glad I stayed with it. At 60%, it went from mediocre/good to amazing. I can not believe that book 2 does not come out until March 25, 2023!!
I almost gave up on this one, but glad I stayed with it. At 60%, it went from mediocre/good to amazing. I can not believe that book 2 does not come out until March 25, 2023!!
June 8, 2022
No words
That cliffhangers and the emotions. I'm mind fucked. Hearts pounding and have a million thoughts.
True the start of the book was a bit slow and and I nearly dnf but I'm glad I did. It was a nice unique change from many of the same types of plots.
Please release book 2 soon
That cliffhangers and the emotions. I'm mind fucked. Hearts pounding and have a million thoughts.
True the start of the book was a bit slow and and I nearly dnf but I'm glad I did. It was a nice unique change from many of the same types of plots.
Please release book 2 soon
June 2, 2022
Amazing
I love this new world that Elizabeth created. At first I was really annoyed with the FMC, I thought she was too spineless. But as the book went on and she found her first partner she became more like able. I can’t wait to read the next book!
I love this new world that Elizabeth created. At first I was really annoyed with the FMC, I thought she was too spineless. But as the book went on and she found her first partner she became more like able. I can’t wait to read the next book!
May 23, 2022
I was really impressed with this book. I love the concept of soulmates and people drawn together. I thought the author did a great job of creating characters that had depth and went thru developments throughout the story. It’s written in 1st person, solely from the FMC’s POV. It’s also a slow build. I like a story that doesn’t follow a formula or do what I expect. This delivered. It definitely left me feeling like I did while I read The Evelyn Maynard Chronicles and the Infinity Chronicles for the first time. Both series I ended up loving and re-read often. Congratulations on a great debut novel.
May 24, 2022
Omg!! This is so good but the cliffhanger!! I finished this book at 8am this morning because I was having dreams about it. LOL! It’s so good but I can’t stop thinking about it! When does the next one come out?
May 31, 2022
I have a LOT of feels about this book!!
I didn’t like Grace’s parents, they’ve sheltered her and protected her, her whole life, and now she’s extremely unprepared out in the big bad world.
Worst still, were Apollo and Vincent!! Through all the lies, secrets, half truths and pain, I was feeling rather fed up with them by the end of the book.
I know what it feels like to be cheated on, the way your stomach sinks, you feel dizzy and sick, and you just want to simultaneously cry your eyes out and vomit. I can’t even imagine how poor Grace felt. Fuck Apollo for that, for real.
This book was a really interesting concept and fairly well written, but lost a star for the multiple spelling, punctuation and grammar errors, and changing tenses that were throughout the book. With a good edit, this would be a 4-5 star book!
I didn’t like Grace’s parents, they’ve sheltered her and protected her, her whole life, and now she’s extremely unprepared out in the big bad world.
Worst still, were Apollo and Vincent!! Through all the lies, secrets, half truths and pain, I was feeling rather fed up with them by the end of the book.
I know what it feels like to be cheated on, the way your stomach sinks, you feel dizzy and sick, and you just want to simultaneously cry your eyes out and vomit. I can’t even imagine how poor Grace felt. Fuck Apollo for that, for real.
This book was a really interesting concept and fairly well written, but lost a star for the multiple spelling, punctuation and grammar errors, and changing tenses that were throughout the book. With a good edit, this would be a 4-5 star book!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 26, 2023
this book is a hidden gem, that’s for sure. it was so good and heartbreaking. that ending? destroyed me. I can’t wait to see how the story develops, also the way her dads care about her? absolutely adorable and wholesome.
May 23, 2022
Loved this book. Can’t wait for the next one.
February 14, 2023
Update reread 02/2023 : ready for the second one to come out!!
October 4, 2024
No! I can think of only a couple other books that have upset me as much as this one. I can’t abide by cheating and Other Woman/Other Man drama.
One MMC, who is one of her fated soul mates, is fully aware that she’ll be able to feel it instantly if he hooks up with someone else. This MMC has a history of being a f*ckboy and yet he assures her he cares about her and is committed to this and wants her and will treat her well.
So what does he do?! At the party they are both attending, he sneaks away and gets off with someone else. Of course she feels it instantly that he’s hooking up with someone else. It’s a heartbreaking betrayal for her and it made me so upset!!!!
He hasn’t been able to tell her about this other guy he’s involved with yet because of “reasons”. Okay, fine then. He has feelings for another person too and a pre-existing relationship that he can’t tell her about yet. Then he shouldn’t hook up with the other guy until he’s been able to communicate with her about it!!!!
He knew she’d instantly know anyways so why not tell her first? Instead, he chooses sexual gratification over her feelings! He really couldn’t wait?? He SERIOUSLY couldn’t keep it in his pants until he was ready to tell her about the other guy? Either she’s okay with it or not but she deserves to know and make her choice to be with him or not before he hooks up with this other person she had no idea about. That’s cheating. I don’t care about the reasons.
He apparently cares about her and wants this relationship ship with her but getting off at the party is more important than waiting until he can discuss this with her and at least not blindside her? Nope. No. NO! That’s not how you treat someone and that’s not an MMC I want to read about in my why choose novel. This made me hate everything and quit.
One MMC, who is one of her fated soul mates, is fully aware that she’ll be able to feel it instantly if he hooks up with someone else. This MMC has a history of being a f*ckboy and yet he assures her he cares about her and is committed to this and wants her and will treat her well.
So what does he do?! At the party they are both attending, he sneaks away and gets off with someone else. Of course she feels it instantly that he’s hooking up with someone else. It’s a heartbreaking betrayal for her and it made me so upset!!!!
He hasn’t been able to tell her about this other guy he’s involved with yet because of “reasons”. Okay, fine then. He has feelings for another person too and a pre-existing relationship that he can’t tell her about yet. Then he shouldn’t hook up with the other guy until he’s been able to communicate with her about it!!!!
He knew she’d instantly know anyways so why not tell her first? Instead, he chooses sexual gratification over her feelings! He really couldn’t wait?? He SERIOUSLY couldn’t keep it in his pants until he was ready to tell her about the other guy? Either she’s okay with it or not but she deserves to know and make her choice to be with him or not before he hooks up with this other person she had no idea about. That’s cheating. I don’t care about the reasons.
He apparently cares about her and wants this relationship ship with her but getting off at the party is more important than waiting until he can discuss this with her and at least not blindside her? Nope. No. NO! That’s not how you treat someone and that’s not an MMC I want to read about in my why choose novel. This made me hate everything and quit.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 14, 2024
I have mixed feelings about the one
I think my number one issue is that the exposition was entirely too much. I understand world building but I was pretty bored until about halfway through the book. There were minor spelling, syntax and punctuation errors but they didn’t take away too much from the story.
Another major complaint I have is that Grace is just so childish in the way she sees and conceptualizes the world. I realize she was homeschooled but that should have opened the door even more for her to understand her parents fallacies and shortcomings.
The shattered glass of her parents’ perfection shouldn’t be happening this late in life. All the scenes where she feels like she’s the cause of her parents’ behavior even though it’s obvious they have their own issues is borderline ridiculous considering her developmental age.
I also found her mother to be insanely narrow minded and dogmatic especially for a counselor. Just the sheer lack understanding and helicopter parenting with the hypocrisy is really irritating to read about as a fellow counselor/therapist.
I will say that the whole concept is an excellent illustration of bias, discrimination and bigotry that mirrors real world issues. It does pose a lot of questions for me about finding circle members at young ages and the safety of people in general with this relationship structure but I tend to overthink these things.
This was the definition of a slow burn. If you enjoy lots of details and are interested in the parental dynamics in addition to the FMC, then this would be a book for you.
I think my number one issue is that the exposition was entirely too much. I understand world building but I was pretty bored until about halfway through the book. There were minor spelling, syntax and punctuation errors but they didn’t take away too much from the story.
Another major complaint I have is that Grace is just so childish in the way she sees and conceptualizes the world. I realize she was homeschooled but that should have opened the door even more for her to understand her parents fallacies and shortcomings.
The shattered glass of her parents’ perfection shouldn’t be happening this late in life. All the scenes where she feels like she’s the cause of her parents’ behavior even though it’s obvious they have their own issues is borderline ridiculous considering her developmental age.
I also found her mother to be insanely narrow minded and dogmatic especially for a counselor. Just the sheer lack understanding and helicopter parenting with the hypocrisy is really irritating to read about as a fellow counselor/therapist.
I will say that the whole concept is an excellent illustration of bias, discrimination and bigotry that mirrors real world issues. It does pose a lot of questions for me about finding circle members at young ages and the safety of people in general with this relationship structure but I tend to overthink these things.
This was the definition of a slow burn. If you enjoy lots of details and are interested in the parental dynamics in addition to the FMC, then this would be a book for you.
November 29, 2022
This book is really good BUT…
I read a lot of RH books and it’s been a while since I really like one like this. I couldn’t put it down and I end up staying awake util 2 a.m. on a work day just to finish it. It’s a great start for a new serie and I really like the concept and storyline. At first, I was a bit confused by all the different names of her dads, but after a while you understand who is who. I also really like the evolution of the FMC, really shy at first and finally coming out of her shell during the book.
BUT
I read a lot of RH books and it’s been a while since I really like one like this. I couldn’t put it down and I end up staying awake util 2 a.m. on a work day just to finish it. It’s a great start for a new serie and I really like the concept and storyline. At first, I was a bit confused by all the different names of her dads, but after a while you understand who is who. I also really like the evolution of the FMC, really shy at first and finally coming out of her shell during the book.
BUT
June 21, 2023
not a fan
I don’t think this is a good book. It says slow/medium burn and it is literally the slowest and not just that - it’s a slow burn on if you like literally any of the characters at all. The two pieces of the circle she meets are obvious and it’s just so much melodrama and heartbreak and for what?! They’re exactly who you think they will be. I’m upset that she made the effort for the one character and he was not a part of her circle when he’s the nicest character of the book. I’m glad that before the book is over you like Grace’s friends. But Apollo and his indiscretion and then the newest circle member at the end is too much. It’s too drawn out and obvious and heartbreaking and much like being in the principal’s office and being reprimanded for the hypocrisy to take over - just because Apollo’s cheating is a person they didn’t know was in the circle - we’re gonna have to accept it and that’s lame.
This book is genuinely infuriating and I wish Grace had had better circle counterparts - but here’s hoping that the other two members are eons better than the two trash characters she got saddled with in this one. I’m truly upset for Grace and the life she’s going to have to live with them.
Thank god they’re fictional.
I don’t think this is a good book. It says slow/medium burn and it is literally the slowest and not just that - it’s a slow burn on if you like literally any of the characters at all. The two pieces of the circle she meets are obvious and it’s just so much melodrama and heartbreak and for what?! They’re exactly who you think they will be. I’m upset that she made the effort for the one character and he was not a part of her circle when he’s the nicest character of the book. I’m glad that before the book is over you like Grace’s friends. But Apollo and his indiscretion and then the newest circle member at the end is too much. It’s too drawn out and obvious and heartbreaking and much like being in the principal’s office and being reprimanded for the hypocrisy to take over - just because Apollo’s cheating is a person they didn’t know was in the circle - we’re gonna have to accept it and that’s lame.
This book is genuinely infuriating and I wish Grace had had better circle counterparts - but here’s hoping that the other two members are eons better than the two trash characters she got saddled with in this one. I’m truly upset for Grace and the life she’s going to have to live with them.
Thank god they’re fictional.
December 14, 2022
Intriguing story but needs another round of editing
I give the book 3.5 stars. I didn’t want to give it just 3 since I really enjoyed the story and this unique take on multiple soulmates, but I also didn’t want to give 4 since the writing just isn’t quite where it should be yet.
There were a couple of errors, but the main issue this book has, is with the punctuation. There are random commas and points in places where they shouldn’t be (not that often though), but the thing that bothered me most was the missing commas or wrong punctuation when a character started or stopped speaking. It should be like this ‘ “text,” he said ‘ but in this book it was often ‘ “text.” he said. ‘ which really took me out of the reading experience since it didn’t flow. If the author just goes through one more time to fix all these little issues, the book would read better.
But aside from the practical writing part, the story was really intriguing and pulled me in, I’m def looking forward to book 2 and seeing what happens after the slight cliffhanger we got left with!
I give the book 3.5 stars. I didn’t want to give it just 3 since I really enjoyed the story and this unique take on multiple soulmates, but I also didn’t want to give 4 since the writing just isn’t quite where it should be yet.
There were a couple of errors, but the main issue this book has, is with the punctuation. There are random commas and points in places where they shouldn’t be (not that often though), but the thing that bothered me most was the missing commas or wrong punctuation when a character started or stopped speaking. It should be like this ‘ “text,” he said ‘ but in this book it was often ‘ “text.” he said. ‘ which really took me out of the reading experience since it didn’t flow. If the author just goes through one more time to fix all these little issues, the book would read better.
But aside from the practical writing part, the story was really intriguing and pulled me in, I’m def looking forward to book 2 and seeing what happens after the slight cliffhanger we got left with!
May 23, 2022
This book has so much emotion in it. If you’re looking for something to read that tugs on the heartstrings this is it. Grace is a great character who seems very hesitant and anxious at the start of the book and it’s great to see her come out of her shell and grow during the book. Grace is starting school for the first time after being homeschooled growing up and needs to overcome the pressure surrounding that but Grace lives in a world where fated mates are found through touch. Grace has grown up with her mother’s stories of sorrow and woe when it comes to fated mates and is apprehensive to find her four mates. During the book she does find one mate and it starts out as a friendly relationship that grows into more, it is not without tears and drama. A small cliffhanger but nothing too drastic and I can’t wait for book 2
November 29, 2022
would've been three stars but one of the heroes, the heroine's soulmate, cheats on her. and yes, it IS cheating because he has sex with someone else while in a relationship with her, and keeps it secret. she seems like she just forgives him at the end of this book. like, babe, it doesn't matter that you want him to be happy, the fact is that he kept it secret while fucking someone else and also putting the moves on you!!! it's cheating, full stop.
i fucking hated both Apollo and Vincent, the two main Hs of this book. i wanted to set them both on fire.
and lastly, soooo many spelling errors. multiple on every page.
i was willing to overlook the spelling errors and the dislikable Hs, and keep an eye on the release of the next book, if not for the cheating.
i fucking hated both Apollo and Vincent, the two main Hs of this book. i wanted to set them both on fire.
and lastly, soooo many spelling errors. multiple on every page.
i was willing to overlook the spelling errors and the dislikable Hs, and keep an eye on the release of the next book, if not for the cheating.
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February 18, 2023
I really wanted to enjoy this book.. the plot sounded really interesting and had potential to be a good story.
However, it was such a struggle to get through and I hate leaving low ratings as the author works hard etc but I think maybe the writing style wasn't for me. I could definitely do with another proof read as some of the sentences didn't make sense, or the wrong words were used which put me off a bit.
The end of the book did pick up and I did get interested again so I may pick up the next book to see if the momentum is kept going. This book was single POV but I'm hopeful that the next ones as she finds her mates are told through multiple POVs as I always feel this helps to tell the story better, especially in a RH situation.
However, it was such a struggle to get through and I hate leaving low ratings as the author works hard etc but I think maybe the writing style wasn't for me. I could definitely do with another proof read as some of the sentences didn't make sense, or the wrong words were used which put me off a bit.
The end of the book did pick up and I did get interested again so I may pick up the next book to see if the momentum is kept going. This book was single POV but I'm hopeful that the next ones as she finds her mates are told through multiple POVs as I always feel this helps to tell the story better, especially in a RH situation.
March 1, 2023
my life is forever changed
Wow. Grace is such an amazing and complex character, so are the many others in this story. I felt invested in their lives and can’t wait for more! The real struggles of life and relationships are payed out in interested no ways. This had a light dystopian vibe that I imagine will pick up a bit as the series progresses. It will be so hard to wait in between books- might need my therapist to get through... Now, with my incredible urgance that you read this book, for those of you that are snobby about grammar and mistakes, there were very few. And, if you can’t handle that... get over yourself be this book is so worth it!
Wow. Grace is such an amazing and complex character, so are the many others in this story. I felt invested in their lives and can’t wait for more! The real struggles of life and relationships are payed out in interested no ways. This had a light dystopian vibe that I imagine will pick up a bit as the series progresses. It will be so hard to wait in between books- might need my therapist to get through... Now, with my incredible urgance that you read this book, for those of you that are snobby about grammar and mistakes, there were very few. And, if you can’t handle that... get over yourself be this book is so worth it!
January 12, 2024
not romantic
I’m sorry, but when one of your “circle” a.k.a soulmates has f*cked everything around, AND is in love with someone else. Then the heroine doesn’t stand a chance.
Apollo treats Grace like a second hand citizen EVEN when he admits she’s his “one” he’s still sleeping with his lover. That lover is also pursuing Grace, but to warn her off Apollo (his lover). At the end of book one you realize Vincent (Apollo’s lover) is also part of Grace’s circle *eye roll* just a little too convenient for my tastes. So Apollo gets his cake and gets to eat it too. While poor Grace has to come in second fiddle to both her circle mates!!
What an awful concept for a book!!!
I’m sorry, but when one of your “circle” a.k.a soulmates has f*cked everything around, AND is in love with someone else. Then the heroine doesn’t stand a chance.
Apollo treats Grace like a second hand citizen EVEN when he admits she’s his “one” he’s still sleeping with his lover. That lover is also pursuing Grace, but to warn her off Apollo (his lover). At the end of book one you realize Vincent (Apollo’s lover) is also part of Grace’s circle *eye roll* just a little too convenient for my tastes. So Apollo gets his cake and gets to eat it too. While poor Grace has to come in second fiddle to both her circle mates!!
What an awful concept for a book!!!
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June 18, 2022Dnf somewhere in ch. 1. No rating because I think this just wasn't for me. Ch. 1 begins by focusing on the MC's dads, and it was a big book turn-off for me because it felt like that author was focused more on writing flowery/literary descriptions than building my interest in the story or making me care about the MC.
Full disclosure, I started reading this book late at night when I was sleep deprived and cranky. That may be the reason I dropped it so early, but I still don't feel like going back to it, so I guess that's that.
Full disclosure, I started reading this book late at night when I was sleep deprived and cranky. That may be the reason I dropped it so early, but I still don't feel like going back to it, so I guess that's that.
July 6, 2022
This was a very refreshing read, where people have fated mates but in a world with no other paranormal qualities - I have to admit that it was so nice to read something where people don't have powers! The book does need a good editing though, apostrophes are clearly not the author's friend, and I'm not sure if I was just noticing more at the end of the book or if the author/editor got tired and missed more, but it was definitely a turnoff towards the end. But overall it was a very solid book and I'm excited for the next one.
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August 20, 2022Please don't read this awful book. I am sick of reading books about women putting up with abuse in any form because she love someone. Even given no choice why can't a female say hell no I deserve better and move on with a broken heart. Once again a modern fairy tale where a woman has to give up her self-worth in order to have a worthless circle. Her circle already love someone so they don't need her for the connection. Please let mfc move on to college and the people that choose to love and respect her.
August 14, 2023
Really interesting take on fated mates. In this case, it makes relationships harder not easier. All the human failings of relationships are there.. only you can’t just break up. And since it’s reverse harem you have that problem 5x over 😂 The heroine hasn’t found all her harem yet though. Just two is plenty difficult as is actually. I can’t imagine what more she could deal with. I really enjoyed it though! The characters are well fleshed out, of everyone! Friends, family, partner’s family.. everyone. This was diligently written, it’s not the usual kindle unlimited reverse harem fare.
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