Maybe closer to 3.5 ratings… perhaps
This review is for both books, seeings how I read them as one on the Passion app.
I’ll start by saying I do understand the other reviews for this book. It is extremely long winded, it is slow in numerous places, and it is in heavy need of an editor. It’s not just grammatical errors, it’s using the wrong names, the wrong tenses, and sentence structure. I also have a sneaking suspicion the author kept a thesaurus on hand while writing. But surprisingly enough none of that prohibited me from reading and finishing this book quicker than it deserved.
The story was good. The characters quite likable, including Celeste and Zillon. Liam and Fredd were the perfect amount of comic relief without being annoying or too obvious, plus they knew when to lighten the mood and when not to.
Even the characters I didn’t like I respected how they were portrayed.
I have a special place in my heart for Kaheel, I seriously wish the book ended differently. No matter how much I adore Celeste and Zillon, I yearn for Kaheel to be a part of their happiness. I don’t say this often about other author’s characters but damn this was a horrible missed opportunity for the book to take an unexpected twist into MFM territory (and I know the author wouldn’t be adverse to this considering the joke Liam made about holes).
I am mentally rewriting the end in my mind and that is the version I would reread thousands of times! It would’ve been a twist no one saw coming, unlike the ending that I guessed 95% of before reading it.
Sidenote: I can go with Celia staying away. She definitely doesn’t need to be in any sequels. I may be in the minority but she sure as shit doesn’t need to be officially mated to anyone. She needs to find love the old fashioned way so she knows how it feels to love and be loved without the benefit of the mating bond that she disrespected repeatedly. Plus I never want to read about her again, especially if she ends up with Kaheel. That is one book I will happily skip.
So quick wrapup: this is a very long book in need of editing, but I am not sorry I read it. Though in full it doesn’t have a high reread value, there are sections of it I will happily peruse again,
AND there are other sections I’ve mentally rewritten with three distinct people moaning in ecstasy… ;)