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Swooning over here! “I love you. You and your bewitching eyes have vanished all the foolish vanity and arrogance out of my very soul. All that remains is a selfish batard who knows there would be no beauty, no life, no hope without you…”

“You are a foolish man, and I will never forgive you for finally making such a grand declaration while Rome burns around us.”

Nothing like a near death of your lover to make you stop being an @ss and realize your true feelings. SMH.

Total capturer and captured vibes. Obsession and possession… mysterious dark manor with gothic vibes and a murder curse… I’m enthralled!

I love all the Jane Austen references and the Regent society mixed with modernism but even better… the similarities to Hades and Persephone! So delicious!

Jeez! It just keeps getting worse.. the sadness, the agony, the despair! My emotions are wrecked! Oh, and major plot twist hinted.

What the F?! This is a kindle throwing moment! Oh Gods, I see the biggest revenge arc coming! I’d burn it all to the ground!

I hate when books jump back and forth from past to present as it slows down the momentum in the present storyline. I love the past insight but think it would have been better done as a 1.5 book, that way we still get the context and emotional depth but also don’t lose the pacing in the current storyline. I also don’t like how she has feelings for the captain in any capacity. Fav deserves full loyalty in return!

Omg! He is the biggest simp! So googly eyed over here! He had her for four months and 10 days before she was taken from him and then he spent 402 years searching for her and remaining celibate because she was all he ever wanted. This series is the best declaration of love I’ve read.

Finally! So glad I found this refreshing and different romance with a unique twist that includes terrorism, warlord murder attempts, international royalty, military compounds and a small unique town where everyone has a military/LE connection or training and a hot fireman MMC!

So this is a VERY Epstein and P Duffy based plot line but with the added twists of if Epstein had three daughters he allowed to be victimized and they go on a rampage for vengeance against all the dirty scumbags over a decade later after their father died in prison BUT also with a mafia/double agent mafia/FBI alliance and love interest twist. I doubted but I’m actually enjoying it.

Devastation! Did not expect this! I love L and D but I feel a little guilty bc Cas is the tormented soul forced to wander alone 400 years without love and watch humanity destroy itself. He’s not good and turned on humanity in disgust but in L he found a small spark of hope for humanity and she found empathy in him.. kinda shipping them now but D just obliterated all expectations I had for where this book was going.

We are about to get to a huge arc in the book but from 30-50% it has been dragging! Too many POVs and no real action. Just lots of hints of secrets that have yet to be revealed. No spice, no action, and lots of sadness. But… I do LOVE these characters so much. I know more heartbreak is to come and I NEED a HEA!

The letters between Lyra and Draven gutted me! I love the emotional depth. This book also has such a philosophical connotation to it. It is about all the multifaceted layers to humanity. what makes someone inherently good horrible inhumane things. If you had the power to decide if humanity, those who have turned to greed, tyranny, and murder, should be saved or destroyed for a chance to start over, what would you do?

Finally get to the spice but it feels so forced and is not a natural progression. Totally wrong time and reason. We might die so let’s shag (yes I’ve taken on British terminology thanks to reading it for hundreds of pages). This is in total contrast to the pace and slow building of emotional depth between them. Very inorganic. Ugh! It would have been better to wait or not do it at all.

This is an interesting plot concept with lots of subplots. Think soccer/capture the flag on flying animals, Nancy drew and the hardy boys, and magical beings divided between seller and unseelie. It reads as more YA but cute with the rivals and fake dating tropes. The banter is hilarious and the side characters too. I like the slow development of the relationship and emotional depth the pacing provides. No spice yet.

Checking out what all the hype is about and despite my skepticism, it’s actually pretty good. The banter and hateful glares and dogs are carrying this cheese plot so far. Still trying to get used to the British/ Scottish accents and terminology.

Re-read for book 2!

Re-read for book 2!

Freaking gutted! Raw and unfiltered.

So freaking gutted right now! Nooooo!!!!

This book should be titled Dive Deep, this scene right here and those lyrics… my heart is clutched and I’m begging her to give in. This man! Hands down has my heart. Also, I mean the plot premise is all about diving deep… into the past… into themselves. It fits better. Plot premise is juvenile and dumb but the evolution of these two together is clutch.

Omg! I’m like emotionally damaged right now! WTH! I need a moment to process this dark plot twist. Noooo! And right when our love story was reaching the peak?! I don’t like it at all. Y’all… lessons I’ve learned through several fantasy reads… you ever discover your fated mate… you better damn seal that bond immediately!

Ugh! I hate books where all the main and supporting characters are split up (three separate places here) and then you get way too many POVs. This is where it seems like a lot is going on but really nothing literally happens. Chaos with no answers. The villains winning but we have no idea what is happening.

Ugh this is hard for me. I feel like the banter and relationships are all fairytale cheesy in this book even though they are on the brink of war. It is so superficial and lacks real depth. I’m going to need a break from this one.

Finally we get a reunion and emotions depth with our characters.

Omg! That moment when our MMC went to rescue her and made a new pledge to the dragons… swoon 😍🥰

This so far it is like we hit pause on book 1 and moved on to a plot of odessa’s self discovery with blasts from the past mixed in to finally give us some answers to our FMC’s background based on what seems like her mother’s history and family. So far, I’m a little bored and am ready to nix the creepy priests. The mom chapters annoy me by breaking up Odessa’s story. I want Ransom back with her!

So far I’m loving this wool! Unique witchy tale full of slow burn snarky banter and forbidden yearning with plenty of plot intrigue!

six ⭐️ read and I have so more to go! The plot is so relatable to today’s political climate and filled with action and the emotional depth and development of the characters is superb. Like, I know this is going to end lin a Greek tragedy , but it is still so devastatingly beautiful in a soul shattering way. “I will stay Sophia. Until I die.” It is not a fairytale romance but a tragic love story.

All the things I loved about this series are being stripped from this book. The devotion between the FMC and MMC is slowly deteriorating. The power imbalance between them is causing a divide. The whole fae vs humans dynamic is secondary to inner kingdom division for the throne. Then all of a sudden the antagonist wants to be friends, help, and gives up his claim to the throne???