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It’s a bit… boring

“She’s my Champion. The stars could try taking her from me, and they’d fail,”

This isn’t like… good. The dialogue is janky, the plot and characters are all over the place

Well rather than point out everything she’s doing wrong as she’s ABOUT to walk in, prepare her with ample time ugh Cairn is kinda annoying me this book

Is it bad when I like that princesses/FMC aren’t skilled in combat? I understand why most books have them be fierce but it’s a nice change to have them rely on others/MMC

Omg it started with a “Previously in…” recap of book 1! I love that! Every sequel needs to have that!
I hate waiting 1.5yr for a sequel and having forgotten every character, plot point by the time of release

Dang this is enemies to lovers

Ugh I’m sick of MF FMC not wanting to get pregnant
Bring back 2010s FMCs who got pregnant every book! Otherwise I’d stick with MM

“When I look at you…” He exhaled roughly, shakenly, across my lips. “It feels like someone’s squeezing my fucking lungs. I cannot breathe properly, but I fail to care.” His nose nudged mine. “I don’t want breath if it means I cannot see you.”

“What do you think any of these preening males might say if they knew you’d been coming on the enemy’s fingers?” His teeth scraped my throat. “On his lap?” His tongue swept over my pounding pulse. “And even on his greedy mouth?”

“Should someone other than me so much as make your pretty mouth quiver, I will soon be able to write you a story using their spinal cord and blood.”

Yk what i’m really enjoying all the kissing content. Kissing can be just sensual and intimate - if not more - than sex so it’s nice they’re focusing so much on building that romantic connection rather than diving straight into smut

I opened the book in my lap.
And found numerous strands of near-black hair. My hair.
…
“For when I need a stronger whiff of your scent.” He spoke as if it were ordinary. As if it were a common thing to do. “Because of your long absence, it’s faded from the bedding.”

Jesus there are a lot of made up words in this

God I forgot how bad mafia books are

“Well, I’ll be here,” Elias sighed heavily, his hand reaching to brush mine.
“Thank you.” I ignored how my touch-starved body ached with longing..
DONT GIVE ME THIS TOUCH STARVED BS GAVIN WAITED FOUR. HUNDRED. YEARS FOR HER AND YET SHES LONGING COR THE MAN WHO BLAMED HER FOR GETTING ASSAULTED WTF IS THIS

I’m sorry how tf can she even stand to still be talking to this man?!??

Oh Elias is much much worse than I thought Wtaf

These Gavin POVs showing us how he looked for Ella for 9 years, then sold his soul to the devil (his dad) to become an enslaved immortal killing machine just so he could be alive for when she returned, make me angrier that Ella couldn’t last 3 months without lusting after another man

Reaaaally didn’t need a prolonged Elias masturbation POV ugh

“I’ve never believed in destiny, but I believe with all my heart, that I exist for you, Ella.
These flashbacks are the book’s only saving grace

GIRL WTAF WHY ARE YOU TURNED ON BY THIS DUDE

And if I said I’m not happy that this book is quickly turning into a typical military challenge/trial type

What she stirred in my bones was something foreign, animalistic, and desperate. I wanted to throw my body over her, become her human shield, and then tear her clothes off, free the goddess underneath, and claim her for mysel

I want you so full of my cum—” I gasped as his hand slid down my jaw and over my throat, “—that there is no space for your power or this war. No space for the rest of this gods-damned world. No space for Elias fucking Winterton. No space for anything or anyone but me. Not your first, not your last, but your o

“You are the air in my lungs. You are light and life. You are the reason I open my eyes every morning and brave this world. You are the tonic to my nightmares, the angel that defies my demons.”

“You are exquisite, unbearably so. You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, Aryella, and you make it… difficult to breathe.”

“There’s not a chance I’ll make it to heaven, but I pray the gods are gracious to send me to a place where I can see you. Just you.” He wound his fingers in my hair. “Because if I can’t spend eternity looking at you, I’d rather my soul cease to exist. You are,” he breathed, “the single most breathtaking thing in this world.”

”You are not a frail princess to be subdued and coddled. You’re a warrior. A queen. A woman with choices, desires, and thoughts—beautiful, intuitive thoughts. And you are remarkable. You are… breathtaking. But it has been a very long time since something—someone—has truly mattered to me, so you will please forgive me if I often lack the control and discernment to treat you exactly as you deserve.”

“And you heard me from over there?” I nodded to Gavin’s sleeping mat on the other side of our camp, at least fifteen paces away. Untouched.
“No. I was sitting next to you. After today, what we saw—what you saw—I just wanted…” He swallowed thickly. A nervous Gavin Smyth was an oddly heartbreaking sight. “I wanted to be close to you.”