Ashley Shea’s Reviews > Tender Cruelty > Status Update
Ashley Shea
is 33% done
I like it so far. Just like the last several books, it starts right up with little prelude, but at this point I think I'd be impatient with a lot of unnecessary background. I don't know if I've ever read a series with this many books... It's a great approach: learning a new angle of the story each book. There's decent characterization right now, but I'm not a huge fan of "I hate you" when clearly, ma'am, you do not.
— Nov 26, 2025 09:00PM
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Ashley Shea
is 99% done
That was really good! Exciting at the end, appropriately nerve-wracking. This was a good addition to the series, and I'm still hooked even after 9 books. KR has put so much into this with only a very few missteps in my mind. And her acknowledgements are almost apologetic in the vein of "I know you've been waiting for the Zeus/Hera story and I'm sorry if it's not how you wanted." But it was! They played it just right!
— Nov 28, 2025 10:14AM
Ashley Shea
is 56% done
Fell asleep last night, stuffed with stuffing (and wine and turkey) before updating. I might be getting tired of them pretending to hate each other simply because revealing their growing feelings might make them *GASP* vulnerable! BUT, at the same time, I think these two are the most serious about putting up impenetrable walls against the machinations of the Thirteen... But they would make such a good team!!
— Nov 28, 2025 07:30AM
