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4.19 AVERAGE


Further shenanigans with Bel, Nico and Garen, and of course, Wicky! They're in Australia hunting monsters, but there's a much bigger threat to Bel than that. I enjoy these characters, the way they look out for and protect each other, even if it's only from doing something stupid. The monster plot really feels like background to what's really going on, but SPOILERS! .... So the good news is, it all ends happily ever after for most of the characters and well, Hellhounds!!
adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

OMG! That was terrific ... as usual. :) If you've enjoyed *any* of AJ's stories, you really need to give this series a try. Oh, and I'm really glad that Spencer finally got what was coming to him. Yes!
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked the 1st book but I enjoyed this one far more. Now that we are past the set up, it's really interesting and funny. I love Wicky and Nico.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I fell kind of middle of the road about this book. On one hand, I did like it. On the other, I didn't like it anywhere near as much as I'd hoped or expected. The throuple here is super cute. As with book one, I really liked the three men individually and together. I liked how they brought balance to each-other and each of the other's relationship with the third. It did make me laugh and the writing is perfectly readable (though a few phrases got recycled a few too many times) and editing seems clean.

However, Sherwood took what worked in book one and turned it up until it was just too much and turned silly. I liked Nico (and Wicky's) chaotic energy, but it's turned into a schtick here and it just felt like a joke. I loved Garen in book one, but he's a shadow of himself in this book...so is Bel for that matter. I thought the whole running into his ex and healing past traumas was ham-handed and lacked subtly and the sex scenes seemed more focused on the mechanics of three men together than any sort emotional connection.

All in all, it was cute and not a bad read. But maybe not the overall winner I had hoped for.
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No