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bookarina's review against another edition
3.0
DISCLAIMER: I received an ARC of this book (which thank you very much) however it in no way affects my opinion, my thoughts are my own.
I really enjoyed this book. While I hadn't read the first book in the series it reads really well as a standalone, while the language "sup" referring to supernatural people did get on my nerves. The perspective changes while not as well handled as they could've been did not hinder too much my enjoyment.
As long as you don't go into this expecting a masterpiece but rather expecting a classic paranormal romance, with some forbidden love and mystery in it this is good. I enjoyed that the FL wasn't weak or powerless , but rather this strong assassin and spy. Their chemistry was great and the sex scenes well written.
Overall it was a nice read that I most likely won't remember in details later but have a good feeling about when I think about it.
3/5 stars.
Bookarina
I really enjoyed this book. While I hadn't read the first book in the series it reads really well as a standalone, while the language "sup" referring to supernatural people did get on my nerves. The perspective changes while not as well handled as they could've been did not hinder too much my enjoyment.
As long as you don't go into this expecting a masterpiece but rather expecting a classic paranormal romance, with some forbidden love and mystery in it this is good. I enjoyed that the FL wasn't weak or powerless , but rather this strong assassin and spy. Their chemistry was great and the sex scenes well written.
Overall it was a nice read that I most likely won't remember in details later but have a good feeling about when I think about it.
3/5 stars.
Bookarina
mariathelibrarian's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
emmalita's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty Little Lion is the second in Suleikha Snyder’s Third Shift series. Do not start here. If you haven’t read Big Bad Wolf, that’s the place to start.
Elijah Richter, one of the co-founders of Third Shift, is undercover as security at a party hosted by bad guy of the book, Mirko, with the mission to seduce Mirko’s girlfriend and pump her for information. Mirko’s girlfriend, Meghna Saxon-Saunders, is an agent with her own agenda, and she might honeypot Elijah before he can honeypot her. Meghna and Elijah are apex predators coming together.
Elijah and Meghna aren’t the only romance going on in the book. The throuple of Grace, Finian, and Nate that started in Big Bad Wolf comes together here. Another romance is teased and I’m looking forward to seeing where Snyder takes it in the third book. I have to admit I wanted more time with Grace, Finian, and Nate. If Snyder is taking bonus episode requests, I would read about those three inventorying their pantry (and I’m pretty sure Finian would tease the other two into engaging in pantry sexy times). Yes, I’m positively reviewing a thing that may not have been thought about yet.
One of the hallmarks of a Snyder romance is people building space for themselves to love as they will in a hard world. Elijah is all in on Meghna from their first closet tryst. While Meghna works for a loosely affiliated group, she’s mostly on her own. Elijah already has a community and found family. He wants Meghna in his life, and also for her to become part of his community. Like Big Bad Wolf‘s Joe, Meghna has to decide whether she is stronger and safer with a team or on her own. More fundamentally, will she accept that she deserves Elijah’s love and support? Snyder’s characters aren’t just making the world a better place by loving each other, they are making the world a better place for other people to love and to build communities.
I love this series and hope we see more of anything Suleikha Snyder chooses to write.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the advance reader copy. I reviewed this voluntarily.
Elijah Richter, one of the co-founders of Third Shift, is undercover as security at a party hosted by bad guy of the book, Mirko, with the mission to seduce Mirko’s girlfriend and pump her for information. Mirko’s girlfriend, Meghna Saxon-Saunders, is an agent with her own agenda, and she might honeypot Elijah before he can honeypot her. Meghna and Elijah are apex predators coming together.
Elijah and Meghna aren’t the only romance going on in the book. The throuple of Grace, Finian, and Nate that started in Big Bad Wolf comes together here. Another romance is teased and I’m looking forward to seeing where Snyder takes it in the third book. I have to admit I wanted more time with Grace, Finian, and Nate. If Snyder is taking bonus episode requests, I would read about those three inventorying their pantry (and I’m pretty sure Finian would tease the other two into engaging in pantry sexy times). Yes, I’m positively reviewing a thing that may not have been thought about yet.
One of the hallmarks of a Snyder romance is people building space for themselves to love as they will in a hard world. Elijah is all in on Meghna from their first closet tryst. While Meghna works for a loosely affiliated group, she’s mostly on her own. Elijah already has a community and found family. He wants Meghna in his life, and also for her to become part of his community. Like Big Bad Wolf‘s Joe, Meghna has to decide whether she is stronger and safer with a team or on her own. More fundamentally, will she accept that she deserves Elijah’s love and support? Snyder’s characters aren’t just making the world a better place by loving each other, they are making the world a better place for other people to love and to build communities.
I love this series and hope we see more of anything Suleikha Snyder chooses to write.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the advance reader copy. I reviewed this voluntarily.
__whatsrachelreading__'s review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed Pretty Little Lions! This romantic fantasy was fast paced, action filled and has the perfect amount of chemistry!
I absolutely loved Meghna. She was strong willed and independent. I loved her development throughout the story. I loved the chemistry between Meghna and Elijah. It. Was. Steamy!
Overall, Pretty Little Lions is an action packed, fantasy, steamy romance with some mystery and suspense. I can’t wait to see where the other characters fall in this series.!
Thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the gifted copy.
I absolutely loved Meghna. She was strong willed and independent. I loved her development throughout the story. I loved the chemistry between Meghna and Elijah. It. Was. Steamy!
Overall, Pretty Little Lions is an action packed, fantasy, steamy romance with some mystery and suspense. I can’t wait to see where the other characters fall in this series.!
Thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the gifted copy.
earl_of_book_dragon's review against another edition
4.0
An alternate history if supernatural’s were outed. Werewolves, vampires, djinn, aspera.
The racism against ‘supers’ is as much as racism against black, brown, and Asian people in the world today and is a big through line in the book, for the humans and the supers.
This book ends with the hero and heroine together, and another side throuple together, but there is more to come in the total arc of the story with the big baddie.
Note: i put this on the over 40 shelf, the hero is 46, heroine, 32? Their ages are only briefly mentioned and make little difference to the story.
The racism against ‘supers’ is as much as racism against black, brown, and Asian people in the world today and is a big through line in the book, for the humans and the supers.
This book ends with the hero and heroine together, and another side throuple together, but there is more to come in the total arc of the story with the big baddie.
Note: i put this on the over 40 shelf, the hero is 46, heroine, 32? Their ages are only briefly mentioned and make little difference to the story.
thenaptimewriter's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.
This book doesn’t mess around.
If you like your PNR dark & grim with characters who wrestle with their own morality, white supremacy, & the weight of their pasts, with loads of steam & scenes that will fog up your ereader & a core of redemption glittering throughout, you might like Suleikha Snyder’s upcoming release Pretty Little Lion, second in her Third Shift series.
This series is bold & ferocious, two of the biggest reasons why I like it so much.
Pretty Little Lion features Meghna Saxena-Saunders, a beautiful supernatural working undercover who often has sex with her deplorable targets and/or kills them in order to ultimately save lives & do some good in the world & Elijah Richter, a former military lion shifter who’s now head of Third Shift, a black ops group, & is attempting to infiltrate the same group Meghna is.
The book opens with them propositioning each other, each thinking of the other as a “Target.”
Skewering white privilege, racism, & misogyny & offering deadly leads who are POC & all too aware of what they provide “a country that didn’t even want her [them]” Pretty Little Lion isn’t afraid to interrogate, question, critique, or annihilate.
I love it. This is all enhanced by the lushness & heat of the many physical scenes & the final moment when *both* leads are willing to confess their love—which is very hard-won.
But there’s a storyline here that doesn’t add much to the actual story for me & that takes up a lot of space & in general things feel like they could have been pared down some (thanks to @literaryillusions for helping me by sharing her own thoughts regarding this aspect of the plot!).
Overall, this is a compelling series that kinda grabs a reader by the throat.
4 ⭐️. Release date: 10/26.
This book doesn’t mess around.
If you like your PNR dark & grim with characters who wrestle with their own morality, white supremacy, & the weight of their pasts, with loads of steam & scenes that will fog up your ereader & a core of redemption glittering throughout, you might like Suleikha Snyder’s upcoming release Pretty Little Lion, second in her Third Shift series.
This series is bold & ferocious, two of the biggest reasons why I like it so much.
Pretty Little Lion features Meghna Saxena-Saunders, a beautiful supernatural working undercover who often has sex with her deplorable targets and/or kills them in order to ultimately save lives & do some good in the world & Elijah Richter, a former military lion shifter who’s now head of Third Shift, a black ops group, & is attempting to infiltrate the same group Meghna is.
The book opens with them propositioning each other, each thinking of the other as a “Target.”
Skewering white privilege, racism, & misogyny & offering deadly leads who are POC & all too aware of what they provide “a country that didn’t even want her [them]” Pretty Little Lion isn’t afraid to interrogate, question, critique, or annihilate.
I love it. This is all enhanced by the lushness & heat of the many physical scenes & the final moment when *both* leads are willing to confess their love—which is very hard-won.
But there’s a storyline here that doesn’t add much to the actual story for me & that takes up a lot of space & in general things feel like they could have been pared down some (thanks to @literaryillusions for helping me by sharing her own thoughts regarding this aspect of the plot!).
Overall, this is a compelling series that kinda grabs a reader by the throat.
4 ⭐️. Release date: 10/26.
toobendy's review against another edition
3.0
Felt like 2 books that will be completed in the next one I hope
eicart_reads's review
adventurous
emotional
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
4.0
mariepiperbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5