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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood
Moderate: Violence
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was kind of boring, honestly
Overall the romance was super rushed and the characters never had any build up to get me excited about them being together.
The fight scenes were short and the plot felt all over the place or patchy in some areas.
I liked the first book a lot but this fell flat for me
Overall the romance was super rushed and the characters never had any build up to get me excited about them being together.
The fight scenes were short and the plot felt all over the place or patchy in some areas.
I liked the first book a lot but this fell flat for me
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
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:
Complicated
Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for the digital galley of this book.
This isn’t my first Katee Robert book, but I daresay it’s my favorite so far.
In the second installment of the Crimson Sails series, all bloodline vampire Lizzie wants is to reclaim heirloom jewels and grab a portal home. Unfortunately, her allies have bigger problems to deal with, and she’s not having much luck. After saving a captured selkie, Lizzies problems seem to be solved. She’ll have a guide through the Threshold to retrieve her stolen goods, and she’ll help retrieve the selkie’s stolen pelt.
Selkie Maeve is hesitant to form a partnership with the terrifying yet intriguing vampire. She just needs to get her pelt back and help Lizzie find her jewels, but she finds it difficult to resist Lizzie’s allure and her pleasurable bite. Their growing attachment isn’t the only thing to worry about. When they find the jewels, they’ll face a vicious foe who isn’t ready to let go of anything, and they’ll have to risk everything to retrieve them.
This book was so much fun. Honestly, I was sold at sapphic vampires and selkies, but the adventure was just as fun as the spicy romance. There were plenty of side characters contributing to bith the action and the, well, character of the book. I loved the hesitant romance between Lizzie and Maeve as well as their trials and tribulations once they gave into temptation and began to grow closer.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
slow-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
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC of this title.
I am a big Katee Robert fan, but for me personally, this series isn't quite hitting for me how I want it to. I fear that I'll forget about this book when it comes to review my year in reading, which makes me sad because it has so much I should love!
What I loved: morality chain, vampires, selkies, portal fantasy (all things I think we don't see enough in fantasy romance, so if nothing else I am so grateful that Katee is able to play in the genre like this and add some variety) and a sapphic relationship with caretaking scenes for both characters!
This series struggles with pacing. There's so much action and therefore the relationship development feels very fast. That's usual for Katee's books - they are definitely more steam forward then feelings conversations happen afterward which is fine for me. The issue here is that I both felt that this book was paced too fast and I was a bit bored at times.
I know some people felt that the world-building was lacking in the first entry in this series and I think that this book rectifies that because there's a lot of development of the political / revolutionary machinations going on in the realm.
I am a big Katee Robert fan, but for me personally, this series isn't quite hitting for me how I want it to. I fear that I'll forget about this book when it comes to review my year in reading, which makes me sad because it has so much I should love!
What I loved: morality chain, vampires, selkies, portal fantasy (all things I think we don't see enough in fantasy romance, so if nothing else I am so grateful that Katee is able to play in the genre like this and add some variety) and a sapphic relationship with caretaking scenes for both characters!
This series struggles with pacing. There's so much action and therefore the relationship development feels very fast. That's usual for Katee's books - they are definitely more steam forward then feelings conversations happen afterward which is fine for me. The issue here is that I both felt that this book was paced too fast and I was a bit bored at times.
I know some people felt that the world-building was lacking in the first entry in this series and I think that this book rectifies that because there's a lot of development of the political / revolutionary machinations going on in the realm.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced