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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
Extremely spicy but very poorly written, total copycat of blood and ash and other romantasy - enough is new to keep you interested and it’s a fast read
This book fell even more flat. I didn’t want to read it at first but decided I needed to see where things go. Well, it took everything in me to not DNF. The plot just seemed weak. The characters, whom I did enjoy in the first book, fell flat here. Adrian I loved book 1 and book 2 he is annoying. Isolde was not done justice as a character and became so one dimensional. Sad.
what the hell
this almost ended up on my DNF list. The two main characters just annoy the hell out of me. Everything is lack of communication. it drives every single problem. One character knowing everything and acting like the benevolent god and refusing to talk to the other person.
Not to mention just the writing of scenes is just....no. Things move from one scene to the next with almost magical thinking- there is no transition at all
this almost ended up on my DNF list. The two main characters just annoy the hell out of me. Everything is lack of communication. it drives every single problem. One character knowing everything and acting like the benevolent god and refusing to talk to the other person.
Not to mention just the writing of scenes is just....no. Things move from one scene to the next with almost magical thinking- there is no transition at all
2.5 I'm a little disappointed in this one. It's just constant fighting and make up sex, then fighting and make up sex. It becomes so repetitive that it takes away from the actual story :(
I’m very confused about the last 5-8 chapters. It felt rushed and disjointed.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual assault
I wanted to love this book. I loved the first book but by the second book I was waiting for something to happen. A war, a tragic death, anything. I felt like a read a whole book and didn’t really learn much. Hopefully in the next book the plot will finally move forward and not keep rehashing the same drama/scenarios over and over.
This series is so so good but I am begging authors to stop using the word “engorged” to describe erections
I am almost done with the audiobook. I am afraid the main narrator may be bringing the book down a star. I enjoy the story but the breathy and quavering, almost whining, tone the narrator uses for Isolde makes her seem incredibly melodramatic in a way that she doesn't need to be. If there were a scene about her using the restroom it would become the most dramatic pee and poop in the history of human waste. The story itself has plenty of drama. It doesn't need to be created.
It's a hilarious contrast when the male narrator does a chapter from Adrien's POV. He has a totally different (and preferable for me) tone for the characters.
Likes - story line, vampire characters, world building, sex scenes (there are a lot if you like spicy books). I would like to get more POV from the other characters I think. They're interesting in their own right outside of support roles for the main characters.
Unlikes - She hits him (more than once!) and never apologizes but expects him to apologize to her anytime she flies off the handle instead of having a conversation and he's quite the villain if he hurts her. No one defends him but everyone defends her. Passionate love doesn't mean verbal or physical abuse no matter what gender is perpetrating it.
"Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king." - GoT/GRRM reminds me of Isolde. Ok girl, we get it. Be a queen, quit telling us you are one. Yes, yes we get it - you're an independent woman and no man is going to tell you what to do. So, be independent and you do you. Quit declaring what you are, and live who you are.
It's a hilarious contrast when the male narrator does a chapter from Adrien's POV. He has a totally different (and preferable for me) tone for the characters.
Likes - story line, vampire characters, world building, sex scenes (there are a lot if you like spicy books). I would like to get more POV from the other characters I think. They're interesting in their own right outside of support roles for the main characters.
Unlikes - She hits him (more than once!) and never apologizes but expects him to apologize to her anytime she flies off the handle instead of having a conversation and he's quite the villain if he hurts her. No one defends him but everyone defends her. Passionate love doesn't mean verbal or physical abuse no matter what gender is perpetrating it.
"Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king." - GoT/GRRM reminds me of Isolde. Ok girl, we get it. Be a queen, quit telling us you are one. Yes, yes we get it - you're an independent woman and no man is going to tell you what to do. So, be independent and you do you. Quit declaring what you are, and live who you are.
I need sexy scenes in a book to move the story along. Not just be randomly shoved in for what felt like filler. The plot of the book also felt really disjointed. I loved the first book in this series so this was a disappointment.