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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
4.5 Stars
CW: LOTS of dubcon. Like, half of the book.
Sabine, my beloved. I adore you and your snippy amoral ruthlessness.
Rydstrom is...uh...well...
Look he's not bad, but he has a massive stick up his behind and is also a massive hypocrite.
And if you can't vibe with dubcon, then maybe just skip this one? I think Cole threads the line fairly well, but I can absolutely understand if that's not your thing.
Robert Petkoff, as per usual, is doing fantastic audio narrator work in this series.
CW: LOTS of dubcon. Like, half of the book.
Sabine, my beloved. I adore you and your snippy amoral ruthlessness.
Rydstrom is...uh...well...
Look he's not bad, but he has a massive stick up his behind and is also a massive hypocrite.
And if you can't vibe with dubcon, then maybe just skip this one? I think Cole threads the line fairly well, but I can absolutely understand if that's not your thing.
Robert Petkoff, as per usual, is doing fantastic audio narrator work in this series.
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unputdownabble.
Rydstrom seemed so serious and boring in the previous books, so I was worried I wouldn't like him. Honestly in the first few pages, I was into the book for Sabine, who is my kind of kickass female. Also, I will keep reading for Nucking Futs Nix who is the greatest secondary character ever written. Really. I loved the plot, the writing, the characters. An awesome book.
Rydstrom seemed so serious and boring in the previous books, so I was worried I wouldn't like him. Honestly in the first few pages, I was into the book for Sabine, who is my kind of kickass female. Also, I will keep reading for Nucking Futs Nix who is the greatest secondary character ever written. Really. I loved the plot, the writing, the characters. An awesome book.
I am re-reading this series and it is just as exciting this time as it was when I first read it but now I know to pay attention to certain things that I didn’t realize were important to the storyline the first time around. This series is about the Lore which is exactly what it sounds like, a bunch of creatures from folklore and myth like Valkyries, Vampires, Lykae, Nymphs and Demons. It is an ongoing story but each book can be read as a stand-alone even though I think a lot of the story would be lost on someone who just picked up a book from the middle of this series.
This book followed Rydstrom and Sabine.
Rydstrom is a Rage Demon who lost his kingdom to an evil Sorcerer named Omort the Deathless. He has been trying to get his kingdom back for hundreds of years and he may have found a way. Omort’s brother, Groot the Metallurgist, has made a sword that will kill Omort but is demanding the Vessel in trade. The Vessel is a female from the Lore who will have a child who will either be good or evil. There is a Vessel in every Accession which is a war that happens about every 500 years in the Lore. Not all Vessels make it to have a child because factions of the Lore will be vying for her either to breed with her or kill her. But that story played out in the last book. Rydstrom’s brother was sent to Groot’s stronghold with the Vessel who happened to be his fated female.
In the last book, Rydstrom was racing to meet his brother, Cadeon, to make sure he would he actually traded the Vessel to Groot who happens to be just as evil as Omort but Rydstrom wants his crown back. We know he gets imprisoned by Sabine, the Queen of Illusions who happens to be another sibling of Omort and working with him. We, the readers, just didn’t get all the details from the last book.
This book starts out telling the story of Sabine and her sister Melanthe or Lanthe when they were little. Their mother and father were Sorceri who worked evil magick according to some beings called Vrekeners, winged beings who police the Sorceri and execute them if they are doing evil. Apparently, Sabine and Lanthe’s parents were evil because one night, the Vrekeners came and killed their parents and were going to either take the girls or kill them. Sabine took a sword and cut one of their heads off. Lanthe, who had the power to command people, told them to fight each other and to a boy Vrekener who was with them, she told to jump out of the tower window without using his wings to save himself. They escaped but for thousands of years, the Vrekeners have been after them. The boy lived and has spent his life trying to capture them.
Omort offered a safe haven for them. For some reason, the Vrekeners cannot follow them into Rothkalina, the realm that used to be Rydstrom’s kingdom but is now ruled by Omort, but Omort has an unnatural attraction to Sabine and wants her for himself. The only reason he hasn’t forced himself on her is because of a prophecy that says Sabine is Rydstrom’s fated mate. Her child will open the secrets of the the Well of Souls which is in the castle.
Sabine captures Rydstrom and tries to seduce him into vow to marry her because that is the only way her child would be recognized as the heir to Rothkalina but Rydstrom is having none of it. Well, that isn’t entirely true. He is attracted to her and his body knows she is his fated mate but his heart and his mind think she is evil.
Rydstrom is known for always being honest and it is said that a lie has never left his lips so when he finally vows to her in Demonish, which she does not speak or understand, that he will get revenge on her, she believes that he vowed to marry her.
Sabine was so selfish and into herself but I couldn’t help but like her. I could tell by the way that she loved her sister and was loyal to her that she had to have some kind of redeemable quality.
Rydstrom was your typical holier than thou hero whose only goal was to get him kingdom back which I thought was pretty selfish because he expected his brother to give up his female so Rydstrom could be happy.
What I like most about these books is the ongoing storyline and all the background stories that are going on at the same time. There are characters who I want to get to know better like Lothaire the Enemy of Old, a vampire who seems to be evil but helps the good guys once in a while...for a price...to serve some hidden agenda. He’s up to something. Then there are the twin Lykae who keep showing up, Munro and Uilleam aka hot and hotter. And, of course, there is Nix the Ever Knowing, the soothsayer who seems to be manipulating everything from behind the scenes. They call her Nucking Futs Nix because she is barely lucid most of the time because she has so much going on in her mind.
I love this series. The characters are far from perfect which makes them that much more lovable to me and the storyline is just getting more complex and more interesting. This is one of those series that I’ll never get enough of.
I’ve already started reading the next book.
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This book followed Rydstrom and Sabine.
Rydstrom is a Rage Demon who lost his kingdom to an evil Sorcerer named Omort the Deathless. He has been trying to get his kingdom back for hundreds of years and he may have found a way. Omort’s brother, Groot the Metallurgist, has made a sword that will kill Omort but is demanding the Vessel in trade. The Vessel is a female from the Lore who will have a child who will either be good or evil. There is a Vessel in every Accession which is a war that happens about every 500 years in the Lore. Not all Vessels make it to have a child because factions of the Lore will be vying for her either to breed with her or kill her. But that story played out in the last book. Rydstrom’s brother was sent to Groot’s stronghold with the Vessel who happened to be his fated female.
In the last book, Rydstrom was racing to meet his brother, Cadeon, to make sure he would he actually traded the Vessel to Groot who happens to be just as evil as Omort but Rydstrom wants his crown back. We know he gets imprisoned by Sabine, the Queen of Illusions who happens to be another sibling of Omort and working with him. We, the readers, just didn’t get all the details from the last book.
This book starts out telling the story of Sabine and her sister Melanthe or Lanthe when they were little. Their mother and father were Sorceri who worked evil magick according to some beings called Vrekeners, winged beings who police the Sorceri and execute them if they are doing evil. Apparently, Sabine and Lanthe’s parents were evil because one night, the Vrekeners came and killed their parents and were going to either take the girls or kill them. Sabine took a sword and cut one of their heads off. Lanthe, who had the power to command people, told them to fight each other and to a boy Vrekener who was with them, she told to jump out of the tower window without using his wings to save himself. They escaped but for thousands of years, the Vrekeners have been after them. The boy lived and has spent his life trying to capture them.
Omort offered a safe haven for them. For some reason, the Vrekeners cannot follow them into Rothkalina, the realm that used to be Rydstrom’s kingdom but is now ruled by Omort, but Omort has an unnatural attraction to Sabine and wants her for himself. The only reason he hasn’t forced himself on her is because of a prophecy that says Sabine is Rydstrom’s fated mate. Her child will open the secrets of the the Well of Souls which is in the castle.
Sabine captures Rydstrom and tries to seduce him into vow to marry her because that is the only way her child would be recognized as the heir to Rothkalina but Rydstrom is having none of it. Well, that isn’t entirely true. He is attracted to her and his body knows she is his fated mate but his heart and his mind think she is evil.
Rydstrom is known for always being honest and it is said that a lie has never left his lips so when he finally vows to her in Demonish, which she does not speak or understand, that he will get revenge on her, she believes that he vowed to marry her.
Sabine was so selfish and into herself but I couldn’t help but like her. I could tell by the way that she loved her sister and was loyal to her that she had to have some kind of redeemable quality.
Rydstrom was your typical holier than thou hero whose only goal was to get him kingdom back which I thought was pretty selfish because he expected his brother to give up his female so Rydstrom could be happy.
What I like most about these books is the ongoing storyline and all the background stories that are going on at the same time. There are characters who I want to get to know better like Lothaire the Enemy of Old, a vampire who seems to be evil but helps the good guys once in a while...for a price...to serve some hidden agenda. He’s up to something. Then there are the twin Lykae who keep showing up, Munro and Uilleam aka hot and hotter. And, of course, there is Nix the Ever Knowing, the soothsayer who seems to be manipulating everything from behind the scenes. They call her Nucking Futs Nix because she is barely lucid most of the time because she has so much going on in her mind.
I love this series. The characters are far from perfect which makes them that much more lovable to me and the storyline is just getting more complex and more interesting. This is one of those series that I’ll never get enough of.
I’ve already started reading the next book.
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challenging
hopeful
tense
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
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m gonna be honest, I struggled with this one quite a bit. The sexy scenes were incredibly hot, maybe some of the best in the series so far, but the context of Sabine and Rhystrom’s relationship was just so dark and non-consensual at times that I really has a hard time enjoying it. I know that was the point, but I found it hard to believe in their relationship after so much deception and harm. This felt worse than Bowen and Mariketa in a big way.
2.5 Stars
Uhh, well I was going to give this book less but I thought about it...And I did like certain aspects.
I actually grew to like Rydstrom and Sabine but as individuals for different reasons. I loved Sabine's love for her sister and I liked seeing the world of one of the big bads. Her fight was great and I did like that she was a strong woman.
Rydstrom. Uhh well I liked actually getting to know him but I can't get over how he felt about Cade for something that wasn't in his control. That being, him CHOOSING to try and save the family who raised him after Rydstrom dropped off. But oh, when Sabine tells him the truth, he allllll about loving his bro...uhhh noo...it don't work that way...well at least not in my head. But no, he had his good moments.
One thing I HATED was the almost RAPE.
GIRL, IF HE SAYS NO EVEN IF HIS BODY IS SAYING YES, IT. IS. AND. WILL. ALWAYS. BE. RAPE.
He didn't consent. I get that you're like you want me and all but NOOOOO, noooo.
I hated this aspect of the story and it really dampened my enjoyment of the story even if there were things I did like. I also felt like it was slow at times and it took be quite a while to read this one compared to the others.
Uhh, well I was going to give this book less but I thought about it...And I did like certain aspects.
I actually grew to like Rydstrom and Sabine but as individuals for different reasons. I loved Sabine's love for her sister and I liked seeing the world of one of the big bads. Her fight was great and I did like that she was a strong woman.
Rydstrom. Uhh well I liked actually getting to know him but I can't get over how he felt about Cade for something that wasn't in his control. That being, him CHOOSING to try and save the family who raised him after Rydstrom dropped off. But oh, when Sabine tells him the truth, he allllll about loving his bro...uhhh noo...it don't work that way...well at least not in my head. But no, he had his good moments.
One thing I HATED was the almost RAPE.
GIRL, IF HE SAYS NO EVEN IF HIS BODY IS SAYING YES, IT. IS. AND. WILL. ALWAYS. BE. RAPE.
He didn't consent. I get that you're like you want me and all but NOOOOO, noooo.
I hated this aspect of the story and it really dampened my enjoyment of the story even if there were things I did like. I also felt like it was slow at times and it took be quite a while to read this one compared to the others.
5⭐️ This has to be my favourite couple so far!!!!! Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!