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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Solid barbarian romance. If you don’t like second chance romance then this one probably isn’t for you. Zoey Draven always has a background plot that runs through her series and we got a bit more in this installment, but not as much as usual. It was fine…. It was what I thought it would be, a barbarian romance.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
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
I do not normally care for second chance romances, but overall, I did like this book. While I did really love Maeva, I felt like Kiran definitely needed to grovel more. I thoroughly enjoyed the world building in this, but I still have so many questions about what's happening to this planet!! I guess I'll just have to continue with the series to find out what's next!
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
I was loving this book in the beginning. I liked the pining and the themes of deep friendship and unrequited love. However, around 2/3 through I thought the book started to lose a bit of steam as there was little propelling me forward. I felt like the author set up some good opportunities but didn't take them for exampleshe could have had the FMC again present a cup to the MMC toward the end and accept his offer to be his queen . It also did not help that some time had passed since I read the previous books and I forgot some of what happened in those so the thread tying the books together was somewhat forgotten to me. I did think once the characters started communicating again they handled discussions of their past issues fairly well.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
Complicated
Grrrr I do not want to write this review. I HATE second chance tropes and even though I am really enjoying this series, I probably should have skipped this one. But I’m so methodical that I HAVE to read every book in a series, in the order they are published. Darn my stupid brain.
So this book totally summarizes why I hate second chance romances, because no matter how you sell it, someone (usually the heroine) gets her heart broken, usually for stupid reasons, and I am NEVER satisfied with the resolution. To me the hero can always apologize more, be more contrite, and earn his woman’s love back. I’m a petty bitch, what can I say?
This book follows the pattern above precisely. The hero and heroine are childhood friends but everyone knows he is destined to be the next Horde King. Their friendship is sweet and the beginning of the book is nice, until she catches him kissing HER SISTER in THEIR SECRET SPOT. But angry as I was by this, I thought, they can overcome this. The blurb on the back says he goes off to become a Horde King after breaking her heart and returns to claim her as his Queen. SPOILERS: this is NOT how it goes.
That kiss I mentioned, with her freaking sister, that’s not how he breaks her heart. No that’s just one small douche bag move prior to the actual DISGUSTING heartbreak he delivers when he becomes Horde King.
NOTE: THE REST OF THIS REVIEW CONTAINS A SHIT TONNE OF SPOILERS
So this newly minted Horde King comes back to his little village before going off to start his own Horde. During the festivities (if you’ve read any of the series you will know about the goblet presentation) the Heroine gives her goblet to the hero. If he drinks from it, that means he wants to either bag her or make her his queen. If he doesn’t drink from it, well that’s rejection, which sucks, but hey, that’s life right? So with those two choices for the hero to make, he decides to go another way with choice 3: complete and total humiliation of the heroine - his supposed best friend. When she gives him her goblet at the feast he angrily yells at her and drags her away IN FRONT OF HER ENTIRE VILLAGE. He then proceeds to yell at her some more, she declares her undying love for him, and instead of being sensitive to his young lifelong friend and letting her down easy, he kisses her, she strips naked in front of him and he sneers at her and walks away in anger never to speak to her again. From this point further there was very little that the hero could do to redeem himself in my eyes other than living the next 9 years in celibate misery and then grovelling for maybe two or three years at the heroine’s feet.
Sadly, this is not what happened. Our fearless hero goes off into the world, leaving her behind -shattered - while he fucks his way through his Horde. Oh and did you also know, while she had been loving him and being his devoted best friend, he had been fucking women throughout his King training as well. And the heroine, how many dudes did she fuck to recover from her broken heart? A sum total of ZERO! Yes my friends, she is another victim of the lovely romance double standard which decrees that while the hero sticks his dick in any available woman, the heroine must sacrifice herself on the temple of the hymen and remain lonely, virginal, celibate and loveless until our brave asshole hero finally deems himself and his dick broken in enough to come back and claim her.
Oh and he doesn’t come back and claim her as his queen either, he comes back for other reasons and while there asks her to be the healer for his horde. But the blurb on the back of the book says he comes to claim her as his queen, right? Wrong. He doesn’t. That happens later. After minimal grovelling and no good reason given for the initial rejection other than, he was young and didn’t feel worthy of her
So this book totally summarizes why I hate second chance romances, because no matter how you sell it, someone (usually the heroine) gets her heart broken, usually for stupid reasons, and I am NEVER satisfied with the resolution. To me the hero can always apologize more, be more contrite, and earn his woman’s love back. I’m a petty bitch, what can I say?
This book follows the pattern above precisely. The hero and heroine are childhood friends but everyone knows he is destined to be the next Horde King. Their friendship is sweet and the beginning of the book is nice, until she catches him kissing HER SISTER in THEIR SECRET SPOT. But angry as I was by this, I thought, they can overcome this. The blurb on the back says he goes off to become a Horde King after breaking her heart and returns to claim her as his Queen. SPOILERS: this is NOT how it goes.
That kiss I mentioned, with her freaking sister, that’s not how he breaks her heart. No that’s just one small douche bag move prior to the actual DISGUSTING heartbreak he delivers when he becomes Horde King.
NOTE: THE REST OF THIS REVIEW CONTAINS A SHIT TONNE OF SPOILERS
So this newly minted Horde King comes back to his little village before going off to start his own Horde. During the festivities (if you’ve read any of the series you will know about the goblet presentation) the Heroine gives her goblet to the hero. If he drinks from it, that means he wants to either bag her or make her his queen. If he doesn’t drink from it, well that’s rejection, which sucks, but hey, that’s life right? So with those two choices for the hero to make, he decides to go another way with choice 3: complete and total humiliation of the heroine - his supposed best friend. When she gives him her goblet at the feast he angrily yells at her and drags her away IN FRONT OF HER ENTIRE VILLAGE. He then proceeds to yell at her some more, she declares her undying love for him, and instead of being sensitive to his young lifelong friend and letting her down easy, he kisses her, she strips naked in front of him and he sneers at her and walks away in anger never to speak to her again. From this point further there was very little that the hero could do to redeem himself in my eyes other than living the next 9 years in celibate misery and then grovelling for maybe two or three years at the heroine’s feet.
Sadly, this is not what happened. Our fearless hero goes off into the world, leaving her behind -shattered - while he fucks his way through his Horde. Oh and did you also know, while she had been loving him and being his devoted best friend, he had been fucking women throughout his King training as well. And the heroine, how many dudes did she fuck to recover from her broken heart? A sum total of ZERO! Yes my friends, she is another victim of the lovely romance double standard which decrees that while the hero sticks his dick in any available woman, the heroine must sacrifice herself on the temple of the hymen and remain lonely, virginal, celibate and loveless until our brave asshole hero finally deems himself and his dick broken in enough to come back and claim her.
Oh and he doesn’t come back and claim her as his queen either, he comes back for other reasons and while there asks her to be the healer for his horde. But the blurb on the back of the book says he comes to claim her as his queen, right? Wrong. He doesn’t. That happens later. After minimal grovelling and no good reason given for the initial rejection other than, he was young and didn’t feel worthy of her
adventurous
emotional
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