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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
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:
Complicated
This book and the previous one are vying for the favorite spot. And I’m still irritated at one person because how could she not apologize to the person she hurt the most? Absolutely not okay. I loved this story so much. I hope the next one is just as good!
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Friends to enemies to lovers: great
Stream: meh
Smart fmc: yes
Alien language: cringe fest and just 1:1 replacements of English. Reading “vok/vokking” took me out of it
Author not being able to differentiate between race and species? Dealbreaker.
I didn’t read the rest of the series and I probably won’t. Passable writing, full of tropes, world building is just subpar.
Stream: meh
Smart fmc: yes
Alien language: cringe fest and just 1:1 replacements of English. Reading “vok/vokking” took me out of it
Author not being able to differentiate between race and species? Dealbreaker.
I didn’t read the rest of the series and I probably won’t. Passable writing, full of tropes, world building is just subpar.
I really enjoyed this take on a common trope that usually works well in contemporary romance. Who would have thought childhood friends to "enemies" to lovers would work on Dakkar! I loved that Maeva was adopted by a Dakkari family and brought up amongst the Dakkari (almost) as one of them. This gave us a unique perspective on their society, their traditions, and their relationships, although I would have loved to get even more details, if the author had gone even further in her description of the village and customs etc. I ate it up.
Maeva's relationship with Kiran, initially prince of the "saruk" (Dakkari settlement) become "Vorakkar" (Horde King), was actually quite sweet, once we got past the awkward and dumb male phase, that is. I know a few people really hated Kiran's reasoning behind his initial rejection of his little "seffi", but I thought it was good character building. He did act like an ass, and his very public rejection of Maeva in the beginning was so heartbreaking - but we live for the conflict, don't we?! This really made her the strong woman she has become all those years later. This is also a story on growth, and finding yourself, and definitely my favourite of the bunch so far. I only wish the author had not felt the need to make Maeva an "untried" woman (she's 28, geez) as that was really unnecessary.
Maeva's relationship with Kiran, initially prince of the "saruk" (Dakkari settlement) become "Vorakkar" (Horde King), was actually quite sweet, once we got past the awkward and dumb male phase, that is. I know a few people really hated Kiran's reasoning behind his initial rejection of his little "seffi", but I thought it was good character building. He did act like an ass, and his very public rejection of Maeva in the beginning was so heartbreaking - but we live for the conflict, don't we?! This really made her the strong woman she has become all those years later. This is also a story on growth, and finding yourself, and definitely my favourite of the bunch so far. I only wish the author had not felt the need to make Maeva an "untried" woman (she's 28, geez) as that was really unnecessary.
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
4.7 stars
Maeva, a human, was found as a baby and adopted by a Dakkari couple who loved her and raised her as a Dakkari by a peaceful seaside Dakkari settlement. Since she was young, Maeva fell in love with Kiran, the son of the retired Vorakkar of Rath Okkili. Kiran however, though he cared deeply for Maeva, was only focused on winning the Trials and become the new Vorakkar of Rath Okkili in the footsteps of his father. Before leaving to form his Horde, he publicly and harshly rejects the love of Maeva. Nine years later, Kiran is back and intent of winning back the love of Maeva. However, Maeva who cannot overcome all the hurt, resists him until the end. Of course, ultimately all ends well. You can guess why this book made me cry ^^ Lots of angst here too, a little less than Claimed, but with a little more action scenes.
Interestingly, Book 4 introduces a planetary danger threatening the whole planet; hordes will have to come together, despite the ineffective Dothikkar. Changes are coming to Dakkar, to be followed in future installments of the series (none announced as of date).
fast-paced
The way the dynamic changes between the main characters was emotional. He learns his lessons about love the hard way for sure.
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She's human, adopted by and raised with aliens since she was a toddler. She was childhood friends with H but when her love changes to romantic love, his turns to others, including her sister.
Honestly, despite his grovel and devotion when he comes back, I just couldn't get past his trying to get in her sister's pants, then his humiliating her when she professed her love at 18, then his hiding from her for 9 years like a coward.
He could have grovelled for another 9 years and it wouldn't have made me change my mind about his weak character.
His mother was a total bigot.
And frankly he was too.
I guess he grew out of it 9 years too late, but it took a dream from the goddess to get him to admit his love and return for her.
And then we come to her side of things. I got tired really fast of the author saying how the h would never accept him, but then having her act the opposite. Like, I will never forgive him, but darn my traitorous body syndrome. Blah!
If she could have been less wishy washy, or if he could have come back a few years earlier and NOT because the Goddess told him to...
Well anyways, the last thing that sank this for me was the usual double standard. And this is a society that doesn't preach about virginity. So there was no excuse.
He didn't kiss any of his flings cause that's supposed to make sex more special with the h.
She is a virgin because she couldn't bring herself to move on... in 9 fricken years.
Sigh.
i'm so over that shit.
Other than her not being able to move on after he left and her waffling whenever he was near, I really liked the h.
She's human, adopted by and raised with aliens since she was a toddler. She was childhood friends with H but when her love changes to romantic love, his turns to others, including her sister.
Honestly, despite his grovel and devotion when he comes back, I just couldn't get past his trying to get in her sister's pants, then his humiliating her when she professed her love at 18, then his hiding from her for 9 years like a coward.
He could have grovelled for another 9 years and it wouldn't have made me change my mind about his weak character.
His mother was a total bigot.
And frankly he was too.
I guess he grew out of it 9 years too late, but it took a dream from the goddess to get him to admit his love and return for her.
And then we come to her side of things. I got tired really fast of the author saying how the h would never accept him, but then having her act the opposite. Like, I will never forgive him, but darn my traitorous body syndrome. Blah!
If she could have been less wishy washy, or if he could have come back a few years earlier and NOT because the Goddess told him to...
Well anyways, the last thing that sank this for me was the usual double standard. And this is a society that doesn't preach about virginity. So there was no excuse.
Spoiler
He has had LOTS of sex over the years including with some of the ladies in his Horde. We only meet one briefly though. But it gets brought up a lot. She caught him having a heavy petting session with her sister when they were teens. It was the sister who turned HIM down because she saw how it hurt the h.He didn't kiss any of his flings cause that's supposed to make sex more special with the h.
She is a virgin because she couldn't bring herself to move on... in 9 fricken years.
Sigh.
i'm so over that shit.
Other than her not being able to move on after he left and her waffling whenever he was near, I really liked the h.