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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Blood and Wrath is book two in a paranormal romance series by Rumer Hale. Thank you to NetGalley, Rumer Hale, and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an audio ARC in exchange for my fair and unbiased review!
What I loved:
- The narrators were absolutely wonderful!
- More insight into each of the guys' past
- More nuanced enemy development compared to book one
- The spice was spicing!
What I didn't love:
- The plot felt very flat to me, not a lot happened besides breaking her out and a lot of sex
- The guys' possessive alphahole behavior got old very fast
- The pacing didn't make sense to me
- Idk I feel like something was missing, like a plot twist or something
Overall, Blood and Wrath was entertaining, but I hope the plot picks up in book three! I am rating this title three out of five stars. You’ll love this if you enjoyed The Bonds that Tie!
What I loved:
- The narrators were absolutely wonderful!
- More insight into each of the guys' past
- More nuanced enemy development compared to book one
- The spice was spicing!
What I didn't love:
- The plot felt very flat to me, not a lot happened besides breaking her out and a lot of sex
- The guys' possessive alphahole behavior got old very fast
- The pacing didn't make sense to me
- Idk I feel like something was missing, like a plot twist or something
Overall, Blood and Wrath was entertaining, but I hope the plot picks up in book three! I am rating this title three out of five stars. You’ll love this if you enjoyed The Bonds that Tie!
adventurous
dark
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
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-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:
Yes
I Really Liked The Story
“Don’t let yourself get lost in the dark, not when you still have a light waiting to guide you home.”
Thoughts:💡
This was good. I really liked the story even though I picked it up in the middle of the series. There was a bit of angst and loads of trauma but also a strong sense of perseverance in each of the characters. The FMC was really fierce and by the end of the story she was really starting to embrace her power and revel in her inner strength. The guys were completely “He Man - Alphaholes” but they worked well together as a team and created a family.
DreamScape did a decent job with the audio, it was fully casted with a line by line narration that was edited together really well. The narrators were okay. Tbh, I would have loved it, but the cadence they spoke with was frustrating. It was like their tone switched the slightest bit up at the end of their lines. It was just enough that it sounded like their speech had a sound curve. Some people might like it but I felt it detracted from the story and took away from the overall experience.
Fun Bits:
⚜️ She Saves Herself
⚜️ Then She Saves Them
⚜️ Dragons, Demons, and Basilisks Oh My!
⚜️ Funny Banter
⚜️ “Mine”, “Good Girl”, & LBATTDLAGG
⚜️ Jealous & OTT Possessive Alphas
✨Note✨Book 2, you should really read book 1 first, and this ends with a slight cliffy.
Full Content Warning:⚠️
Violence, Blood, Gore, Kiddnapping, Forced Captivity, Torture, mentions of child abuse, neglect, and torture in the past
Stats:📊
🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: 💙💙💙💙💙
Audio & Narrators: 🎙️🎙️🎙️
Urban Fantasy/ PNR: Shifter x Demon Romance, Why Choose, Fated Mates, Witches, Warlocks, and the End of the World, Magical Creatures, Missing Mate, Found Family 📕
First Person, Present Tense, Multi POV
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
This book was giving The Bonds That Tie plus Shatter Me vibes and I was totally here for it!!
Without spoiling anything, I really loved the adventure in this book. Newly discovered powers, saving their girl, fighting off scary asf beasts (multiple times), astral projection type scenarios, and the depths of hell??? I need the next book ASAP!
We get a taste of the FMC opening up to her harem and some insight into some of the harem’s personal struggles. I can’t wait to see how these are continued to be explored in the next book. There are themes of self acceptance that were an emotional roller coaster.
Overall the narrators were amazing and a special thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!
Without spoiling anything, I really loved the adventure in this book. Newly discovered powers, saving their girl, fighting off scary asf beasts (multiple times), astral projection type scenarios, and the depths of hell??? I need the next book ASAP!
We get a taste of the FMC opening up to her harem and some insight into some of the harem’s personal struggles. I can’t wait to see how these are continued to be explored in the next book. There are themes of self acceptance that were an emotional roller coaster.
Overall the narrators were amazing and a special thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
We pick up where we left off and our five (yes, five) Alphas are wildly searching for their captured mate. I liked the different individual stories and personalities of the guys and Kiarra’s magic was interesting as it developed.
The spice in the first half of the book was light but then it really picked up haha. It’s short and sucks you in to want to read the next one, though luckily it didn’t leave us on too much of a cliffhanger.
Thanks to #NetGallery and publisher for a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Genre: Romance/fantasy MMMMMF
Format: Audio
POV: Multiple
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Age suggestion: 18+
medium-paced
I love getting multiple POV's in this book! And how much we learn about each of the guys! Can't wait to see where it goes from here!
Favorite quote-
“Yes, you can be my little koala and I'll carry you everywhere” 😂
Favorite quote-
“Yes, you can be my little koala and I'll carry you everywhere” 😂
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
I love this series! Blood & Wrath is just as good if not better than Blood & Ruin because we finally have our six main characters together, and all the romance action finally gets real.
We start with Kiara still captured, and our five alphas are desperately searching for and trying to rescue her. Once there’s a reunion (how could there not be), they begin a mission to save the city from some new foes, all while enjoying their mates in a new, more profound way.
I never knew how much I loved reverse harem stories until Blood & Ruin, and I love the RH style just as much in Blood & Wrath. I CANNOT WAIT to listen to Blood & Reign!
Okay, my cons: The world-building is lacking. I am confused about how, in book one, they’re in a place called Cardinal Three, and now they’re in Manhattan, New York (presumably). Is it our Manhattan? Does the whole human world know of the supernatural existence? Or only some people? I need more information. I also want more background on the alphas. Who they are, how they became alphas, what that means, and their roles. I also want to know more about the underworld's role in this universe.
I love that we got more information about Kiara’s background! It broadened her character and made her more three-dimensional.
The Kiara narrator did another fantastic job. We have multiple points of view in this installment, so various narrators. One of the male narrators was not my favorite as he got pretty breathy, like he couldn’t catch his breath while talking. It got annoying, especially during an intimate scene he narrated—other than that, no complaints.
Another 5 ⭐️ STARS ⭐️ & 5 🌶️ SPICY 🌶️ !
Thank you, NetGalley, for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! Please gift me an ARC of Blood & Reign when it’s available! I can’t wait to learn what happens and read more spicy spice between our MCs.
Thank you, Rumer Hale, for this fantastic book and book series!
We start with Kiara still captured, and our five alphas are desperately searching for and trying to rescue her. Once there’s a reunion (how could there not be), they begin a mission to save the city from some new foes, all while enjoying their mates in a new, more profound way.
I never knew how much I loved reverse harem stories until Blood & Ruin, and I love the RH style just as much in Blood & Wrath. I CANNOT WAIT to listen to Blood & Reign!
Okay, my cons: The world-building is lacking. I am confused about how, in book one, they’re in a place called Cardinal Three, and now they’re in Manhattan, New York (presumably). Is it our Manhattan? Does the whole human world know of the supernatural existence? Or only some people? I need more information. I also want more background on the alphas. Who they are, how they became alphas, what that means, and their roles. I also want to know more about the underworld's role in this universe.
I love that we got more information about Kiara’s background! It broadened her character and made her more three-dimensional.
The Kiara narrator did another fantastic job. We have multiple points of view in this installment, so various narrators. One of the male narrators was not my favorite as he got pretty breathy, like he couldn’t catch his breath while talking. It got annoying, especially during an intimate scene he narrated—other than that, no complaints.
Another 5 ⭐️ STARS ⭐️ & 5 🌶️ SPICY 🌶️ !
Thank you, NetGalley, for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! Please gift me an ARC of Blood & Reign when it’s available! I can’t wait to learn what happens and read more spicy spice between our MCs.
Thank you, Rumer Hale, for this fantastic book and book series!
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes