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karapillar's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Drug use, Slavery, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Self harm, Murder, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Blood, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Confinement, and Stalking
Moderate: Alcohol, Slavery, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism
Minor: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual violence, War, Child abuse, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Hate crime, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Infertility
cassie12_21's review
2.25
Recap for when book 3 comes out, I don’t really wanna read book3, but the fucking cliff hanger is gonna make me:
There are a group of other chimera-gaurdians that are like ‘demon sympathizers’ and so is they’re queen.
Mal steals a portal stone from the king, with the help of the prince, to take Isla back to her home realm. Mal and Isla drink a potion so they can speak the same language before they go through the portal to New York.
Mal and Isla are going to New York
Matt, Al, and Rian are in NYC
Other three mates are at ‘work’
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Blood, and Drug use
Minor: Kidnapping, Torture, Vomit, and Addiction
cluckieduck's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
On that note - it was fun to start Book 2 with the alternate POVs of Alistair & Rian during the night of the party from Of Moons and Monsters. The first 5 chapters (approx 20%) offer an interesting slice of life of - what I'll call - the 'other harem' with the men on Earth. Like I mentioned, I wish more time could have been spent with them because the brief taste we get was too much of a tease! Alistair is a trauma-filled cinnamon roll perfectly set up to be care for by Rian & Matthieu, who are equally delightful the more we get to know them. They got 9 of the 24 chapters and it just wasn't enough!
Our main harem with Isla & the Guardians is continuing to grow nicely and, again, I love the element of the language barrier and how they work around it to cement their bonds further. There's much more Briyan (aka Czech) included this go around and it was fun to translate it as I went along. They're all experiencing some element of growth with this new relationship and it's expanding nicely. Again, too much smexy time off-page, but if it's to expand more character & plot development, I won't complain ;)
Weirdly, I didn't find the cliffhanger ending all that dramatic but I guess that's just a matter of taste. I can't stand a cliffhanger that's full of angst and tension but here I felt an element of hope and excitement, so didn't feel as hit over the head, haha. I can't wait to see where Book 3 takes us!
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Torture, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Body shaming