funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Cute lil novella
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juliie_yammm's review

3.5
dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

good cause

Nothing special, but proceeds are for a good cause. The alternate povs don’t really give us anything new or special. The lack of attention to editing was a bit annoying, but it’s fun to be with these characters.

read_and_crochet's review

5.0
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i never knew i needed these alternate pov of lance & darius on my favorite scenes until now god bless
adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can’t believe I almost passed on getting this…yes, it’s yet another book with more POV chapters but let’s be real. It’s Darius and Orion. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?!?!

First off we had 2 chapters from Darius’s POV and a behind the scenes look at his power sharing with Tory and how it all came about. I loved seeing his unexplainable care about her even this early in the game, and his thoughts/feelings toward her during the power sharing? Yeah, there were flames all right!!

Next up we had chapters from Orion’s POV from both the party at the Acrux manor AND the sex ed class. The party POV and he and Darcy’s first kiss under the pool was honestly kind of heartbreaking. We love him for being the grumpy to her sunshine but it was totally different seeing how he viewed himself and his existence against Darcy’s brightness. As if we could add any more sweetness to their love…my heart. In perfect opposition of this was the sex ed class POV. Orion humor is the best humor and I absolutely LOVED everything about this chapter!!

Lastly from the ZA world we had POV of Darius waking up with Tory in his arms after the party setup, Tory’s revenge for the article, and then THAT scene in the Shimmering Springs. It was still hot, there was still so much power and emotion to it all, but my favorite part? THERE WAS ONLY HER. He thought it, I died, end of story.

Tagged on at the end was a second epilogue from Saint’s POV from the Kings of Quarantine series…now I haven’t actually read those books yet, but I DO know about the squid so this chapter had me laughing out loud right up until it had me going WHAT THE- I just…I have questions now.

All in all these were great additions and I am SO HAPPY I have them to read within my next reread of the ZA series. They all added additional layers in their own ways and I definitely recommend snagging a copy if you can!

The stars may be damned, but this still gets 5 of them⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

tmarichardson's review

3.75
emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes