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legallyhea's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Not my fave NR book or series. It took a while to get into the book because it honestly felt like the kitchen sink of paranormal tropes were being thrown at me - vampires, sorcerers, time travel, modern day witches, Damon Salvatore-esque vampires, multi dimensional worlds, shape shifting...When that sort of settled down I kind of got into the plot, the theme of them training and resolving personal grievances to prepare to fight Lilith the OG vampire bad lady.
Meanwhile, as this is NR, I'm waiting and watching this books romance develop between modern day witch Glenna and time traveling sorcerer Hoyt, and its a struggle to believe they fell in love. More often than not, Hoyt is dismissive or demeaning of Glenna's ideas and powers. I believed Glenna's feelings for Hoyt, but when he was suddenly in love with Glenna it didn't feel believeable. Everything felt rushed, including their wedding which was indeed rushed
I think of all the characters I'm most interested in the third book, which is Moira's book - the queen from another world - alternate Wales or alternate Ireland maybe?
So Ill keep going, mostly just to get to book 3. And because I do want to see Lillith destroyed after what she did in this book. See content warnings.
On a funny note, this book showed its age when Hoyt traces a pentagram tattoo Glenna has on her lower back - ringing that early 2000s tramp stamp era!
Heat level for this book is moderate - on page sex, not overly descriptive, more flowery as is NR's style
CW: violence, on page death of side characters, on page sex, on page alcohol use, off page death of a parent, a "white savior" situation, off page gang violence, there is a child vampire who may have a sexually intimate relationship with their vampire mother figure? its hard to tell what the insinuation was or was not there.
Meanwhile, as this is NR, I'm waiting and watching this books romance develop between modern day witch Glenna and time traveling sorcerer Hoyt, and its a struggle to believe they fell in love. More often than not, Hoyt is dismissive or demeaning of Glenna's ideas and powers. I believed Glenna's feelings for Hoyt, but when he was suddenly in love with Glenna it didn't feel believeable. Everything felt rushed, including their
I think of all the characters I'm most interested in the third book, which is Moira's book - the queen from another world - alternate Wales or alternate Ireland maybe?
So Ill keep going, mostly just to get to book 3. And because I do want to see Lillith destroyed after what she did in this book. See content warnings.
On a funny note, this book showed its age when Hoyt traces a pentagram tattoo Glenna has on her lower back - ringing that early 2000s tramp stamp era!
Heat level for this book is moderate - on page sex, not overly descriptive, more flowery as is NR's style
CW: violence, on page death of side characters, on page sex, on page alcohol use, off page death of a parent, a "white savior" situation, off page gang violence, there is a child vampire who may have a sexually intimate relationship with their vampire mother figure? its hard to tell what the insinuation was or was not there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Kidnapping, and Blood
There is a child vampire where there is some insinuated sexual relationship between child vampire and its maker - but its very vague. White savoior trope. Off page gang violence.siobhanreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I enjoyed it enough and I'm curious to see how the other two books played out, but the story is predictable and the pace, at times, is quite rushed.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Violence
kbairbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
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
5.0
I adore this trilogy. I read it a couple years ago and am in the process of rereading it right now. I love the characters, the story line, everything. I adore the way Nora Roberts writes and from all that I've read of hers so far this is my favorite of her work. Cian, Moira, Blair, Larkin, Glenna, and Hoyt (and of course King too) have eternally set up shop in my heart. This trilogy is detailed without losing my attention, intense without being gory, has love interest without being too mushy, and is overall exciting and gripping. In the book, the circle comes together, King dies, Hoyt and Glenna get hand fasted, and a couple of little fights/encounters go down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Alcohol, Misogyny, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Gore, Death of parent, Blood, and Body horror
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