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Split or Swallow

Lindsay Straube

3.53 AVERAGE

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

I have no idea how to rate this book. It's completely unhinged. Soooo much smut, with a BJ mentioned on the first page. But I kept going back for more. I did enjoy the plot that was interspersed between the sex. I will pretty certainly read the next one.
adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Listen, I had fun lol.

I had a feeling about what I was getting into with this book and there was more plot than I expected littered between sex scenes. It's still VERY sex heavy, so if that's not your thing this book definitely isn't for you.

There were some scenes I loved A LOT (
anything with the claw and the whole ritual lol
). There was some stuff I wasn't particularly jonesed about (
I was very much not satisfied with Leo's ending and didn’t necessarily feel that things wrapped up completely with Rowe either
) that made my star rating oscillate between 3 or 4 stars. I got to the 3/4 mark and was honestly pretty fed up with Caspen. His inability to be honest and forthright (for a being whose whole thing is that they can't lie) really started to get on my nerves.

Overall, I felt like I was left with unanswered questions. I'm curious as well to see how this turns into a series, since I was under the impression it was a standalone. Will we continue with the characters we know or will we get a new group? Will some of my questions be answered? Either way I'd try another book by Lindsay Straub!
slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
adventurous dark 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: No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Is Tem's father completely forgotten? This book was a rollercoaster and the last 25% took me way to long to finish. 

This book was nothing at all like what I was expecting ngl hahahaha, imagine romantasy but HEAVY ON THE SMUT
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No