3.66 AVERAGE

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

Started strong with solid tension and steamy scenes, but I lost interest after the emotional shift
her parents’ death). The second love interest
felt rushed—more like a plot device than a fully developed character. Beautiful writing at times, but overall it didn’t quite land for me.

I liked that the MFC wasn’t super helpless or whiny. She rolled with the punches and did what she needed to “play their games”. Just so happened that the games were lots of smut! Would have liked more character development and world building but if you are in it for the smut this is your read! 
challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don't usually read spicy books but was in a mood and someone recommended this as a decent standalone

I tore through this book like a box of chocolate croissants! I got sucked in right away by the way these characters loathed each other. However, there were issues. 

The story was muddled and the middle section was boring and I wanted it to end. Once I got past that the rest was once again compulsively readable. I did find some of the plot a bit convoluted and not well explained and again, the middle part just didn't convince me. It's hard to explain why without spoilers but it was obviously something needed to drive the plot and just wasn't well executed from a character standpoint. 

Anyway, this was a decent read overall although idk how it compares to others Romantasy novels since I don't usually read them. 
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Why so much biting and licking of teeth? It started to feel weird and unnecessary. I’m not against biting but this felt feral in an odd way 
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

baeum012's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 21%

Weird time jumps and confusing story.

I'm not saying its a great book I'm saying I had a great time reading it

I really liked Mildred and her feisty nature. Somewhat predictable, but the details weren’t all predictable. The epilogue was perfection.