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Her Feral Beasts (Exclusive Edition): A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance with Fated Mates and Shifters
E.P. Bali
3.98 AVERAGE
360 reviews for:
Her Feral Beasts (Exclusive Edition): A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance with Fated Mates and Shifters
E.P. Bali
3.98 AVERAGE
Man, I really wanted to like this book because I remember enjoying E.P. Bali's Warrior Midwife series, but this was more average than I expected.
Firstly, as mentioned in my review of the prequel, it made no sense for the prequel to be a separate book/novella. It was essential content to understand this book, so it should have just been treated as the beginning of this story and built on from there. It was annoying having everything rehashed in summarised form at the start of this book when you're pretty much forced to read the prequel anyway.
Then, the whole premise didn't really make sense to me. I can understand why Aurelia might want to keep her mates secret initially, but surely after meeting them and they learn the truth anyway, it makes sense to then tell them about her being a boneweaver? It's never really clear why she keeps denying it when they know she's lying. Wouldn't it make more sense to explain to them why she can't be with them instead of denying she's their regina? And as the danger ups throughout the book, especially at the end when her father wins the case, it really doesn't make sense for her to continue keeping the secret. If the worst case scenario is being used as breeding stock, and that's what her father wants to do with her, then surely any other option is better. And leaning on your three incredibly powerful mates seems like a good alternative? Yeah you could argue that by that point that they all hate each other (which also all felt a bit weak in its justification), but she went to them with the dead snake so she clearly trusts them at least a little?
I just felt like I spent the whole book going "I guess I can convince myself her logic makes sense", instead of actually believing it. Which really messed with the stakes, because I was constantly screaming "just fucking talk to each other!!"
The information about the Serpent King putting on a pleasant front for others came way too late. I spent the whole book wondering why everyone would believe him over Aurelia when he's clearly a suss dude. Honestly, it still seems weak that Lyle believed him initially, or any of the guys for that matter. For people who are meant to be so clever and powerful, they never stop and think that all of their assumptions about her don't match up with her personality at all (except when they finally get to the trial, how convenient).
Not to mention that some of the stuff just didn't make any fucking sense, like if dragons can tell when someone is lying, why bother having trials at all? Or that you can just cut off a finger to get rid of a blood pact? Surely it's actually embedded in your blood and the symbol is just a representation of it? Otherwise what use are they if you can just cut them off??
The book could have used some more thorough editing, because it felt unnecessarily long and there were a lot of mistakes. At least the inconsistent tenses mostly improved from the prequel.
Despite all this, I do find myself invested in this story. The characters are all interesting and well fleshed out, and I'm really wanting to get to the part where they all explain themselves so I can work out what the fuck they were all thinking. I think that could really make or break this series, if their logic continues to be weak or they don't all acknowledge how they've wronged each other, then I'm going to be so disappointed.
I also loved the side characters, their friendship with Aurelia and the representation of different gender indentities and sexualities. It was really interesting how gender was handled with the inner animals.
Overall, it was an okay story, even though some of the finer details were a bit weak, but the strong characters really carried it and I'm interested to keep learning about them.
Firstly, as mentioned in my review of the prequel, it made no sense for the prequel to be a separate book/novella. It was essential content to understand this book, so it should have just been treated as the beginning of this story and built on from there. It was annoying having everything rehashed in summarised form at the start of this book when you're pretty much forced to read the prequel anyway.
Then, the whole premise didn't really make sense to me. I can understand why Aurelia might want to keep her mates secret initially, but surely after meeting them and they learn the truth anyway, it makes sense to then tell them about her being a boneweaver? It's never really clear why she keeps denying it when they know she's lying. Wouldn't it make more sense to explain to them why she can't be with them instead of denying she's their regina? And as the danger ups throughout the book, especially at the end when her father wins the case, it really doesn't make sense for her to continue keeping the secret. If the worst case scenario is being used as breeding stock, and that's what her father wants to do with her, then surely any other option is better. And leaning on your three incredibly powerful mates seems like a good alternative? Yeah you could argue that by that point that they all hate each other (which also all felt a bit weak in its justification), but she went to them with the dead snake so she clearly trusts them at least a little?
I just felt like I spent the whole book going "I guess I can convince myself her logic makes sense", instead of actually believing it. Which really messed with the stakes, because I was constantly screaming "just fucking talk to each other!!"
The information about the Serpent King putting on a pleasant front for others came way too late. I spent the whole book wondering why everyone would believe him over Aurelia when he's clearly a suss dude. Honestly, it still seems weak that Lyle believed him initially, or any of the guys for that matter. For people who are meant to be so clever and powerful, they never stop and think that all of their assumptions about her don't match up with her personality at all (except when they finally get to the trial, how convenient).
Not to mention that some of the stuff just didn't make any fucking sense, like if dragons can tell when someone is lying, why bother having trials at all? Or that you can just cut off a finger to get rid of a blood pact? Surely it's actually embedded in your blood and the symbol is just a representation of it? Otherwise what use are they if you can just cut them off??
The book could have used some more thorough editing, because it felt unnecessarily long and there were a lot of mistakes. At least the inconsistent tenses mostly improved from the prequel.
Despite all this, I do find myself invested in this story. The characters are all interesting and well fleshed out, and I'm really wanting to get to the part where they all explain themselves so I can work out what the fuck they were all thinking. I think that could really make or break this series, if their logic continues to be weak or they don't all acknowledge how they've wronged each other, then I'm going to be so disappointed.
I also loved the side characters, their friendship with Aurelia and the representation of different gender indentities and sexualities. It was really interesting how gender was handled with the inner animals.
Overall, it was an okay story, even though some of the finer details were a bit weak, but the strong characters really carried it and I'm interested to keep learning about them.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The beginning was hard to follow and I just didn't gel with any of the characters
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Death, Misogyny
Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
2.5 but not enough to round to 3.
410 pages
Kindle read
Okay. We all knew it was Lyle from the getgo, right?
Did he give her back her underwear he took from Savage? Savage did cut off his finger, right?
Lia...took form as a Griffin? Is that what I read?
I REALLY despise when books just...END. LIKE. I GET IT! You're writing a series. But quite frankly, I didn't need all the shopping trips and nonsense that was in the middle there.
The trial was lack luster.
WHAT did Lia ask Xander to do?
Is it Si or Sythe? Because I thought Scythe was pronounced like that later.
ALSO!!!! OMFG!!!!! Did this even see an editor!? Like wtf!? Line edits and more line edits and even MORE line edits are severely needed.
This was promoted as spicy. I hate that word first of all. Books are not salsa. Stop calling them spicy. Second of all...really? This is what has you panting? Fucking Sandra Brown writes more scandalous scenes in her harlequin books than this! (And 80% of what yall are slobbering over on TikTok).
She fucks Savage. Once. And it's not even good sex. At all.
Savage walks in on a 3 some. Whoop! Someone's getting eaten out and someone's getting a dick in their ass. So hot!
410 pages
Kindle read
Okay. We all knew it was Lyle from the getgo, right?
Did he give her back her underwear he took from Savage? Savage did cut off his finger, right?
Lia...took form as a Griffin? Is that what I read?
I REALLY despise when books just...END. LIKE. I GET IT! You're writing a series. But quite frankly, I didn't need all the shopping trips and nonsense that was in the middle there.
The trial was lack luster.
WHAT did Lia ask Xander to do?
Is it Si or Sythe? Because I thought Scythe was pronounced like that later.
ALSO!!!! OMFG!!!!! Did this even see an editor!? Like wtf!? Line edits and more line edits and even MORE line edits are severely needed.
This was promoted as spicy. I hate that word first of all. Books are not salsa. Stop calling them spicy. Second of all...really? This is what has you panting? Fucking Sandra Brown writes more scandalous scenes in her harlequin books than this! (And 80% of what yall are slobbering over on TikTok).
She fucks Savage. Once. And it's not even good sex. At all.
Savage walks in on a 3 some. Whoop! Someone's getting eaten out and someone's getting a dick in their ass. So hot!