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A review by sagittarian
The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon
4.0
holy cannoli.
before picking up kathryn moon’s tempting monsters series, i asked myself why aren’t there more monster why choose romance books out there? and now i know. because kathryn moon has the corner on that subgenre. the world she’s created, the monsters she writes, and the spice she wields? i'm pretty sure there's no getting better than that. i am still sweating, days later. (but real talk if you have more recs, please slide in my DMs or comment on this post and i will be forever in your debt)
the company of fiends picks up the plot from rooksgrave but gives it some fresh new direction — our half human FMC is one of the longest-running actresses in that sexy monster theater we learned about in rooksgrave. cue spotlight on your exhibitionist kink.
this one has a thousand times more plot than rooksgrave, and a murder mystery one at that. it dovetails in nicely with the overarching birsha plot from the previous book, with some fun cameos from our favorite monsters, but stands on its own as its own story in a meaningful way.
i enjoyed this a lot, and think it’s probably better technically than rooksgrave, in terms of writing and plot and mystery and intrigue, but i wasn’t attached to hazel’s monster love interests the way i was in rooksgrave. hunter is everything, of course, and so is ronan, but the others i was less excited about.
it took me awhile to get into this one, and i wasn’t sure if the theater was interesting enough for me personally to keep my attention, but i warmed up to it fast.
monsters include: orc, demon, fae, a gegenees (had to google this one), and the gemini. that’s all i’m going to say about him.
kinks included: all of ‘em. LMFAO. truly there’ll be something in here for you. i don’t even know the names of half of what i was exposed to in this book, i just know i liked it.
running to kathryn’s basilisk book while i anxiously await the third one to drop.
before picking up kathryn moon’s tempting monsters series, i asked myself why aren’t there more monster why choose romance books out there? and now i know. because kathryn moon has the corner on that subgenre. the world she’s created, the monsters she writes, and the spice she wields? i'm pretty sure there's no getting better than that. i am still sweating, days later. (but real talk if you have more recs, please slide in my DMs or comment on this post and i will be forever in your debt)
the company of fiends picks up the plot from rooksgrave but gives it some fresh new direction — our half human FMC is one of the longest-running actresses in that sexy monster theater we learned about in rooksgrave. cue spotlight on your exhibitionist kink.
this one has a thousand times more plot than rooksgrave, and a murder mystery one at that. it dovetails in nicely with the overarching birsha plot from the previous book, with some fun cameos from our favorite monsters, but stands on its own as its own story in a meaningful way.
i enjoyed this a lot, and think it’s probably better technically than rooksgrave, in terms of writing and plot and mystery and intrigue, but i wasn’t attached to hazel’s monster love interests the way i was in rooksgrave. hunter is everything, of course, and so is ronan, but the others i was less excited about.
it took me awhile to get into this one, and i wasn’t sure if the theater was interesting enough for me personally to keep my attention, but i warmed up to it fast.
monsters include: orc, demon, fae, a gegenees (had to google this one), and the gemini. that’s all i’m going to say about him.
kinks included: all of ‘em. LMFAO. truly there’ll be something in here for you. i don’t even know the names of half of what i was exposed to in this book, i just know i liked it.
running to kathryn’s basilisk book while i anxiously await the third one to drop.