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A review by thegrimhobbyist
The Sun Child by J.M. Failde
5.0
The amount of internal screaming I am doing at this book. Good screaming, I promise. Oh. My. God. This book do be spicing (after the teasing of spice in the first book) but it also be storying... I laughed, I cried, I sat on the edge of my seat rooting them on, I yelled in frustration, I grinned so wide and felt my heart melt, I flailed in embarrassment, and I hurt my neck because I could not put the book down long enough to stretch my neck out. The amount of slouching over my kindle for hours on end that I just did...especially half way in the book all the way to the end. Youch!
I read what Julie wrote at the end, about how the direction of the story went the completely opposite way of how it was planned, and I'm SOOO glad Ambrose and Lila had a mind of their own. This was perfect, and I WILL be rereading this duology repeatedly in the coming future. All the characters, not just Ambrose and Lila, were absolutely wonderful and I want to dive back into their world again. Yes, even the gritty dark stuff that happened. I'm ready to shout in anger and cry again, thanks. Also, I quoted the spicy moments at my husband, so now he's wanting to read the duology for himself haha!
A few things I want to point out though. This book gets REALLY dark and also gory, so please take care and check out the list of trigger warnings on Julie's site. There is also a miscommunication trope, and that's probably my least favorite trope ever, but I loved the characters so much that I managed to tough it out. These are characters that grow throughout the story, not just their relationship but themselves as people, so they need tropes like this to try to work through.
Lastly, as I mentioned before, this book IS spicy - the whole duology, but this second book especially. There are a ton of scenes and multiple k!nks are explored. I would consider this dark romantasy, so you know what to expect. Also monster love, he is a vampire with a monster form after all. Ambrose and Lira are a highly charged relationship, they find any kind of excuse to get down. Just as a heads up! I thought it was fine personally, but I wanted to point it out for others.
Okay, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go scream some more.
I read what Julie wrote at the end, about how the direction of the story went the completely opposite way of how it was planned, and I'm SOOO glad Ambrose and Lila had a mind of their own. This was perfect, and I WILL be rereading this duology repeatedly in the coming future. All the characters, not just Ambrose and Lila, were absolutely wonderful and I want to dive back into their world again. Yes, even the gritty dark stuff that happened. I'm ready to shout in anger and cry again, thanks. Also, I quoted the spicy moments at my husband, so now he's wanting to read the duology for himself haha!
A few things I want to point out though. This book gets REALLY dark and also gory, so please take care and check out the list of trigger warnings on Julie's site. There is also a miscommunication trope, and that's probably my least favorite trope ever, but I loved the characters so much that I managed to tough it out. These are characters that grow throughout the story, not just their relationship but themselves as people, so they need tropes like this to try to work through.
Lastly, as I mentioned before, this book IS spicy - the whole duology, but this second book especially. There are a ton of scenes and multiple k!nks are explored. I would consider this dark romantasy, so you know what to expect. Also monster love, he is a vampire with a monster form after all. Ambrose and Lira are a highly charged relationship, they find any kind of excuse to get down. Just as a heads up! I thought it was fine personally, but I wanted to point it out for others.
Okay, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go scream some more.