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A review by poppymonster
Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole
4.0
I really enjoyed the set up for this book: a reincarnated MMC who hates all lore kind and a FMC with absolutely no filter or diplomacy skills. Regin has been a hard character for me to fully invest in, but after Lucia’s book, I was fully on board with her getting a HEA.
The initial meeting between the MCs was… cringy and almost made me put the book down. It was sooo close to being pedo-ish. I have a hard time with someone recognizing their mate in a 12 year old when they are 30. Gave me Jacob from Twilight vibes.
The facility was so hard to read about, especially since you know what is coming from reading the previous book. You know what Regin is going to go through and it makes it hard to keep an open mind to the MMC at all.
He is the definition of a man with a dark and tortured past - indoctrinated into a cult of humans that hate lore beings after losing his family and suppressing the things that make him different. Without the indoctrination, it would have been harder to invest in him.
The falling in love part was a bit fast for me. For all the shit he pulled and the stuff he needed to work through, it was hard for me to be like “yeah they genuinely love each other” when things progressed. That is why I took off one star. He needed more redemption and probably a bit more grovel.
Spice: 4/5
Triggers: torture, medical experimentation, Noncon/dubcon, gore, death/grief, captivity, kidnapping, murder
The initial meeting between the MCs was… cringy and almost made me put the book down. It was sooo close to being pedo-ish. I have a hard time with someone recognizing their mate in a 12 year old when they are 30. Gave me Jacob from Twilight vibes.
The facility was so hard to read about, especially since you know what is coming from reading the previous book. You know what Regin is going to go through and it makes it hard to keep an open mind to the MMC at all.
He is the definition of a man with a dark and tortured past - indoctrinated into a cult of humans that hate lore beings after losing his family and suppressing the things that make him different. Without the indoctrination, it would have been harder to invest in him.
The falling in love part was a bit fast for me. For all the shit he pulled and the stuff he needed to work through, it was hard for me to be like “yeah they genuinely love each other” when things progressed. That is why I took off one star. He needed more redemption and probably a bit more grovel.
Spice: 4/5
Triggers: torture, medical experimentation, Noncon/dubcon, gore, death/grief, captivity, kidnapping, murder