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A review by zabeishumanish
In This Iron Ground by Marina Vivancos
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
4.5
Please take the author's content warnings on this book seriously, the book was hard, satisfying, but really hard. Overall an immensely engrossing read.
The book almost reads like a duet with the first half (part one) being the history of how Damien is folded into the Saldago pack. Part two is the romance. In part one Damien faces serious on page physical abuse and in part two he faces flashbacks and PTSD type affects. This book inspires a full range of emotions from the lowest low to a brilliant high. My biggest wish for the book would have been a longer conclusion or an epilogue. Damien is in some type of emotional pain for so much of the book I just wanted to see him happy with Hakan for longer.
I think this is a super great take on a shifter book. There are so many of the essential shifter elements here, but without the most violent of effusive elements you expect in a shifter book, especially a romance shifter book. I think that Marina did a really fantastic job making the shifters soft and loving while still strong. The way the packs are described as grounded both to the earth and in tradition is gentle and perfect for inspiring the type of healing Damien needed.
The book almost reads like a duet with the first half (part one) being the history of how Damien is folded into the Saldago pack. Part two is the romance. In part one Damien faces serious on page physical abuse and in part two he faces flashbacks and PTSD type affects. This book inspires a full range of emotions from the lowest low to a brilliant high. My biggest wish for the book would have been a longer conclusion or an epilogue. Damien is in some type of emotional pain for so much of the book I just wanted to see him happy with Hakan for longer.
I think this is a super great take on a shifter book. There are so many of the essential shifter elements here, but without the most violent of effusive elements you expect in a shifter book, especially a romance shifter book. I think that Marina did a really fantastic job making the shifters soft and loving while still strong. The way the packs are described as grounded both to the earth and in tradition is gentle and perfect for inspiring the type of healing Damien needed.