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A review by natalie_grace
The Burn of the Underworld by Meg Xuemei X
2.0
I was so excited to start reading this book. The blurb sounded really interesting, like the type of book I love to read. But unfortunately it got worse the more I read. There was absolutely no back story or any character development. We meet the four guys at the very beginning taking about mates and Ayanna and the underworld. I was confused at the lack of any explaining, but I thought it would get better. Nope. It didn’t. The arena fight was probably my favorite part of the book. Especially when Ayanna or Calamity (whichever name they randomly choose to call her) tamed the tiger. But it was super confusing with the constant mention of the little girl in the wild pack. There was no explanation or story for it, it was just kind of there. We also don’t know much about the legend about Ayanna. All we know is she’s a princess and is kind of a hybrid.
Then there’s the Elijah sex part. Oh don’t get me started. I hated everything about it. One second Calamity hates him and thinks he is her worst enemy, then the next they both instantly come down with the mate fever and jump each others bones so fast. Um what? After Calamity just leaves him without a word and that’s the last we see of him. At least things were better with Max and Ash. They at least managed to wait a while, but that mate fever was still there instantly and it was kind of ridiculous with the way they acted from it.
The only think I liked about this book was Amber and Octavia. They are both bad ass fire willed women.
Overall I felt not connection the the story or the characters. Everything was really rushed between the mates, and the writing style isn’t my cup of tea.
Then there’s the Elijah sex part. Oh don’t get me started. I hated everything about it. One second Calamity hates him and thinks he is her worst enemy, then the next they both instantly come down with the mate fever and jump each others bones so fast. Um what? After Calamity just leaves him without a word and that’s the last we see of him. At least things were better with Max and Ash. They at least managed to wait a while, but that mate fever was still there instantly and it was kind of ridiculous with the way they acted from it.
The only think I liked about this book was Amber and Octavia. They are both bad ass fire willed women.
Overall I felt not connection the the story or the characters. Everything was really rushed between the mates, and the writing style isn’t my cup of tea.