5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I appreciate the opportunity of receiving this arc, all opinions are my own.

I never expected to love the book this much. I think it could have gone very differently if the writing wasn’t so spectacular but the author managed to make even the most mundane scenes interesting. The characters felt so real and believable, sometimes I forgot they weren’t.

The story focuses on Beau and Reese as they navigate their relationship. It was so interesting to see the way they interacted with each other whilst dealing with being mated and the hatred they shared. I really enjoyed the new take on mating, I haven’t seen something similar in vampire media. I liked the fact they were warm, loving and like people but slightly different, it was a refreshing take. The familial love and community was heart-warming and so nice to see, you could feel the love they shared through the page.

The underlying plot of figuring out the big conspiracy surrounding the brother’s death whilst navigating his feelings kept me unable to put the book down. I thought the mystery and world were well done, I felt extremely immersed and invested in what was going to happen.

I’m excited to see what happens in the next book and saddened at the fact it will no longer focus on Reese and Beau, who I’ve grown attached to.

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it as a quick read.