originalbooknerd 's review for:

A New Reign by D.M. Simmons

5.0

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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🖤𝒜 𝒩𝑒𝓌 𝑅𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃 - 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐹𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃 #𝟦, 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐹𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒮𝒶𝑔𝒶 #𝟨 – 𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌🖤

 

“𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓷—𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓴𝔂, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮.” 

 

Couple: Neve with Declan, Luca and Kai

 

Author: D.M. Simmons

 

Tropes: PNR, immortal romance, why choose, dark romance, hidden plots, found family, primal play, alter ego, best friends to lovers, Greek gods reimagined, Norse mythology, daemons/demigods/angels

 

Review: The boys are back and ready to play! Neve, Luca, Kai and Declan come back with a vengeance in this book and I have no words for how well D.M. Simmons knocks the final battle out of the park! The way the Norse and Greek pantheons are interwoven in this fourth book added a layer of whimsical fantasy since we finally got that final part of the ancient prophecy about Neve’s rise to power,. I enjoyed how each male had to travel into his own realm and claim his seat to gather the supreme power Neve needed to overthrow Luke.

 

“𝓗𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓭, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝔀𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭. 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓼. 𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓲𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓾𝓼. 𝓞𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓻, 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓿𝓮”

 

Neve blew my mind in this book with how much she grew into a mature and fearsome FMC. I loved how the relationship she had with her parents evolved into one of respect and mutual understanding since she is now facing the same threats they had decades prior. I loved seeing her darker side come out to play and really enjoyed how she and Kai knew about Hyde’s true fate the whole time. D.M. Simmons did a phenomenal job with creating the final twists to Neve’s story as she journey’s into Olympus, Valhalla and H3ll to claim her crown. I did not see her ascension to heaven and the shocking twist of who tags along with her at the end but was happy with the events that led her to her resolution.

 

“𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓶𝔂 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵, 𝓶𝔂 𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮.”

 

I was not prepared for how much I would fall for Luca in this book. I had loved him and Kai the most out of the three throughout the whole series but I truly fell in love with Luca and his journey in this book. I felt like he had the most development and revelations in this book and at times my heart hurt for him! The power shift between him, Kai and Declan also evolved a ton in this book and WOW D.M. outdid herself with the natural progression of Luca and Declan’s boiling tension! 

 

“𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭. 𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭. 𝓗𝔂𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾.”

 

Kai’s story also had a lot of growth and I adored how he persevered. His origin and parentage broke my heart since you could tell how he began to resent himself and pull away from the group. I loved how Neve did not let him however and was there for him for everything. The sneaky way D.M. brought Hyde back into play also added a lot to his story and I was so happy Hyde and Kai were both granted their HEAs. The best friend bond he had with Neve also warmed my heart since she was always his truest supporter. 

 

This book is HAWT. DM ramps up the spice in this book and wee see more group activities and some MM between the guys. I loved how this book truly encapsulates the bond between all of them and felt like it was a full circle by the end. This book ends on a huge tease for the upcoming series and the next generation of the Fallen world for which I CANNOT WAIT! 

 

Rating: 100+, Kai/Hyde and Luca are my boys!.