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Zeus
by Eden Finley
4 stars
Callie's arc redemption was really good! In Atlas, we saw him broken, he had just betrayed his dearest friend and left him in a death trap set up by his abusive and controlling man. Lemon, being the amazing man he is, is worried about him, so Atlas sends Zeus to find out if Callie is alive and how he's doing.
Callie is dealing with the aftermath of what happened at the club by blaming himself completely, he feels guilty, scared, he lost every ounce of self respect, he firmly believes is not worthy to be saved nor loved, he's spiralling and he keeps making bad choices.
I like how Zeus was able to read his emotions, to understand what he was going through, I really liked how he tried to make him believe he was worthy of Lemon's forgiveness.
The sex scenes are steamy but also very emotional, I loved how attentive Zeus was.
What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
First, I'm a little disappointed that Callie didn't go to see a therapist because his scars run very deeply and he needed to want to save himself instead of relying completely into others. He suffered a lot and towards the end of the book he still thinks he's not worthy of love.
Second, I didn't totally get why Zeus and Callie fell in love.
Callie was attracted to Zeus at first sight in the previous book, his attraction grows because of hero complex; Zeus saves Callie because he really gets why he acted like that and because of his sister (he repeatedly said that). But beyond those feelings I didn't really understand if there was more. Especially because they got together too close to the end of the story and we didn't get to see how they were navigating their relationship, except for a little bit in the epilogue.
The banter between the other members of Bravo team is always amazing.
I hope next book will be about Decaf: his past still hurts and he needs to find his own happiness soon, hopefully with a "resentful" young man.
I received an Arc of this book from ForewordPR and this is my honest review
Callie's arc redemption was really good! In Atlas, we saw him broken, he had just betrayed his dearest friend and left him in a death trap set up by his abusive and controlling man. Lemon, being the amazing man he is, is worried about him, so Atlas sends Zeus to find out if Callie is alive and how he's doing.
Callie is dealing with the aftermath of what happened at the club by blaming himself completely, he feels guilty, scared, he lost every ounce of self respect, he firmly believes is not worthy to be saved nor loved, he's spiralling and he keeps making bad choices.
I like how Zeus was able to read his emotions, to understand what he was going through, I really liked how he tried to make him believe he was worthy of Lemon's forgiveness.
The sex scenes are steamy but also very emotional, I loved how attentive Zeus was.
What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
First, I'm a little disappointed that Callie didn't go to see a therapist because his scars run very deeply and he needed to want to save himself instead of relying completely into others. He suffered a lot and towards the end of the book he still thinks he's not worthy of love.
Second, I didn't totally get why Zeus and Callie fell in love.
Callie was attracted to Zeus at first sight in the previous book, his attraction grows because of hero complex; Zeus saves Callie because he really gets why he acted like that and because of his sister (he repeatedly said that). But beyond those feelings I didn't really understand if there was more. Especially because they got together too close to the end of the story and we didn't get to see how they were navigating their relationship, except for a little bit in the epilogue.
The banter between the other members of Bravo team is always amazing.
I hope next book will be about Decaf: his past still hurts and he needs to find his own happiness soon, hopefully with a "resentful" young man.
I received an Arc of this book from ForewordPR and this is my honest review