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I love Kai and Paedyn so much. This book was like a collection of them just existing together and growing for each other. I loved every single second of it. There were so many scenes that had me swooning, so many little moments that made them feel real. The man that Kai is and the words he says will forever be MY undoing i love that man so much its not even funny. I actually really liked that there was less plot to this book and it was more of just them together, figuring out what they mean to each other after what happened in the first book. There were SO MANY SCENES I am obsessed with, I feel like I need to go back and look at them all right now. ALSO THEY FINALLY KISSED. Multiple times. This book was literally everything I wanted, Kai and Paedyn together for basically every minute of it. Their bond strengthened in a way I didn't think was possible after the way the first book ended. I'm debating between 4.75 and 5 stars because I don't feel the same level about it that I did in the first book but I still LOVED IT. I could read anything about them and basically be on my knees. ITS ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THEY SAY AND DO FOR EACHOTHER. There are so many scenes in this book that I know I will be thinking about for a very long time. I haven't felt this way about a romance or characters as much as I do with Kai and Paedyn. There is something about them, their personalities, the words Kai says, I have never been this attached before, and this book only made my love for them deeper. I don't want to read the third book because I don't want this to end- I want to be able to have just novels and novels about them living their lives together. In a way ,this is what this book was about, which is why I liked it so much. THE ENDING?! HELLO?! I need to know how this all plays out bc wdym. And the last line? My heart was breaking for Kai my poor man deserves so much better than to think of himself like that. I cannot wait to see how this all ends but also I never want it to end. I love Lauren Roberts writing style so much. There is something about it that allows me to visualize everything so clearly, more than a majority of other books. (At the time of writing this review, I am giving it 5 stars, but this might change depending on the third book, these stars are all for Kai and Pae).
I might come back to this later bc I was so exicted about it and the concept seemed so interesting to me but for some reason I just could not get into it at all and there are other things I’d rather read right now.
I liked the way this was told between discovering what happened to her while she was captured in the “then” chapters vs. how she’s dealing with it in the “now” chapters. It was interesting to see the lasting mental effects Jane had due to her captivity like still using the star system and eating with her fingers. This novel does a great job at showing the psychological effects something like this can have on someone. I definitely predicted the little twist halfway- I never thought about how it could be the abductor which was shocking
It was really easy to tell what happened from the beginning so it was less of a mystery in that sense. Honestly the biggest mystery was trying to figure out the time line and what the before and the after we’re talking about. It was a really sad heartbreaking story though, the last pages when they hear Mrs. Charles describe what she did broke my mind.
3.75 stars? 4 stars? I'm still debating. I really liked the sciencey, academia, school world this book was set in. I also love me a good fake dating story, and I feel like it was done really well. I read this book in like 3 sittings, but probally around 60% in one bc it was very faced paced. Almost a little too faced pace. I think i just prefer slow burn romances bc it felt like everything between them was moving so fast. I like it when the romance is more drawn out and it takes a longer time for the characters to fall in love. I also wasn't super attached to any of the charaters, expecially Adam, he felt like a typical romcom guy. I also loathe miscommunication, and the fact that this was the majority of the plot kind of irked me. I liked the whole conflict with Tom and Adam's reaction to it. Overall, I did enjoy reading this book, but I didn't love it or feel super attached to anything.
I read this book really fast, like in two sittings. I picked it up so randomly and was intrigued by the idea of falling in love with someone while having a disease and never being able to leave your house. I think it was almost too quick and I didn’t fall in love with any of the characters and the ending was a bit rushed, I wish we got more past it. Also the fact that she’s not really sick kind of made me like it less, I was expecting a more sad ending but instead her whole life was a lie.
Um so basically I don’t think these books are for me. I was going into this was expecting it would be amazing bc every review I watched said that the first 2 books were ok but this one is like an amazing 5 star. But no. It’s not. I think a big part of it is that I don’t like any of the characters. Im not attached to Warner at all even tho ik so many people are. They just do nothing for me. The only one I kinda like is Kenji. All of these books have been literally just talking abt what’s going on talking about the reestablishment and what they are planning on doing but they never do anything. 98% of this book was just them yapping with nothing actually happening. Only in the last 20 pages the whole plot of the whole series was supposed to be resolved by Juliette taking down everyone by herself, killing Anderson, making herself the new leader, and BOOM it’s over. All that in 20 pages. These books are all yap with nothing else going on.
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So I’m sobbing. Lauren Roberts how dare you. I think my heart just broke into a million pieces bc oh my god. I just gained a whole new love for adena and her loving, bubbly personality. I almost forgot abt what happens to her bc her and Mak are so cute. My only complaint about this book is I wish it was longer so scenes didn’t have to be rushed and we could see more of them. The ending hit me so hard I was indeed crying like how can such an amazing die just like that? Maks reaction absolutely broke me and how they were both counting the stars and just UGH. I’m so so sad and heartbroken. Also I hope mak appears in the next books I feel like he is important bc of his ability and the silver hair makes me think he’s related to payden in some way.
Holy shit. I’m speechless. I love this book so much. I just finished reading it and oh my good holy what an ending. I need someone to rant and scream abt this with bc holy shit. Anyway I loved so so so much about this book it’s actually unexplainable. It’s like everything I like in books and stories all combined into one. It has banter, angst, BANTER, trials, amazing characters and BANTER. The BANTER OH MY GOD. I knew it would be good bc everything I’ve seen abt this book said that but like I did not expect it to be THAT good. I ate up every single Kai and payden scene it’s not even funny. I was giggling and kicking my feet while reading it it’s literally better than anything I could have ever imagined. And Kai don’t even get me started on Kai. I love this man so much I think it might be a little unhealthy. He’s my fav book male I’ve ever read. Yeah I said it. They are just so witty and bantery and he’s so him how am I not supposed to fall in love. The more I think abt it the more I go a lil insane. I could yap abt him for hours honestly LIKE THE WAY HE THINKS ABY PAYDEN AND SOME OF THE LINES HE SAYS ARE JUST SO LIKE KILL ME NOW PLS. I love the writing in this book so much there are SO many lines Kai said that absolutely melted me. Holy banter. I actually need more Kai and payden now but I’m scared for the way this ended like holy can we just talk about that for a second. We went full circle where he really is destined to kill her. I wanted to wait longer before reading the second one so it’s closer to the third ones release but I fear I can’t wait and need to know what happens.
Okay other things I loved abt this book besides Kai and payden and banter and KAI. Dual POV. I love dual pov so much it’s not even funny I think every author needs to write dual POV. I love seeing a scene from both perspectives and seeing how they feel abt eachother wrecks me. I love knowing how both characters feel abt the same situation and THE THINGS THEY SAY ABT EACHOTHER. I also really like the world and all the different powers are really cool. When payden was using her “fake” power to anyalize people I found it really interesting how accurate she could read them from just a few details. The trials were really intriguing and I loved thier dynamic in them theres certain scenes I will be going back to look at bc they absolutely wrecked me. I will be needing to reread this entire thing as soon as possible. I feel like I could read a whole book of just Kai and payden being them bc oh my god. I am so Invested in this story and haven’t loved characters as much as this in such a long time. I could keep going on forever and ever but I need to finish this sometime.
Going into it I thought it would be overhyped and I wouldn’t get it but oh was I so wrong. This is exactly my kind of story it’s like my dream book almost. Like I love characters with angsty backgrounds and the classic who did this to you effected me in a way it never has before. The slowburn banter is unmatched by anything ever. The more I think this might be my new favorite book of all time but I’ll have to sit on it for a while. It just has everything I love all wrapped up into one and I will be thinking abt Kai and payden for a long long long time. Let’s just say I’m rly happy I get two more books full of them and that still probably won’t be enough. So much happend in this book and I genuinely did enjoy the plot a lot. I could picture the world so clearly and there were so many scenes that just BSKSNSLA. Anyway Kai and payden banter forever I love love love I’m actually speechless but not rly bc I had a lot to say but I’m also going kind of insane bc I can’t remember the last time I loved something this much okay goodbye. ( it’s 2:30am I spent 20 mins writing this)
Okay other things I loved abt this book besides Kai and payden and banter and KAI. Dual POV. I love dual pov so much it’s not even funny I think every author needs to write dual POV. I love seeing a scene from both perspectives and seeing how they feel abt eachother wrecks me. I love knowing how both characters feel abt the same situation and THE THINGS THEY SAY ABT EACHOTHER. I also really like the world and all the different powers are really cool. When payden was using her “fake” power to anyalize people I found it really interesting how accurate she could read them from just a few details. The trials were really intriguing and I loved thier dynamic in them theres certain scenes I will be going back to look at bc they absolutely wrecked me. I will be needing to reread this entire thing as soon as possible. I feel like I could read a whole book of just Kai and payden being them bc oh my god. I am so Invested in this story and haven’t loved characters as much as this in such a long time. I could keep going on forever and ever but I need to finish this sometime.
Going into it I thought it would be overhyped and I wouldn’t get it but oh was I so wrong. This is exactly my kind of story it’s like my dream book almost. Like I love characters with angsty backgrounds and the classic who did this to you effected me in a way it never has before. The slowburn banter is unmatched by anything ever. The more I think this might be my new favorite book of all time but I’ll have to sit on it for a while. It just has everything I love all wrapped up into one and I will be thinking abt Kai and payden for a long long long time. Let’s just say I’m rly happy I get two more books full of them and that still probably won’t be enough. So much happend in this book and I genuinely did enjoy the plot a lot. I could picture the world so clearly and there were so many scenes that just BSKSNSLA. Anyway Kai and payden banter forever I love love love I’m actually speechless but not rly bc I had a lot to say but I’m also going kind of insane bc I can’t remember the last time I loved something this much okay goodbye. ( it’s 2:30am I spent 20 mins writing this)
