mathy_coffees_n_midnightreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
chelleyrenee's review against another edition
4.5
4.5
Oh Amelia girl you ate that! This was such a good start to a series, Lucian is a asshole but i love him. I need so much more information on who or WhSt he is! Lena is a baddie and i love it! Helen and her daughter can die 1,000 deaths i hate them, honestly the whole coven is kinda trash lol but i can’t wait to see how this plays out
Oh Amelia girl you ate that! This was such a good start to a series, Lucian is a asshole but i love him. I need so much more information on who or WhSt he is! Lena is a baddie and i love it! Helen and her daughter can die 1,000 deaths i hate them, honestly the whole coven is kinda trash lol but i can’t wait to see how this plays out
rellwood74's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! I did not expect to love this book as much as I did. I'll be honest and say that after the letdown of "A Demon's Dark Embarace", I was just waiting to read about Ryder and Cyn.
seffra's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars
Okay, well I was waiting to read this for when I knew when the second one was coming but once Hutchins stated this must be read before the 5th Fae book, I decided to start!
WOW. This had such a different tone and idea. I love the complexity of Lucien and I really liked Lena. I felt that these two complimented each other so well! There was humour and intrigue and a budding love story.
Y'all know I love reincarnation and I was so pleasantly surprised when I discovered this book had that! The mystery of Katerina was great but I wish the characters knew what we did...it caused a lag in the story. I know this is a series but still... I NEED THEM TO KNOW.
I also wasn't feeling some aspects and that was Lena's weakness when it came to Lucien and his hotness. Girl. I get it, he's HAWT but...you kinda was lacking a backbone. I also didn't like the catty immature drama that brewed (HA! Pun intended..since they're witches, ya know.) I felt that it pulled away from the intense drama that was building among Lucien and Lena as well as the Fae.
I really loved that ending so I can't wait to read the second one!
Okay, well I was waiting to read this for when I knew when the second one was coming but once Hutchins stated this must be read before the 5th Fae book, I decided to start!
WOW. This had such a different tone and idea. I love the complexity of Lucien and I really liked Lena. I felt that these two complimented each other so well! There was humour and intrigue and a budding love story.
Y'all know I love reincarnation and I was so pleasantly surprised when I discovered this book had that! The mystery of Katerina was great but I wish the characters knew what we did...it caused a lag in the story. I know this is a series but still... I NEED THEM TO KNOW.
I also wasn't feeling some aspects and that was Lena's weakness when it came to Lucien and his hotness. Girl. I get it, he's HAWT but...you kinda was lacking a backbone. I also didn't like the catty immature drama that brewed (HA! Pun intended..since they're witches, ya know.) I felt that it pulled away from the intense drama that was building among Lucien and Lena as well as the Fae.
I really loved that ending so I can't wait to read the second one!
yessikachu's review against another edition
1.0
Spoiler
1) lucian’s first chapter entirely revolved around him saying shit like:- “I liked my women hardy, able to handle what I gave them without the fear of breaking them, not that I bloody fucking cared if they broke in the end.”
- “I needed to own her, to hear her scream my name. To feel her flesh pound against mine; continually pounding it until she was nothing more than a hot, quivering mess.”
- “She got fucked, but it was probably one hell of a letdown. I’d find him, and end him. Do the women of this world a kindness. No one touched what I wanted, or what I planned to own, even if I didn’t plan on keeping it.”
- “She needed to be thrown down and fucked until she’s reduced to nothing more than a hot, trembling mess. Until her mind could no longer determine where pain ended and pleasure began. In the end, they always screamed and begged for more, and I loved it when they begged me, bartering with me. I didn’t have any mercy and I didn’t pretend otherwise.”
i don’t need to read the rest of the book to know that he never changed. i don’t need to read the rest of the series to know exactly how it ends.
the fact of the matter is that this is worse than those i walk down the stairs to get ready for my part time job as my mother sells me to one direction fanfic. you can’t call this a book nor can you call it romance because it’s neither of those things. honestly gag at the author being like this is not a cookie cutter romance. at least the cookie cutter is sharp. you can’t lace a series of undealt with trauma with a bunch of sex and call it romance. because putting dark in front of it doesn’t excuse how bad it is. nothing was romantic about this nor was mindfuckery enough to be something else on its own. its just bad. you can like it (though why would you
junivive's review against another edition
2.0
The story had a lot of potential however I found the dialogue repetitive and tiresome and the main characters internal monologues unrealistic. I find Amelia Hutchins in general has a challenging time balancing bdsm/ dominance with abusive behaviour that makes the men especially difficult to like.
ali23's review against another edition
3.0
*3.5
I took a day to get my thoughts together on this book. I wanted to be fair and not compare this book to my all time favorite paranormal series, Fae Chronicles.
Lena - I found her likeable and a firecracker but also a pushover. Her twin sister betrays her; shows no anger and takes it. Her mother never sticks up for her; shows no anger and takes it. She lets Cassidy and her mother treat her like crap; and takes it. I wished she showed more of a backbone and put people in their place.
Lucien - I found him to be very alpha and a mystery. I want to know what the heck he is. I tried to piece together the clues and still nothing, but I feel that the answer is so obvious that when its revealed I'll feel stupid.
What I liked:
The premise of the story
The main H/h
The dialogue
My favorite characters from the Fae Chronicles appearances
The slow burn between H/h
What I didn't like:
The supporting characters
How careless the H/h were about public sex
How the h was a pushover
The reason for my rating was due to a few issues. One, Lena's twin sister, Kendra, was just horrible and unlikable. She sleeps with Lena ex-fiancé - for 3 years- hangs out with Cassidy (the girl who her fiancé cheated on her with), never told Lena about the affair (someone else did), is in love with the ex, and had this jealousy vibe going on. With all of this Lena just takes it. I get that she's family and your ex would never make Lena happy but she never put Kendra in her place nor told her how can she hangout with someone who contributed to her leaving. Kendra was selfish on so many levels. Lena's mother never had Lena's back and let the community basically bully her. Lena's father is just a pathetic excuse to be called a father. Overall, the secondary characters sucked and took away from the book. I literally had to stop reading at times because I was so annoyed.
The sex scenes where hot like fire, but their first sex act started out and ended as a turnoff. I am hate when the H has no regards to the h's body. To me, no alpha male wants anyone to see his women but Lucien just didn't care and that was a turn off. Then Lena just didn't care and pranced around naked and screwing him. Some of the sex scenes was just out of place. I'm all for sex but these were just out of place, but super hot.
The premise of this book was really good and a mystery. I have my own theory regarding Katarina. I believe she's somehow in both Lena and Kendra. I feel Lena got her powers and pure soul while Kendra got everything else. I also found it odd that Lena's mother had two sets of twins...... Hmmmmmm. I also think Katerina and Lucian had a misunderstanding and the coven played a big role with this miscommunication, which started this neverending circle of death and heartache. Maybe just maybe someone tried to correct this mistake by creating twins..... I can't wait until book 2 because the cliffhanger was sooooo annoying (good annoying) I get why Lucien did what he did, but it will blow up in his face and it's pretty obvious Lena is carrying his baby.
I took a day to get my thoughts together on this book. I wanted to be fair and not compare this book to my all time favorite paranormal series, Fae Chronicles.
Lena - I found her likeable and a firecracker but also a pushover. Her twin sister betrays her; shows no anger and takes it. Her mother never sticks up for her; shows no anger and takes it. She lets Cassidy and her mother treat her like crap; and takes it. I wished she showed more of a backbone and put people in their place.
Lucien - I found him to be very alpha and a mystery. I want to know what the heck he is. I tried to piece together the clues and still nothing, but I feel that the answer is so obvious that when its revealed I'll feel stupid.
What I liked:
The premise of the story
The main H/h
The dialogue
My favorite characters from the Fae Chronicles appearances
The slow burn between H/h
What I didn't like:
The supporting characters
How careless the H/h were about public sex
How the h was a pushover
The reason for my rating was due to a few issues. One, Lena's twin sister, Kendra, was just horrible and unlikable. She sleeps with Lena ex-fiancé - for 3 years- hangs out with Cassidy (the girl who her fiancé cheated on her with), never told Lena about the affair (someone else did), is in love with the ex, and had this jealousy vibe going on. With all of this Lena just takes it. I get that she's family and your ex would never make Lena happy but she never put Kendra in her place nor told her how can she hangout with someone who contributed to her leaving. Kendra was selfish on so many levels. Lena's mother never had Lena's back and let the community basically bully her. Lena's father is just a pathetic excuse to be called a father. Overall, the secondary characters sucked and took away from the book. I literally had to stop reading at times because I was so annoyed.
The sex scenes where hot like fire, but their first sex act started out and ended as a turnoff. I am hate when the H has no regards to the h's body. To me, no alpha male wants anyone to see his women but Lucien just didn't care and that was a turn off. Then Lena just didn't care and pranced around naked and screwing him. Some of the sex scenes was just out of place. I'm all for sex but these were just out of place, but super hot.
The premise of this book was really good and a mystery. I have my own theory regarding Katarina. I believe she's somehow in both Lena and Kendra. I feel Lena got her powers and pure soul while Kendra got everything else. I also found it odd that Lena's mother had two sets of twins...... Hmmmmmm. I also think Katerina and Lucian had a misunderstanding and the coven played a big role with this miscommunication, which started this neverending circle of death and heartache. Maybe just maybe someone tried to correct this mistake by creating twins..... I can't wait until book 2 because the cliffhanger was sooooo annoying (good annoying) I get why Lucien did what he did, but it will blow up in his face and it's pretty obvious Lena is carrying his baby.