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travelingbookiemonster's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
lindoforbes's review against another edition
dark
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? Yes
3.0
leenareader's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.0
"To all of you who turned the VHS off when the Beast was about to turn into a prince."
Rating: 3 ⭐️
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: KU Ebook
Pages: 207
Spice: 2 🌶️
POV: First POV
S/S: Mprales Coven #1
Check trigger warnings for any book
We love a grumpy monster love interest.
Well it was a nice paranormal romance story. A light Persephone x Hades inspo throughout.
I will say the magic system and underworld world-building felt a bit light and quite unclear. I would’ve loved to understand more of the coven magic, even of Pilar’s own powers, her spells etc.
Same thing for Vicious, a lot of talk but not much action in his powers atc.
Also we completely forgot about Penny? She was so important to Pilar but after the 50% she disappeared from the story. I also thought Anora, Pilar’s familiar, would’ve had some kind of role or impact since she was mentioned quite a bit at some point. But nope, nothing happened.
I will say the romance and spice were the main event of the story. And they were great.
So, in conclusion, an easy-to-read paranormal romance, but nothing extraordinary.
Favorite quotes (MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS):
“It’s not your father’s. It’s not for any of your sisters, either. It’s yours, and you need to take care of it for me.”
"“Do you remember much of Abuela?” Elisa turned, tilting her head to the side. “Not really. She died when I was too little.” I glanced at Abuela, her eyes serious, just like Elisa’s. I blinked and returned my eyes to my sister. “I know she liked red. It was her thing,” Elisa offered. I chanced one last look at my grandmother. Red shawl, red lipstick, and now the red ring in my hands."
"Generations and generations of women in our coven dealing with supernatural beings and all the
darkness out there and still, the most dangerous thing we could do was fall in love."
"Trapped, I dared to ask. “Where am I?” “Welcome to hell, Pilar Morales.”"
"I looked beautiful; I couldn’t lie. Even if I was a prisoner of Mr. Goat Legs. I was a beautiful prisoner."
"I am everything they say I am. I am the end of the earth and the blood flowing to soak the soil. I am
darkness itself and the collective sins of humanity. Tell me, little witch, what do you call death?"
“What’s happening?” I asked. “They are preparing the feast.” “Why are we having a feast?” I asked louder so he could hear me over the servant’s work. “Because it’s our wedding day.”
“You can’t remain in the underworld unless you marry me.” “That’s perfect, I had no intention of
remaining here.” His eyes flashed to mine. “You’re staying.” “If I marry you. Which I obviously won’t do.”
“Vicious…” I let his name soil my tongue. “Tell me.” He chuckled. “Curse me. I want to hear it all from that little mouth of yours.”
“The marriage ceremony will take weeks,” she said in a rushed tone. “You’ll be bound to him, but don’t forget, so him to you.”
"Until Pilar Morales. The light of the dead. That’s what they called her. The girl’s entire existence defied mine, she took what I was due from between my fingers. I never hated a human before her."
"With Penny, I controlled Pilar with love. With Adrian, I controlled her with fear. Either way, she was
mine. Finally mine."
“Are you saying my sisters are more powerful than I, dear husband?” I spat the term of endearment. “It’s just an observation.” “You’re correct. They can do much more than I can. But dear, husband,” I smiled at him, batting my eyelashes, “they have never angered a god like I did.”
"How much would I give for him to ask me to touch myself? Instead, he placed his last order. “You won’t touch yourself until I get the chance.”"
"When I asked her maids to dress her, I never thought they would dress her like a queen. She was indeed the queen of the underworld, so the delicate black dress and the golden crown over her temple matched her new life. I simply never thought she would fit the role so well."
"I didn’t want anyone curious about Pilar. She wasn’t for anyone’s eyes but mine."
“I wish I could say the same, but I arrived just in time to watch you propositioning my husband.”
Cassandra paled in a way I’d never seen before, almost losing her footing, and shook her head. “No, my lady, of course—” “I don’t like to be lied to,” Pilar cut it in. “You can turn around and play with whoever you want today, my lady,” he added sarcastically. “As long as you know that, you’ll never touch what is mine.”
“Only I will endure your advances.” I snorted, feeling my cock swell. “Claim me again and I’ll take you before it’s time.”
“I wonder how tight you’ll be. If I’m going to push you too far. If you can take my knot for the first time.”
“I’ll still hate you tomorrow,” she whispered. I smirked. “And tomorrow you’ll take my cock again. And then again and again every day after that. I don’t think I’ll ever be done with you.”
“I’ll die if you keep going.” He chuckled darkly. “Good. Then you’ll belong to me forever.”
"“Mine, little witch. Mine.” And I could only nod."
“You’re different today. Less engaged in the whole torturing thing than you were before.” He chuckled. It was raspy, low, and powerful. I felt from my head to my toes. “And you’re wondering if your cunt is powerful enough to make me change my mind?”
"Maybe I had a cock only to satisfy my mate. Maybe everything was about Pilar Morales."
“We are the beginning and the end. Infinite. We started and it just rippled into the universe. I grew up reading stories like that. Women that got married for other reasons than love and then it grew into something deep, special…perfect. I never knew I was reading a replica of my own story.” Her eyes were damp with tears, her smile bright. “We are so strong that whatever made us spread like seeds everywhere. Every love story around the realm tries again and again to copy the god of the underworld and his wife.”
"I was a god. I was part of the very fabric that made existence, and yet only when she came to me did my life begin."
"My wife was everything. She was terror. She was justice. She was the rightful Queen of the underworld and the light of the souls. And I never loved her more than at that very moment."
"She was here and she was mine. For eternity."
Leena - Leena.reader review - @leena.reader on tiktok and instagram
Rating: 3 ⭐️
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: KU Ebook
Pages: 207
Spice: 2 🌶️
POV: First POV
S/S: Mprales Coven #1
Check trigger warnings for any book
We love a grumpy monster love interest.
Well it was a nice paranormal romance story. A light Persephone x Hades inspo throughout.
I will say the magic system and underworld world-building felt a bit light and quite unclear. I would’ve loved to understand more of the coven magic, even of Pilar’s own powers, her spells etc.
Same thing for Vicious, a lot of talk but not much action in his powers atc.
Also we completely forgot about Penny? She was so important to Pilar but after the 50% she disappeared from the story. I also thought Anora, Pilar’s familiar, would’ve had some kind of role or impact since she was mentioned quite a bit at some point. But nope, nothing happened.
I will say the romance and spice were the main event of the story. And they were great.
So, in conclusion, an easy-to-read paranormal romance, but nothing extraordinary.
Favorite quotes (MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS):
“It’s not your father’s. It’s not for any of your sisters, either. It’s yours, and you need to take care of it for me.”
"“Do you remember much of Abuela?” Elisa turned, tilting her head to the side. “Not really. She died when I was too little.” I glanced at Abuela, her eyes serious, just like Elisa’s. I blinked and returned my eyes to my sister. “I know she liked red. It was her thing,” Elisa offered. I chanced one last look at my grandmother. Red shawl, red lipstick, and now the red ring in my hands."
"Generations and generations of women in our coven dealing with supernatural beings and all the
darkness out there and still, the most dangerous thing we could do was fall in love."
"Trapped, I dared to ask. “Where am I?” “Welcome to hell, Pilar Morales.”"
"I looked beautiful; I couldn’t lie. Even if I was a prisoner of Mr. Goat Legs. I was a beautiful prisoner."
"I am everything they say I am. I am the end of the earth and the blood flowing to soak the soil. I am
darkness itself and the collective sins of humanity. Tell me, little witch, what do you call death?"
“What’s happening?” I asked. “They are preparing the feast.” “Why are we having a feast?” I asked louder so he could hear me over the servant’s work. “Because it’s our wedding day.”
“You can’t remain in the underworld unless you marry me.” “That’s perfect, I had no intention of
remaining here.” His eyes flashed to mine. “You’re staying.” “If I marry you. Which I obviously won’t do.”
“Vicious…” I let his name soil my tongue. “Tell me.” He chuckled. “Curse me. I want to hear it all from that little mouth of yours.”
“The marriage ceremony will take weeks,” she said in a rushed tone. “You’ll be bound to him, but don’t forget, so him to you.”
"Until Pilar Morales. The light of the dead. That’s what they called her. The girl’s entire existence defied mine, she took what I was due from between my fingers. I never hated a human before her."
"With Penny, I controlled Pilar with love. With Adrian, I controlled her with fear. Either way, she was
mine. Finally mine."
“Are you saying my sisters are more powerful than I, dear husband?” I spat the term of endearment. “It’s just an observation.” “You’re correct. They can do much more than I can. But dear, husband,” I smiled at him, batting my eyelashes, “they have never angered a god like I did.”
"How much would I give for him to ask me to touch myself? Instead, he placed his last order. “You won’t touch yourself until I get the chance.”"
"When I asked her maids to dress her, I never thought they would dress her like a queen. She was indeed the queen of the underworld, so the delicate black dress and the golden crown over her temple matched her new life. I simply never thought she would fit the role so well."
"I didn’t want anyone curious about Pilar. She wasn’t for anyone’s eyes but mine."
“I wish I could say the same, but I arrived just in time to watch you propositioning my husband.”
Cassandra paled in a way I’d never seen before, almost losing her footing, and shook her head. “No, my lady, of course—” “I don’t like to be lied to,” Pilar cut it in. “You can turn around and play with whoever you want today, my lady,” he added sarcastically. “As long as you know that, you’ll never touch what is mine.”
“Only I will endure your advances.” I snorted, feeling my cock swell. “Claim me again and I’ll take you before it’s time.”
“I wonder how tight you’ll be. If I’m going to push you too far. If you can take my knot for the first time.”
“I’ll still hate you tomorrow,” she whispered. I smirked. “And tomorrow you’ll take my cock again. And then again and again every day after that. I don’t think I’ll ever be done with you.”
“I’ll die if you keep going.” He chuckled darkly. “Good. Then you’ll belong to me forever.”
"“Mine, little witch. Mine.” And I could only nod."
“You’re different today. Less engaged in the whole torturing thing than you were before.” He chuckled. It was raspy, low, and powerful. I felt from my head to my toes. “And you’re wondering if your cunt is powerful enough to make me change my mind?”
"Maybe I had a cock only to satisfy my mate. Maybe everything was about Pilar Morales."
“We are the beginning and the end. Infinite. We started and it just rippled into the universe. I grew up reading stories like that. Women that got married for other reasons than love and then it grew into something deep, special…perfect. I never knew I was reading a replica of my own story.” Her eyes were damp with tears, her smile bright. “We are so strong that whatever made us spread like seeds everywhere. Every love story around the realm tries again and again to copy the god of the underworld and his wife.”
"I was a god. I was part of the very fabric that made existence, and yet only when she came to me did my life begin."
"My wife was everything. She was terror. She was justice. She was the rightful Queen of the underworld and the light of the souls. And I never loved her more than at that very moment."
"She was here and she was mine. For eternity."
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erikaretia's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
whatjasread's review against another edition
2.75
Pure unhinged smut... but if it was more fleshed out, this would've been great.
lizzypantss's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this!!
To the author: I loved Pilar and Vic! I loved it all. I loved the blending of it all. For some reason I had Disney Encanto (to be fair I haven’t seen it) in my mind with the Morales family. The retelling of Persephone and hades retelling was so cool, I really liked it. Well done! I found this book from the MDK group on Facebook.
To everyone else: this is a really cool book, you will like it. It’s unique in its retelling and I loved it. There’s such a big story waiting to be told and I am hooked!
To the author: I loved Pilar and Vic! I loved it all. I loved the blending of it all. For some reason I had Disney Encanto (to be fair I haven’t seen it) in my mind with the Morales family. The retelling of Persephone and hades retelling was so cool, I really liked it. Well done! I found this book from the MDK group on Facebook.
To everyone else: this is a really cool book, you will like it. It’s unique in its retelling and I loved it. There’s such a big story waiting to be told and I am hooked!
williebenz's review against another edition
4.0
Mortal Desires deals with Pilar and Vicious. Every Morales witch has a gift, and Pilar’s able to see and speak to the dead. Vicious as god of the underworld does not like this and plans to trap. But things take a turn when the underworld seems to be crumbling and both Pilar and Vicious has to work together.
If you liked charmed growing up, you would like this series.
Things to know
Hades x Persephone vibes, marriage of convenience, soulmates, enemies to lovers. Witch x god of underworld, size difference, knotting, monster mmc, blood tasting, dubcon
If you liked charmed growing up, you would like this series.
Things to know
Hades x Persephone vibes, marriage of convenience, soulmates, enemies to lovers. Witch x god of underworld, size difference, knotting, monster mmc, blood tasting, dubcon
ghost_udders's review against another edition
Language was... not great. Storyline had holes in it, jumps were made that was not believable
brgntteva's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25