ezichinny's review against another edition
3.0
★★★½.
There was something a little underdeveloped and really rushed about this story. Caleb Donovan and Lily Sotheby have been dancing around each other for a couple of books now, but I didn't feel like they were truly served in this book.
Caleb and Lily were in love decades ago, when Lily chose duty over love and married another. Now that her husband Sotheby is dead, fate has put Caleb and Lily on a collision course again. Both Caleb and Lily are marked as prophets, and they are assisting King Dage with peace talks between the Realm and Kurjans. While trying to broker a peace, old flames are reignited between Caleb and Lily, and she must make the same decision again, Love or Duty. Will her answer still be the same?
Question containing spoilers:
1) How was Guilles tapping into Lily's memory and how can he manipulate what she sees?
2) Can Lily, Caleb or any other prophet do the same?
3) Guilles mentioned looking into her future and seeing the babe, can other prophets look into others futures?
Why wasn't guilles able to see that he would be double crossed by Franco
4) Did other prophets have the ability to manipulate people's vision? How can we trust anyone except Janie's visions? Can her visions be manipulated too?
I think Caleb and Lily could have brought more heat. There was no real advancement on anything here except that now we can see that betrayers are everywhere. I was disappointed with this one.
Special thanks to Kensington Books via Netgalley for the review copy.
There was something a little underdeveloped and really rushed about this story. Caleb Donovan and Lily Sotheby have been dancing around each other for a couple of books now, but I didn't feel like they were truly served in this book.
Caleb and Lily were in love decades ago, when Lily chose duty over love and married another. Now that her husband Sotheby is dead, fate has put Caleb and Lily on a collision course again. Both Caleb and Lily are marked as prophets, and they are assisting King Dage with peace talks between the Realm and Kurjans. While trying to broker a peace, old flames are reignited between Caleb and Lily, and she must make the same decision again, Love or Duty. Will her answer still be the same?
Question containing spoilers:
Spoiler
1) How was Guilles tapping into Lily's memory and how can he manipulate what she sees?
2) Can Lily, Caleb or any other prophet do the same?
3) Guilles mentioned looking into her future and seeing the babe, can other prophets look into others futures?
Why wasn't guilles able to see that he would be double crossed by Franco
4) Did other prophets have the ability to manipulate people's vision? How can we trust anyone except Janie's visions? Can her visions be manipulated too?
I think Caleb and Lily could have brought more heat. There was no real advancement on anything here except that now we can see that betrayers are everywhere. I was disappointed with this one.
Special thanks to Kensington Books via Netgalley for the review copy.
squinderella's review against another edition
5.0
Three hundred years ago, Lily chose duty instead of the love of Caleb. After being widowed shortly after, she has lived a life of solitude as one of the Prophets of the Realm. Although Fate made Caleb a prophet years ago, he has been perfectly content to remain the Realm Rebel. Now that negotiations are in place to have a meeting for peace, Caleb and Lily are thrust together again. And they both are feeling that old desire, but are feeling the pressure from Fate herself.
I was happy for Caleb to get a book to himself - although we haven't seen him again in the series since he became a prophet. I really like his character, but even more so, I love Lily. I feel like she was able to finally break out of her shell and reveal her true nature.
And now we're SO CLOSE to the end of the series. Sadness!
A big thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I was happy for Caleb to get a book to himself - although we haven't seen him again in the series since he became a prophet. I really like his character, but even more so, I love Lily. I feel like she was able to finally break out of her shell and reveal her true nature.
And now we're SO CLOSE to the end of the series. Sadness!
A big thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
bodebeabay's review against another edition
4.0
[b:Tamed|19166589|Tamed (Dark Protectors, #6.5)|Rebecca Zanetti|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1387773369s/19166589.jpg|27207387] (Dark Protectors, #6.5) by [a:Rebecca Zanetti|4149342|Rebecca Zanetti|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1298082465p2/4149342.jpg]
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense
3.75 Stars
I feasted on this series!!
The world build, the characters, everything about this series is delicious and addicting.
Caleb & Lily are interesting characters. Their past is intriguing and I liked them both.
They definitely had a lot of steamy adult scenes.
Unfortunately there were areas that tended to lag.
The relationship between them and the details about them needed more intensity and detail.
There is a lot of suspense and some mystery in this one.
This was mostly well done, but it was also lacking in areas.
I felt it could have been much better. It needed some work to make it a great read.
I will say it was entertaining & I enjoyed it.
I just wasn't my favorite of the series.
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense
3.75 Stars
I feasted on this series!!
The world build, the characters, everything about this series is delicious and addicting.
Caleb & Lily are interesting characters. Their past is intriguing and I liked them both.
They definitely had a lot of steamy adult scenes.
Unfortunately there were areas that tended to lag.
The relationship between them and the details about them needed more intensity and detail.
There is a lot of suspense and some mystery in this one.
This was mostly well done, but it was also lacking in areas.
I felt it could have been much better. It needed some work to make it a great read.
I will say it was entertaining & I enjoyed it.
I just wasn't my favorite of the series.
redhairedashreads's review against another edition
4.0
Prophets Lily and Caleb are working together again to set up peace talks between the different races. They both are suffering from terrible visions telling them to kill Janie. This brings them back together again after hundreds of years of wanting each other.
Lily and Caleb have been giving each other steamy looks since they were introduced earlier in the series. Caleb has always been a warrior so he refuses to think of himself as a prophet. I really wish we could have got more of his backstory but I did enjoy what we were given. Lily is a counselor and peacekeeper but she hides her temper and strength behind a mask of calm. Caleb brings out her fierceness and pushes her to be herself and not hide. I can’t wait to see her in future books.
I wonder what is going to happen with Janie in the future. Her future is up in the air and everyone wants her. Hopefully we get more from her POV in the future books.
Lily and Caleb have been giving each other steamy looks since they were introduced earlier in the series. Caleb has always been a warrior so he refuses to think of himself as a prophet. I really wish we could have got more of his backstory but I did enjoy what we were given. Lily is a counselor and peacekeeper but she hides her temper and strength behind a mask of calm. Caleb brings out her fierceness and pushes her to be herself and not hide. I can’t wait to see her in future books.
I wonder what is going to happen with Janie in the future. Her future is up in the air and everyone wants her. Hopefully we get more from her POV in the future books.
thenia's review
4.0
Caleb and Lily get a second chance at happiness together many years after their paths took them in different directions.
Preparations for peace talks between the Kurjans, the vampires and the demons are underway, and Lily and Caleb, along with Giles, the third prophet, are tasked with mediating.
Caleb wants to keep her away from the peace talks in order to protect her from what he believes is just their enemies latest attempt to get their hands on Janie, but Lily is determined to stay and hopeful that peace isn't as unlikely as Caleb believes.
Determined to save his skin, he allies with the Kurjan leader who had been harboring an obsession with Lily for years and kidnaps her and brings her to him in exchange for their help.
Thankfully, Caleb isn't far behind, and the two manage to escape their captor, killing him in the process and taking cowardly Giles prisoner.
Their adventures and the sparks that are still flying between them even after so many years since their short romance only bring them closer and, with Lily's former mating dissolved after her exposure to Virus 23, nothing stops them from finally being together.
Short and sweet story that progresses the overall story arc and leads to a story that had been a long time coming, that of Janie and the mysterious Zane in Marked.
Previous book reviews:
✦ Shadowed (Dark Protectors, #6) ~ ★★★★ (06/02/2019)
✦ Twisted (Dark Protectors, #5.5) ~ ★★★ (29/12/2018)
✦ Provoked (Dark Protectors, #5) ~ ★★★★ (29/12/2018)
✦ Consumed (Dark Protectors, #4) ~ ★★★★ (14/12/2018)
✦ Hunted (Dark Protectors, #3) ~ ★★★★ (14/12/2018)
✦ Tempted (Dark Protectors, #2.5) ~ ★★★★ (13/12/2018)
✦ Claimed (Dark Protectors, #2) ~ ★★★★ (13/12/2018)
✦ Fated (Dark Protectors, #1) ~ ★★★ (11/12/2018)
Preparations for peace talks between the Kurjans, the vampires and the demons are underway, and Lily and Caleb, along with Giles, the third prophet, are tasked with mediating.
Caleb wants to keep her away from the peace talks in order to protect her from what he believes is just their enemies latest attempt to get their hands on Janie, but Lily is determined to stay and hopeful that peace isn't as unlikely as Caleb believes.
Spoiler
Giles on the other hand has an agenda of his own. In an attempt to keep a vision he saw of Janie taking his place with the prophets, he tries to manipulate Lily and Caleb to get them to kill Janie, but neither of them believed that taking Janie's life is the answer to any of their problems and refused to do it.Determined to save his skin, he allies with the Kurjan leader who had been harboring an obsession with Lily for years and kidnaps her and brings her to him in exchange for their help.
Thankfully, Caleb isn't far behind, and the two manage to escape their captor, killing him in the process and taking cowardly Giles prisoner
Their adventures and the sparks that are still flying between them even after so many years since their short romance only bring them closer and, with Lily's former mating dissolved after her exposure to Virus 23, nothing stops them from finally being together.
Short and sweet story that progresses the overall story arc and leads to a story that had been a long time coming, that of Janie and the mysterious Zane in Marked.
Previous book reviews:
✦ Shadowed (Dark Protectors, #6) ~ ★★★★ (06/02/2019)
✦ Twisted (Dark Protectors, #5.5) ~ ★★★ (29/12/2018)
✦ Provoked (Dark Protectors, #5) ~ ★★★★ (29/12/2018)
✦ Consumed (Dark Protectors, #4) ~ ★★★★ (14/12/2018)
✦ Hunted (Dark Protectors, #3) ~ ★★★★ (14/12/2018)
✦ Tempted (Dark Protectors, #2.5) ~ ★★★★ (13/12/2018)
✦ Claimed (Dark Protectors, #2) ~ ★★★★ (13/12/2018)
✦ Fated (Dark Protectors, #1) ~ ★★★ (11/12/2018)
ladysadiereads's review
3.0
Sweet - and steamy af - little novella with Caleb (the Realm's favorite vampire bad boy) and Lily (the Realm's favorite Fate's pet.) Super fun read in between longer books!
allingoodtime's review
5.0
4.5 stars
I’m sure I mentioned this before, the novellas within a series are often hit and miss with me. So far, this author has been hitting it out of the park with her “filler” stories. Not one of them have been a misstep. In fact, they get me even more excited about this series as a whole and have featured beloved favorite characters I want to see get their HEA.
Although we haven’t seen Lily and Caleb in the same room often throughout this series, there have been hints dropped so the reader knows they have a past. In fact, Caleb isn’t seen much at all since he considers himself a soldier/fighter/protector and not a prophet so tends to stay away from headquarters. (Another thing I love about this series is that I truly feel the connections between all the characters, not just the romantic connections. As to Caleb not feeling as though he’s a true prophet, Dage has some very wise words and helps Caleb come to a sort of understanding as to his role in all of this war and peace.)
Since this is a pretty short and quick read, I can’t say much without giving too much away. As always, Rebecca Zanetti gives breadcrumbs that will have you knowing some things ahead of time. The fun is always in how she fits all those crumbs together at the end. On top of her spot-on story-telling skills, she also writes fantastic chemistry. This time I’m talking about the romantic and sexual type of chemistry. Hot, hot, hot…yet still staying quite romantic and swoon-worthy.
This review can also be found at All In Good Time.
I’m sure I mentioned this before, the novellas within a series are often hit and miss with me. So far, this author has been hitting it out of the park with her “filler” stories. Not one of them have been a misstep. In fact, they get me even more excited about this series as a whole and have featured beloved favorite characters I want to see get their HEA.
Although we haven’t seen Lily and Caleb in the same room often throughout this series, there have been hints dropped so the reader knows they have a past. In fact, Caleb isn’t seen much at all since he considers himself a soldier/fighter/protector and not a prophet so tends to stay away from headquarters. (Another thing I love about this series is that I truly feel the connections between all the characters, not just the romantic connections. As to Caleb not feeling as though he’s a true prophet, Dage has some very wise words and helps Caleb come to a sort of understanding as to his role in all of this war and peace.)
Since this is a pretty short and quick read, I can’t say much without giving too much away. As always, Rebecca Zanetti gives breadcrumbs that will have you knowing some things ahead of time. The fun is always in how she fits all those crumbs together at the end. On top of her spot-on story-telling skills, she also writes fantastic chemistry. This time I’m talking about the romantic and sexual type of chemistry. Hot, hot, hot…yet still staying quite romantic and swoon-worthy.
This review can also be found at All In Good Time.