tasneem912's review
5.0
I thought the first half was a little slow and all we read about was Saorise's heat. I was also annoyed that she couldn't figure out her mate. But then as the events unfolded, everything made sense and I loved it! My only issue was with the name Saorise. I know the author told us how to pronounce it but I kept on forgetting so had to flip to the front to see the pronunciation. Overall, I enjoyed the story and can't wait for the third book.
I received a free copy of this book via Helen Walton's Review Club and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Helen Walton's Review Club and am voluntarily leaving a review.
blackgirltiredbooks's review
4.0
Saoirse is a princess in the Fae Summer Court and worried the magical spring that is dwindling with water will dry...and so will the Fae magic in the kingdom because its connected. The Summer Court is sealed away from the human realm due to a war between Fae and Humans. This war left Saoirse family with great losses from the death of her grandparents and almost losing her mother. That is the reason her father choose to seal the realms portal to protect his family and people from human, but leaving the shifters they're suppose to protect behind. Saoirse believes the answers to replenish the spring is in the human world and her father forbids her to traveling there. Besides he has intentions of offering her hand in marriage to a male Fae in the kingdom. Saoirse wants nothing to do with the male especially since her Fae heat is almost upon her and knows he will take advantage to mate her if she stays in the court. She decides to travel to the human world where she can relieve the sexual heat without worrying about mating and maybe figure out what's happening to the spring. Arrow is a wolf shifter and fireman who was stopped in his tracks with meeting his mate sitting at the bar that he thought he would never meet. It was instalove for him and something that Saoirse didn't believe was possible. Arrow and Saoirse were total opposites, but at the same time wanted the same type of love. Her family's distrust for the human world and his people's hatred for the fae will be a ticking time bomb.
The story was fast paced, but the plot was always in the forefront. The independence of the FMC and her strength was very refreshing (No simpleton dansel in distress in this book). There was Arrow who was dominate when he needed to be and emotional when he needed to be...I love that so much! The world the author has built between the Summer Court and the shifters in the human realm was written very well. The HAWT sex were as expected and HAWT! The author gave us an amazing story and I look forward to reading the next book.
The story was fast paced, but the plot was always in the forefront. The independence of the FMC and her strength was very refreshing (No simpleton dansel in distress in this book). There was Arrow who was dominate when he needed to be and emotional when he needed to be...I love that so much! The world the author has built between the Summer Court and the shifters in the human realm was written very well. The HAWT sex were as expected and HAWT! The author gave us an amazing story and I look forward to reading the next book.
inkandsin's review
4.0
I love the whole "touch her and I’ll kill you vibes" but let me tell you- when it’s the woman throwing these vibes around…
ashjuillet's review
4.0
I recently finished Helen Walton's How the Grinch Lusted After Santa and was offered this book for review, so I thought, 'Although I'm not in the mood for fantasy, I am in the mood for a good shifter romance,' so I decided to read this. And just like I had expected, this romance did not disappoint.
Although Arrow and Saoirse were complete opposites, they were brilliantly written as meant to be together. Where Arrow was sure about his instincts of mating with her, Saoirse wasn't as in tune with her own emotions until she returned to her realm. Where Saoirse was determined to return to Arrow, he thought she didn't want him. It was utter chaos (an entertaining one) with one character going after the other and vice versa, misunderstandings galore, dramatic scenarios, a ton of sex, and Sledge. Sledge is the epitome of chaos and was my favourite character. He gave off a lot of 'no fucks given' vibe, which I adore, so I'm really looking forward to reading his book when it's published.
The supernatural/fantasy elements in this book were good, but the background plot of the Fae realm suffering was mostly glossed over for the romance between Arrow and Saoirse. I understand that this book is part of a series, but I would have preferred to see the realm's suffering at least halted with magic or something else to give the reader a sense of completion for the time being. Still, I wasn't too worried about the background problem (even though it was originally the reason for Saoirse's arrival in town).
The book had a lot of block paragraphs, which are distracting for readers with attention problems, so it was a bit difficult for me to read it without my eyes scanning the lines for important information. There were flowery descriptions and exposition in the paragraphs; I wasn't as interested in reading that, but it worked well for the smut scenes.
Thanks to Booksprout and the author for a copy of this book.
Although Arrow and Saoirse were complete opposites, they were brilliantly written as meant to be together. Where Arrow was sure about his instincts of mating with her, Saoirse wasn't as in tune with her own emotions until she returned to her realm. Where Saoirse was determined to return to Arrow, he thought she didn't want him. It was utter chaos (an entertaining one) with one character going after the other and vice versa, misunderstandings galore, dramatic scenarios, a ton of sex, and Sledge. Sledge is the epitome of chaos and was my favourite character. He gave off a lot of 'no fucks given' vibe, which I adore, so I'm really looking forward to reading his book when it's published.
The supernatural/fantasy elements in this book were good, but the background plot of the Fae realm suffering was mostly glossed over for the romance between Arrow and Saoirse. I understand that this book is part of a series, but I would have preferred to see the realm's suffering at least halted with magic or something else to give the reader a sense of completion for the time being. Still, I wasn't too worried about the background problem (even though it was originally the reason for Saoirse's arrival in town).
The book had a lot of block paragraphs, which are distracting for readers with attention problems, so it was a bit difficult for me to read it without my eyes scanning the lines for important information. There were flowery descriptions and exposition in the paragraphs; I wasn't as interested in reading that, but it worked well for the smut scenes.
Thanks to Booksprout and the author for a copy of this book.
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