qace90's review
4.0
A unique werewolf “romance”
I was going to give this series 5 stars because book 3 saved it, but trigger warning for a sibling-incest sexual relationship in book 2, where sibling relationship is revealed at the end of book 3.
I really liked that this book isn’t anything like most werewolf romances out there, but that same uniqueness also made me so frustrated I wanted to pull my hair out, especially in book 2 where the MCs don’t even set eyes on each other for half the book. There’s no insta-lust, insta-love, or insta-mating, and the mating itself throws both MCs off because neither expected it or realized it had happened.
This series is definitely heavier on the mystery elements than the romance, but it does the mystery phenomenally well. The end isn’t predictable and the magic and lore of the world building is excellent. I really enjoyed this series, although revelation that woman Ethan had spent most of Book 2 with was his half-sister really threw me off and I hoped it would turn out she had been lying.
** several on-page sex scenes in all three novels
I was going to give this series 5 stars because book 3 saved it, but trigger warning for a sibling-incest sexual relationship in book 2, where sibling relationship is revealed at the end of book 3.
I really liked that this book isn’t anything like most werewolf romances out there, but that same uniqueness also made me so frustrated I wanted to pull my hair out, especially in book 2 where the MCs don’t even set eyes on each other for half the book. There’s no insta-lust, insta-love, or insta-mating, and the mating itself throws both MCs off because neither expected it or realized it had happened.
This series is definitely heavier on the mystery elements than the romance, but it does the mystery phenomenally well. The end isn’t predictable and the magic and lore of the world building is excellent. I really enjoyed this series, although revelation that woman Ethan had spent most of Book 2 with was his half-sister really threw me off and I hoped it would turn out she had been lying.
** several on-page sex scenes in all three novels
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