Reviews with content warning for Violence - Eternal Reign

I love these authors and was really excited to start a new series by them. This is them editing, expanding, and re-releasing their first series. I pre-ordered book 1 and went straight to physical copy. That is how excited I was. Do I have regrets? Yes.

Because now I have to wait for the next release! I forgot just how much Peckham and Valenti delight in leaving their readers on edge. Gah! I was going to wait for the print version of the next book but it releases in digital next week, so I may have to get that one.

This first book takes it’s time really establishing the world and mythology of the series. We get quite a bit of character background for our FMCs, fraternal twins Montana and Callie. They remind me a lot of Tori from the Zodiac Academy series. Both have that biting wit and sometimes delusional, always fearless, outlook, all bound up in fierce love of family. There were moments their sarcastic comments had me laughing out loud.

The MMCs, Magnar and Prince Erik are slightly less developed, though we start to see some nuances shine through. The book is dual POV, from the perspective of the sisters, so we really only see them through their eyes.

There are no strong or well-developed secondary characters at this point, but perhaps in the next book.

I had hoped that the other chosen ones with the Royals might become lovable characters but so far they have gone nowhere.

There is plenty of mystery and adventure in the plot although absolutely nothing in the plot is brought close to anything even remotely resembling a resolution- trademark Peckham and Valenti. But it does leave you excited to see where it will go.

The spice? Well, we start to see some tension develop but there is no real seggs to speak of in this one. I give the spice a 🌶️ rating for what is there, but throw in a second one based on how it sets up the potential for the next book. So 🌶️🌶️ overall.

Not much in the way of diversity. A few characters are described as having golden or brown skin, but that is about it.

Overall, it’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me, a solid B. It’s well-written. I enjoyed it. I wanted more. It sets up the series nicely and definitely whet my appetite for the next books in the series.

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

3.75 stars
Eternal Reign is about the twin sisters Montana and Callie who live with their dad in a Realm where all the mortal people live. They are opressed by the immortal ones, the vampires. Montana, Callie and their dad then try to escape from there, but they do not get that far.
It was really good. The characters were very well written, only that Montana and Callie remind me so much of Darcy and Tory from Zodiac academy. Are the twisted sisters always writing books about twin sisters with the same personalities?
Anyway, the world building was good, too, but really brutal and before reading this book, check out the triggerwarnings!
The romance between Callie and Magnur was soo well written, such a good enemies to lovers slowburn and I can't wait to see how it continues in the next book.
With Montana I have no idea if the authors were trying to write a romance between Montana and Erik, because I didn't really like it, but I am excited for the next book to see how it turns out.

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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