Reviews

My Orc-y Breaky Heart by Ava Ross

morgue102's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

livi22092003's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

catwithbooks's review against another edition

3.0

Gefühlt diesmal um einiges holpriger war die Geschichte und auch die Übersetzung. Von der Handlung her leider auch nicht so unterhaltsam wie sonst. Schade irgendwie. Aber okay.

professionalreader14's review

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

whiskis's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Good, fast read. Good addition to the series.

bookish_kristina's review

2.0

The writing in this was pretty terrible but the story was OK, really cheesy and cringey, but OK.

Full disclosure, this book lost a full star due to boring monster peen. Firstly because it was not described at all and secondly because IT WAS NOT DESCRIBED AT ALL! Ms. Ross, ma’am, 90% of why we read these is for the creative dick building. Boo on you. Don’t write monster if you aren’t going to meet this basic requirement.

Other than that, this was fated-mates, small monster town, serial trope-soup book. The FMC was a writer of monster smut, so this was beyond meta, like annoyingly meta, but some might find that cute.

Anyway the MMC was way too grumpy and pushed the FMC away the entire book and the FMC was borderline desperate, and threw herself at him at every turn (she mowed his lawn in a bikini to seduce him).

It did have an interesting take on fated mates, where both were unsure of the authenticity of their feelings because of the mate bond, so I appreciated that because that’s how I always feel with these books, and his pet dragon was quite cute. Other than that this was not original and kinda boring.

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Sarah Mac is making me read this for science.

desireem's review

relaxing slow-paced

3.0

mebovee27's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

nevena_k's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

💚 “I’m inspired when I’m with you.”
~~~
Seyla is so awesome! She’s kind, sweet and, oh, so feisty. And, her being a romance author, made me love her even more. Even more, she’s such an amazing and supportive friend. I also loved that she never hesitated to go after the things she wanted. I absolutely adored her!

And then, there’s Vrok! The huge green orc might appear growly and grumpy at first, but there’s more to him than meets the eye. Because Vrok is also charming, protective, a bit stubborn and, actually, a really nice guy. I loved him so, so much!

I absolutely loved everything that happened between Seyla and Vrok! From the moment they met (in the previous book), their attraction was undeniable. But, after Vrok’s previous relationship crashed and burned to ashes, he’s now determined to never open his heart again to anyone and he keeps turning Seyla down. Until they discover they’re neighbors and start working together on Seyla’s new book (Ava, I see what you did there!). Oh, I loved those two together! I loved the tension, the constant push and pull, and their chemistry was absolutely fantastic. And when they couldn’t keep their hands off each other, the passionate moments they shared were off-the-charts hot. But their journey towards happiness was not an easy one, especially when their mating marks appeared and neither was sure if their attraction was real or due to the fated mate bond. However, what is meant to be is meant to be, even if you try to fight it. And Seyla and Vrok were so perfect for each other and I couldn’t get enough of them.

In addition, I absolutely loved Merith and Sriracha - Vrok and Seyla’s pets - they were absolutely adorable!

Overall, the story is another spectacular, fun, emotional and spicy addition to the series and I absolutely loved every page of it!

books_tea_reading's review

emotional medium-paced

3.0

I didn’t like this as much as the other ones.

i thought their reason to be apart and break all of that was pretty stupid. I can understand that he doubts if his feelings are real or if it’s the bond, but she liked him loooong befor the bond, why is she doubting her feeling? Why is breaking it their first solution instead of talking and getting to know each other? I thought because the biggest part about the book was either sexual or about breaking the bond and staying away from each other, they didn’t really got to know each other and had no real Charakter developement