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What Lurks Between the Fates by Harper L. Woods, Adelaide Forrest

33 reviews

dragonridingfaequeen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I’m not going to lie; I have no clue why I decided to carry on with this series. Maybe I hoped it would get better, but it just didn’t. It was awful and nothing happened.

This book is still based on Estrella who we met in the first book. She has now chosen her mate instead of freedom. For weeks, she retraced her steps back to Mistfell and the lingering shadow of the Veil at the boundary between realms. Traveling through the kingdom, she denied the evidence in front of her, unable to fathom that she wasn’t the lost princess of Faerie. Instead, it is Fallon who must fear the consequences of her heritage. Which leaves her with a single, unanswered question. Then, she awoke, caged high above the throne of the Queen of Air & Darkness. Mab is the Queen who keeps all of Alfheimr held squirming within her clawed grasp. She uses the children of Faerie to sustain the magic granted to her by the cursed gem atop her crown, which has carved her from the girl she once was into a dark vessel, obsessed with power. She thrives on cruelty and wields Estrella’s love as an instrument for pain. Now, Estrella will play the games of the Fae. She is curious, her presence an enigma that was never foreseen. She may not be Mab’s daughter, yet she keeps her close, as she forges her into a weapon against humans and Fae alike. Mab may not own her yet, but she controls the life of the man she loves. There is nothing she won’t do to see him freed. Even if she must become the villain to do it.

I missed the tension between Holt and Imelda, and I cannot believe they weren’t in this book. I missed them. All the side characters in this book were the reason that this book is not being rated 1 star. I am still rooting for the villain and this book would be great if the whole fae species just died from like an explosion or poison or something.

I am just wondering, again, if someone could tell me where the plot is. This book was literally Caelum and Estrella arguing, fighting, having sex in private, having sex in public, pissing each other off, sleeping and then being tortured and going over the same shit. Caelum is disgusting, He has given me the ick and every time he opened his mouth, my eyes rolled. He is a headache. He doesn’t respect Estrella and he is pushing and pulling and confusing the crap out of me. He is a creep, the book would have been better if he died. I don’t feel sorry for him, and I couldn’t give a shit about. Estrella just needs to make her mind up about what she wants to do, I understand she is trying to understand this world, but we are three books deep, surely, she should understand what is going on. More fantasy and magic keeps being created and this far in the series, I hope this book will end on book four but with the way this book keeps going on and introducing new creatures and magical things, it’s not going to be.

Overall, this book was awful – the side characters saved this book otherwise it would have been a one-star rating. If I wasn’t reading multiple books, this would have put me in a reading slump. It was weird, over sexual and boring. It could have been 100 pages if you get rid of the sex in every chapter and the torture. If someone want to torture me found a Caelum lookalike and get him to read this book, I will surrender so quickly.

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taryngoehrig's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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svbvge's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

So far this series is just okay. I like it, however I find it quite repetitive. A lot of the inner and outer dialogue of the characters is repeated time and time again. A lot of the plot feels heavily inspired by other very popular romantasy books, which although not bad, just again feels like I’ve read it before just with different characters. I will likely read the next book in the series when it is released because I am interested to see how the story finishes.

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redwolf's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

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amanderz58's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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cbtobin's review against another edition

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4.0

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

3.0

I NEED THE 4TH BOOK!

great story, really keeps you invested, it was the ending that felt a little unsatisfying. Yes, I realize
cliffhangers are meant to be unsatisfying but what Estrella did just felt...I don't know, unnecessary?

It bothered me how quickly Estrella caved into being Mabs servant at the end. Through the entire story she's rebelled and grew stronger just for it to end with her just giving up. It didnt make sense that she did it because she couldnt stand to be without him if he died, when she wouldn't have lived without him anyway because of the blood oath.

can't wait until the 4th book, I have so many questions.

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emilyckg's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I have honestly found this series incredibly exhausting. The main characters are so blinded by their own agenda to the incredible detriment of those around them and the overarcing theme that by the third book, the characters are incredibly predictable. Every time there seems to be progress, there is a "plot twist" ending that can be seen coming a mile away. The world that the author has built is rich and beautiful, intertwining mythology and lore that is imaginative that I would love to explore more. However, the pace is slow and just feels so drawn out that I find myself losing interest in the fate of the characters, to the point that I don't know if I will continue the series.

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acourtofcoffee's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

I really liked it but I felt like it could’ve progressed more. We went through all of that in the book and it's like the ending took it back to square one.

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