A review by bookwormbunny
Eternally Yours by Olivia Boothe, Harper A. Brooks

5.0

Eternally Yours is a paranormal romance novel by Harper A. Brooks and Olivia Boothe. Eternally Yours is a gripping paranormal romance that is a stand-alone novel with a HEA. These two authors come together to write a slow burn romance novel about a young human woman who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time and finds her whole life changed in a matter of moments. Her intentions of being a good Samaritan place her in the cross hairs of a dangerous war that has been going on for centuries between vampires and humans. Humans upping the ante by creating new monsters, but Loren are going to be something new…purely by accident.
Eternally Yours is one of those paranormal romance novels that will grab you from the beginning and pull you into the story leaving you page-turning to the very end. Loren is an engaging character overall. She’s living her life, and takes a mundane break to get some coffee and really gets more than she bargained for when injured Nic crosses her path out of a dark alley, followed by a dangerous monster that destroys her life. I like how strong Loren is. She gets put through a lot, but she doesn’t react like a shrinking violet. Now, I will admit that there are some moments in this book of where I felt that she overreacted or was a bit out of line and it doesn’t fully mesh with her character, but it’s not so much that I was put off from continuing the story.
There is so much going on in this book. Loren and Nic are the primary characters in this story, but Nic’s story really takes center stage in several moments of this story. His past and the things that he has been through throughout his life really grabbed me and kept me wanting to learn more about him and the things he’s been through. This book is a mix of slow-burn and off the walls steamy. The slow burn drove me crazy as I kept wondering…is he going to cross that “forbidden” line now? I honestly think that the slow-burn created more fire than the actual steamy scenes which was a bit disappointing.
Overall this book was well written and kept me engaged from beginning to end. I practically devoured this book as I chased the desire to know how things were going to play out for Nic and Loren. I love that we get a nice epilogue that takes readers a few years into the future, and for those of you looking for that happily ever after…for now…yes. LOL! Never know what the future holds.
I’m choosing to rate this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. The storyline, for me, was engaging from beginning to end. I literally devoured this book so fast because I was pulled in so quickly by the characters and the writing style of these two authors. I’m taking off half a star, because for me, the steamy scenes ended up falling a bit flat in comparison to the slow-burn moments of where the characters teased each other and created a build-up that created so much heat. I look forward to reading more by these two authors in the future, so if you are a fan of paranormal romance novels with strong characters then I encourage you to pick this book up.