Lorn

I've been Cliffhanged

Revisado: 01-28-22

That ending. Once again, a book ends midway through booking. Shame on me, dear reader, because I'll definitely be downloading the next one. In the beginning, I didn't understand the review hype (I thought you all betrayed me). It was a graphic and disturbing start, then we got introduced to our girl, and she's annoying and selfish. The type you want bad things to happen to just so she'll grow some sense through experience. Thankfully, character development saved the day, and I grew to like her. This book is an odd combo of modern language (lots of swearing) in a medieval type society, which I initially found off putting, but eventually, I got used to. Next, it turned into sex all the time. Gratuitous, possibly to the point of boring. But fear not! In between sex scenes we have a great start to world building and some serious machinations. There are characters you love to hate and plot twists and turns that reeled me in. By the cruel ending, I was hooked.

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At Last!

Revisado: 01-28-22

Another great addition to the series! This one ranked somewhere in the middle for me (Kereny was a little annoying at first), but it gets extra bonus points for including Lothaire and Ellie. We got some answers (I hope) about upcoming books and I'm happy Munro got his happy ending. Robert Petkoff continues to be amazing. I don't even want to know how many years I'll need to wait for the next one.

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Not For Me

Revisado: 01-28-22

Oooh. Where to start, dear reader. I jumped into this series at book 2 thinking like most romance series I'd be just fine. Well the author kept eluding to the previous book over and over so I was a bit lost (not that the plotline was all that involved). I love a good marriage of convenience story, so I thought I'd give this a try, but I guess I should have paid attention to the "sassy" and "bossy" in the description. There are things one simply cannot unhear. I like a steamy read, but this wasn't to my taste. Unspeakable things happened involving an innocent piece of ginger. Where's the trigger warning for that!? Some secret BDSM sex club and spankings later, here we are. I won't even get into how irritating our naughty heroine was. The cherry on top of this dumpster fire was the narrator who did not improve the situation.

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Passed the Time

Revisado: 07-13-21

Ok so this wasn't the best or the worst. Our girl has serious mommy and daddy issues and at times was just mean. She was hard to like and by the end of it I was tired. The world building and overall plot was a little clunky. I found myself becoming disinterested the more I learned so I don't think I'll be continuing on.

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Vampire Déjà Vu

Revisado: 06-30-21

Did I read this book already and forget or is it just that similar to other vampire books that I only think I did? In a good way and in a bad way, it's just that similar to other books in the genre. The twist here is that our girl is a vampire hunter, which turns out to be a little annoying. She thinks she can outsmart all the ancient vampires and is a bit too self righteous and arrogant (major I'm not like other girls type). Everyone is too weak to save themselves and she's the only one who can save them. That said, it was a fun book. You had mean girls, hot vampires, and a new vampire world to learn about. Depending on the character development, the next book will make or break the series for me.

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Such Angst!

Revisado: 06-28-21

Ok. Let's be real for a minute. There are some major flaws to this series. What twenty one year old can go from homeless to buying a house in 18 months!? The timeline is whack. But if we look past that, I'm loving everything else. The chemistry between the characters is there and I like the mate tracker concept, the world building, and the pacing of the story. The romance is at a slow build angsty place, but we're getting character development so I'm being patient. When will the next book be on audible because I'm actually really impatient!

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Saved by the Last Chapter

Revisado: 05-31-21

This was a SLOW story. I took a months long break just because I completely lost interest due to the pace. It starts off alright but then you just have to slog through the middle. All of the elements of intrigue are there but it some how lacks the urgency and tension required to hold a person's attention. I'm still a bit confused as to how/what her powers are but admittedly I spaced out quite a bit listening to this. After finally getting through to the end there's a bit of a cliffhanger and I'm far more tempted to move on to the next book than I would have thought.

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Disappointed

Revisado: 05-31-21

I saw a lot of positive reviews so I decided to give this one a chance. Unfortunately, I found the story to be boring and difficult to finish. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what made this story so bland (even during the action packed moments I was uninterested). I've read many similar books and this one was very generic and predictable. I didn't connect to the characters and our main girl was a bit annoying. I hate to say it, but maybe this story could have used an academy.

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Complete Story

Revisado: 05-02-21

I'm sort of torn about how I feel about this book. I listened to the whole thing though in one weekend (I was sick. Don't judge) and I didn't get bored (which is saying something given the length) , but also at the end I couldn't see myself listening to it again. The narration was pretty good - not a stand out but didn't take away from the story. One definite positive is that you get a full complete story. Here be no cliffhangers. Overall it's a good story - I just can't quite pin down why it isn't great.

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I'm big mad

Revisado: 04-13-21

What did I just read?! I'm not sure if this was a romantic comedy or a horror story. Orphan girl finds lost family, gains a stalker(who I somehow like better than the main character), and joins the family war! It was a tough pill to swallow to have the main character quickly become a bigot. I wanted Andie to be taught a lesson(i.e. bad things to happen to her) so she'd actually learn and grow but instead she was improbably perfect at everything. I was rolling my eyes by the end. A strategic prodigy, a professional saxophone player that never practices, super attractive, need I say more? Everything was beyond frustrating by the end, but I still want to know what happens so I might go on to book 2 once I've calmed down. The reader is probably the only thing that got me through this upsetting story, but she also used the wrong voice for the wrong character quite a few times. Does anyone even do a listen though before publishing these? Rant over.

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