The sequel for the Alphas on the planet Nasila follows another set of characters within the same world as the first.
꧁TWelcome back to the Omegaverse
The sequel for the Alphas on the planet Nasila follows another set of characters within the same world as the first.
꧁The Characters꧂
Lucy is a born omega who leans very heavily into her dynamic, dare I say use it to her advantage as she tries to become a first-rate hussler. That's right, we got a pouting sassy omega who is OUT to get that cash, buy a nest, and make her way in the world.
“Because Lucy blinks her eyes and trembles her bottom lip, even sniffles a little, before she says, “Mister Alpha, sir… I mean, Your Honor…” Another sniffle. “I’m just an omega. I want to go home and hide in my nest after this terrible night. I need my blankets.”
Truly an incredibly bizarre backstory that shows Lucy's point of view as submissive, sassy, hilarious, and a true entrepreneur. think selling feet pics but omega style.
Tjor is a fighter, an alpha and has never been with an omega before and has some classic "I'm not good enough" background.
“It’s better that way. I doubt she would be proud of the way I live.” “You mean, in a clean place, with food in the fridge, and two stacks of bills… one paid and the other unpaid? Yeah, you’re a mess, Tjor.” That earns me a little growl in warning, but I can see that hint of a grin he’s trying to kill with another bite. “You’re cheeky; I like that.” “You have a thick knot… I like that.” Now he finally smiles, and it’s sheepish and so damn sweet on this giant of a Saimai alpha. “I’ll take your word for it, omega.” Start to finish, it was a fucking adorable dynamic.
The two of them were hilarious to read! The early courtship dates where he wants literally nothing to do with her.
*Insert heart eyes here*
To learning how to nest together. And finally hey height of romance where they could end up marri-in jail.
Overall, I recommend this book if interested in Omegaverse but want the heroine to be a little insane and fully aware of her omega tendencies. As a sequel, this book very much took the standards from the first book and almost reversed the circumstances in a creative and playful way. If you are unfamilar with what Omegaverse even means, then I recommend checking out the first one as a beginner's guide....more
“What are you doing?” “Helping my wife.” My throat bobs. “You’re growing a bit too comfortable with that nickname for my liking.” “I use it to remi“What are you doing?” “Helping my wife.” My throat bobs. “You’re growing a bit too comfortable with that nickname for my liking.” “I use it to remind you of your place.” “And what’s that?” “Mine.”
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“He’s your boss.” “I know.” “He’s much older than you.” “Is that supposed to be a bad thing because I only see the positives,” Nana asks.”
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“When he looks back up, his eyes seem to brighten. “Do I make you nervous?” “No,” I say too quickly. His grin widens.”
“She smiles up at me. “You’re not dancing.” I’m not sure I’m even breathing. She laughs”...more
“I’d been born to fulfill a promise to the fae king.”
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“The room was…fine, if you were someone who enjoyed the soulless eyes of dead animals watc “I’d been born to fulfill a promise to the fae king.”
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“The room was…fine, if you were someone who enjoyed the soulless eyes of dead animals watching your every movement. It seemed someone—likely the king—had a penchant for hunting.”
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“What makes you so sure I’d try something stupid?” “I’ve spent more than five minutes in your presence,” he threw over his shoulder. “That was enough.”
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“Don’t worry,” he said in a low growl. “It would have to kill me before I would let it take you from me.”
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“Nothing,” Nellie answered for me, her voice thick with dread. “He did nothing, Val.” Val’s brows pinched together. “That makes no fucking sense.”
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“Well.” A pause. “No. The mists are dangerous. You wouldn’t survive out there alone.” A bitter laugh popped from my throat. “That is exactly what Oberon said to keep us in line.” Toryn fell silent. Clearly, he couldn’t come up with a good argument. Because there wasn’t one.”
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“This is annoying,” I said to them. “Don’t you want to go help them?” No answer, but what did I expect? They were horses.”
“Don’t stop,” I say on a moan. “As if you can tell me what to do.” He hooks an arm around my thighs, caging me against him, squeezing my thighs tog“Don’t stop,” I say on a moan. “As if you can tell me what to do.” He hooks an arm around my thighs, caging me against him, squeezing my thighs together, creating the perfect amount of friction and…”...more
“I huff at him and throw my hands in the air. “I’ve done nothing wrong. Nothing, even when I really freaking wanted to. So if that asshole comes out w“I huff at him and throw my hands in the air. “I’ve done nothing wrong. Nothing, even when I really freaking wanted to. So if that asshole comes out with a bad attitude, you can tell him to shove it so far up his ass that he chokes on it!”...more
Spoilers hidden because I’m not a dick This review gonna be a lili bit of raving about this book by itself VS ranting how it was as a continuation o Spoilers hidden because I’m not a dick This review gonna be a lili bit of raving about this book by itself VS ranting how it was as a continuation of Maas’s series
Honestly, my biggest challenge going into this book was all my preconceptions of this world and its characters. The stakes were high.
Cassian is one of the biggest favorites in the fandom
Whereas Nesta has a reputation for being a....
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So going into it, the book was better when I tried to block out all the nasty shit in previous books and high expectations. This isn’t the start of a new ✨Maas✨series, just a standalone romance happening in same world. I highly recommend that mindset cuz then it's less disappointing. Moving on,
꧁The Characters꧂
I have never liked Nesta Acheron. sorry not sorry. I didn’t like her much in the previous books but I acknowledge that her character has potential for such depth that Maas really tried to develop here.
But did it work?
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Typically these characters dynamics would usually have me ✨screaming✨ with a bloodthirsty heroine and spitfire cocky guy who always comes back for her!!
I’ve always loved Cassian. But i didnt *quite* love his POV.
I felt like thru an attempt of making his character more dimensional, we lost some of his key characteristics as the flirtatous badass who uses humor and adrenaline to cope... Yes it was amazing getting insight into his thoughts and Maas’s writing style easily adopted this dual perspective. I just wish we got more of the Cassian that trained Freye and let her punch out as needed while cracking jokes at Rhysands expensive.
Maas is known for her growling, purring, overprotective, asshole, alpha males. BUT I LOVEEE ITTTT
And his relationship with Nesta was so well developed. He knows Nesta as a victim, killer, broken girl, self-sufficient woman, and general badass. He's seen it alll and he keeps coming back for her.
Together, these two were the perfect combination for a hot chaotic relationship that had you swooning, cackling, and gasping.
I don't think Nesta will ever be my fav character however her story really speaks to mental health for someone who reacts/protects themselves with sharp words and anger
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Some describe Nesta as ambitious and authoritative character but to me she was very selfish, cold, and distant. She did nothing to help Feyre provide for their family and spent the money Freye earned on frivolous items. THEN in fey world went on whole refusing to train/ help others but demanding they protect ONE of her sisters?! *fuck off*
In this book, She *finally* had moments of -well i’m tired of not being able to protect myself. LIKE YES BITCH THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL BEEN SAYING THIS WHOLE TIME
So on that element, I was sooo glad she was actually making progress and decisions!
At the same time, I found myself disappointed with the Inner Circle *gasp* I know, I was sad about it too. I understood why they were done with her shit. Because, same.
But the constant bashing of Nesta's drinking, sex, and weight were low blows especially compared to the violence and weight loss Freyre went thru. hypocrites much? I fully recognize this isn’t reflective of the characters we know but its Nesta’s perspective of the characters acting towards her... *Shrug*
꧁The Maas Quality꧂
Honestly, sad to report no major twists. It was just a really good, borderline dark, romance driven by character development and lotttta sexy sexy fun times since its not longer YA
If I had just randomly picked this up, then this book would’ve been off the charts with such dynamic characters, beautiful worldbuilding, and an okay plot.
But in comparison with her others, this book seemed kinda basic and was missing some intricate detail plot twists that you usually can count on with Maas.
To sum up it was an epic story of redemption-- Of a girl finding herself again after tragedy. And along the way she makes friends, and a lover who listens to her who supports her rough recovery, and not always her actions.
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Somehow this book felt soooo long and overly descriptive.. but also was not enough. No idea how that happens but there it is.
The next threat/enemy makes logical sense. So I liked that
I wanted Nesta to get fierce FOR her sisters and be finally willing to fight FOR them. I love some badass sisters dynamics of teasing each other, bitching at each other but would do anything for each other in the end! Didn't really quite get that.
I was constantly underwhelmed by Nesta. She talks lotta shit but what has she actually done?
She has continuously refused to show initiative in her own life and failed to provide for herself. Instead, she constantly chose to lean on the resources of others for her survival.
All she has done is complain. Complain about her human life while refusing to work and save herself or her sisters. Complain about the happiness her lili sister found while refusing to be part of it. Complain about the only people willing to fight and save humans while refusing to train or learn to fight FOR HERSELF. iM bOrEd and AnGeReD by the dismissive bullshit that defined her character up to this point in the series
This book showed some sparks of greatness! Taking initiative in her life! Using all that spitfire and backbone to make something for herself! But in the end, it kinda failed to live up to the fierce powerful Nesta I was hoping she would transform into.
Reading this book you can’t help but compare to Maas’ other great heroines.
I think the big difference is that Aelin always kept moving forward. And Bryce was a little shit. But Nesta handled her depression by freezing and becoming nasty. Which is just really hard to read sometimes.
Overall, I’m glad I read this book but it won’t be a major re-read like most Maas books. The book stands on the friendship the characters build, Nesta overcoming her despair and FINALLY developing her interesting powers. I greatly enjoyed the character dynamics of how Cassian and Nesta are such strong complex characters, but I wanted their romance to be more epic and to sweep me away. I love this world and all the creatures and BADASS FEMALE WARRIORS but the plot was lacking and I hate the power change that a lot of Maas’ characters are undergoing.
If you are teetering whether to read this book, I gotta tell you to lower your expectations and try to forget the bullshit of Nesta’s past in order to just fully enjoy this book. It was pretty great seeing the Inner Circle’s relationships in the aftermath of Wings and Ruin, especially through Nesta’s harsh eye that hardcore READS THESE BITCHES and all their flaws. Plus it gives some foreshadowing and builds excitement for which characters might be next. It was a good romance, but it wasn’t a great Maas book.
I have never liked Nesta. sorry not sorry. I didn’t like her much in the previous books but I acknowledge that her character does have potential for such depth
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Some describe Nesta as ambitious and authoritative character but to me she was very selfish, cold, and distant. She did nothing to help Feyre provide for their family and spent the money Freye earned on frivolous items. THEN in fey world goes on whole refusing to train/ help others but demanding they protect ONE of her sisters?! *fuck off*
Just the idea of a sister knowingly fucking over another in how she treated Freyre as human for YEARS ... it actually hurts my heart a little bit .... that kinda selfishness
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But Cassian liking her will probably MAKE me like her more *god i hope so cuz he deserves the best* I just sick of Nesta's unrelenting nastiness while also hoping she resolves her trauma and that Cassian finds the happiness he deserves
Wish list It’d be kinda cool to find out that she was doing something —sacrificing— to help the family that Freyre never knew back when they were humans behind the wall
She just needs SOME redeeming quality for all the times she constantly bitching and lashing out at everyone. Some reason for why the whole Cassian ignoring thing and treating her sis Feyre like dirt *shaking my fucking head* Also generally she way 2 protective and angry towards people for there not to be some sorta backstory or event behind it hahah
Cover: ehhh I not really a fan of this style... also don’t think it really suited for Cassian with the hardcore Autumn court theme and colors. This just seems like such a let-down and step-down compared to the artful creativity and beauty of Crescent City *frowny face*
But its Maas so of courseeeee imma read it *duhhhh*
**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review.**
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This book is unapologetically dark romance fae trash… So let’s get into it
꧁The Char**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review.**
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This book is unapologetically dark romance fae trash… So let’s get into it
꧁The Characters꧂ Meet Estrella. She's conscientious. She's protective. And she's angry at how life has constantly given her the short end
same girl
"I was so f*cking tired of being a victim. Of being treated like I was less than the men around me, because they had a piece of meat swinging between their legs."
Her martyrism for her family endeared me to her but also made me side eye and snitch phrases like "Mary Sue" at the beginning.....
But also is what I'm looking for when I just want a quick easy hot alpha paired up with an equally violent and sassy heroine. Estrella's development into a violent and defiant POV was constantly entertaining, full of raw emotions. She just so angry and vulnerable about her reality.
Everyone kept fighting her. So she started fighting back
"You're a vicious one, aren't you?" he asked, running his tongue over the top of his perfect bottom teeth. "Only when it comes to pushy men who seem to think they have the right to touch me," I snapped, leaning further into the knife against his throat."
Enter our potential love interest, Caelum.
The world-building, unique plot, and antihero love interest all hooked me right away. He is a total morally grey character that embraces his monster tendencies in the most wickedly delicious ways
“I would burn the world to the ground and lay it at your feet if you so much as asked it of me"
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꧁The Writing Style꧂ Short and shocking which worked very well with Estrella’s POV of everything being new and dangerous that I was immediately immersed into this book world
"Sudden awareness burst through my contentment, the impression of someone banging on the other side of a doorway, though there was none to be found."
And now the critiques…
Im going to list its flaws with the astrix of *i saw the shortcomings and literally did not give a sh*t.
✨Cliche✨ This is a dark fae romance book. It will contain every fae alphahole trope from jealous motherf*cka to i will protect you even from yourself. Either ya like it or ya dont. ✨Human✨ The heroine is painfully human so she makes lots of stupid decisions and is the last f*cking person to realize anything. ✨Basic✨ There is no subtle foreshadowing. We allllll know whats coming but we still have to GET there through the story line that seems to be building up to — hopefully something more magical ?
Looking back, this book really felt more like a prequel than a main event. There was so much set up and predictions. Family secrets (view spoiler)[ what the actual frick was her brother doing (hide spoiler)]. Identity foreshadowing (view spoiler)[ shadow fae have public mating mentioned in mythology stories earlier (hide spoiler)]. Secrecy (view spoiler)[ Caelum ‘s identity everyone saw coming (hide spoiler)].
I mean those are all really great plot points!! But we never get anywhere with them in this first book :(
This first book really just set up the heroine. First introduced to the fae world to work on the immediate issue THEN later build-up to the MAJOR plot that the series will be focused on.
Overall, I simply adored this book despite critiques.
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For the first of a series, it set up the world that I cannot WAIT to see where it’s going, and how the author might add some more twists and turns. The love interest was flawed, driven, and I wanted to slap then kiss him at the same time.
"If you can hit me, you can hit anyone," he said, stabbing toward me with a quick jab. I bent backward to avoid it striking me in the chest. "And I will very much enjoy watching you cut down enemies at my side one day."
Looking ahead, I have some definite expectations for the sequel. I especially hope the author carefully works to differentiate the cultures and buildup of each fae court, so that they aren’t all basically the same with just a different color scheme *cough pathetic don't do it*
While the beginning had some basic YA vibes with the setup, it quickly developed into an engaging NA with more sexy, more intriguing, more b*tching characters. For me, how the sequel is developed will decide whether this was a one and done, or a Rhysand-sneaky plotting-human standing up for herself- kind of series.
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**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review.**
My god that was a wild ride.
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The characters
Emily Webster, her new identity as Emma P**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review.**
My god that was a wild ride.
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The characters
Emily Webster, her new identity as Emma Porter.
She is absolutely an ice bitch character — cold, calculating and ready to do whatever it takes to survive.
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But it is also a coping mechanism. Sometimes she needs to shut off emotions and jump into action. This book really worked to balance her strength of character balancing the victim and survivor complex... and THE SASS.
"Okay, good. If I got one more 'all right' out of you, I was going to stab myself in the thigh with a letter opener."
"All right," She smiled wickledly"
Our love interest, Nathan Bishop
He was cocky. He was sweet. He was a sly motherfucker... who still remembers his old childhood partner in crime, Emily *swoon*
"I’m going to make love to you, and then I’m going to fuck you. Then we’ll see how the rest of the night goes"
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Their character dynamic
My favorite FAVORITE thing about this book was you totally saw how their dynamic changed over the years- both characters obviously changed and developed.
"Several therapists had offered breathing techniques to help her overcome sudden panic. Too bad none of them knew about the crook of Nathan’s neck; it was restorative"
You read about the present with scenes in the past just wAiTiNg and hoping to figure out what FUCKING changed!?
I loved how the author also played with RomCom cliches. She rewrote those typically magical moments. Like seeing your love interest — dramatic music playing in your head, saying the perfect right words, getting swept off your feet —
Their moment was a tad different ...
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The plot
This plot was wayyy more intricate and devious than I was expecting for a rom com. Our MC had hidden memories she began remembering that began giving subtle details, building up the suspense to the major issue at the end.
This book had two distinct parts of the first half being the courtship romancing overcoming trauma of past, then the second half being HOLY FUCKING SHIT DEFCON 2
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Secondary characteristics
This book had a serious problem with Names. Names of characters. Tons of Characters. Nicknames for those characters.
Our main character has two names AND a nickname of "IQ" which is mentioned once. Our love interest Nathan, ALSO had nickname of "North"
I have this tendency as a reader where I start to skim over names that aren't MCs. Which can be good and bad. And in this book, I would've fucking drowned if I was actually trying to keep track of all the additional names.
Prepare for rapidfire.
Carolina Fitzhugh: BFF JFT: bodyguard... where did he go Rigo: bad guy BFF Alex: bitchy mean girl Hercules Renolds: assassin *with a name like that why do you need a nickname too. and why short
Cerberus: secret info source *whose real identity is someone here mentioned Tox: love interest's BFF Harris: Calliope: girl Twitch: computer badass Finn McIntyre: Ren: Jonah Steady Lockhart: Teddy: Charlie: uncle ? Sofria Kirk: CIA girl Maggie: love interest of Charlie
Dario Sava: ... okay fine he was just an awesome baddie
“Rest assured I will not leave your children fatherless. Your wife without a husband.”
“I will kill them too.” And with that Dario slit the man’s throat “Now see if this cousin of his still wants a job. There is an opening”
It got kinda confusing to keep track of them all in who I actually needed to remember and was important.
The writing style
Quick tangent: I absolutely loved the prologue. Wonderful way to begin the book~ great balance of world-building, introducing key characters, with some anticipating foreshadowing
The pacing of this book with building the romance and the danger element was pretty good so it never felt slow
But the dialogue had these huge spaces between them which made the dialogue seem short, awkward, and chunky instead of the desired banter back and forth I think the author wanted to convey
But then... suddenly a huge event would happen that’s in the middle of a descriptive paragraph and I’d have whiplash of WAIT WHAT JUST HAPPENED
Why was there not a paragraph gap BUT THERE WAS EVERY OTHER PART
Overall, this was a fun suspenseful romance that gave me that telenovela drama. I adored the main characters and the military badass drama provided an engaging setting that had me screaming desperately for a happy ending. But the secondary character overload was frankly overwhelming and unnecessary. For a debut, this was pretty good and the author just needs to make some stylistic changes to keep the dialogue dynamic, and not overwhelm their reader with characters....more
**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review**
me: ugh I hate cliches author: uses the title in the book also me: *sobs* they used the title in the **I was provided with an ARC for an honest review**
me: ugh I hate cliches author: uses the title in the book also me: *sobs* they used the title in the book
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Our heroine Cassidy Knite
At first she seemed like a kinda basic bitch, the virgin college student lost parents kinda character.
Okay and ?
But then there was ✨this switch ✨ moment that activated brat mode — so she started making some wild ass decisions that was very different from the inital shy wallflower we meet
“ I had a run-in with Roxy”
AHHAHAH THATS A FUCKING MILD WAY TO PUT IT LMAO
She has her own goals of wanting to be a journalist at the The New York Artefact. That she not gonna let anyone ^especially miss Roxy fuck em up^. She has her values. That she not gonna let her own hot boss ruin them. She just might push the limits a little for some fun *wink*
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That obsessive territorial asshole ♥️
“I’ve been patient for almost two months, but I’m done. Whatever the risk of rejection or ramifications of her being my internship, I don’t care. But when I reach her desk, she’s gone, and it will be days before she returns. Fuck”
His love language is words of affirmation and aint nobody gonna convince me otherwise
At first he seemed just like a workaholic where his alphaness was described and it wasn’t till later we learned more about his character and actually SAW that dominant shit in action. He was developed. He had an inner darkness that kept me desperately flipping pages to understand what caused him to be the man he is now.
But he also had moments being a sweetheart who just trying to figure shit out,
“Okay, now I’m confused. What happened between her moaning my name in ecstasy to now?”
Was some of the fucking realest funniest shit I have read in a whileeee because yes girls be complicated and sometimes our brain goes a mile a minute
But now I gotta say it. What the actual FUCk was that vacation scene. I mean it was a goddamn flight. What possible work situation is so drastic but then is lowkey solved during the trip back via video chat. Like what. Where is my damn bikini makeout scene?
AND THEN HOURS AFTER LEAVING A BEAUTIFUL GETAWAY
AFTER HOURS OF TRAVELING
for that SpOiLeR.
It was romantic as paperwork.
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It was just such a random hiccup that I guess was needed to further our plot. I also hadn’t realized the length of this book, it aint a romance that ends at the courtship.
Oh nooooo honey, it goes into all the nitty gritty relationship shit that has some of the best orgasms, I mean highs. And some of the lowest lows.
We all have a fight or flight response
And Cassie is *heavily* on the flight response
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Now the secondary characters,
I was pleasantly surprised by the friendship written. Usually, the obligatory book friendship is surface deep, limited to just info-dumping and brainstorming of sex positions (tell me i’m wrong)
But Emy was adorable! She schemes and plans with Harly and helps make shit special for Cassy
“Emy leans forward and whispers to Harly, “That bitch told us to shop in the cheap stores like we can’t afford things in here.”
This is absolutely something my BFF mischievously planned a surprise with my BF and seeing it in a book made me heart go ekkkkk.
I loved how Emy constantly told it is! I mean its so true that friends won’t support all your decisions. But they WILL love you and help you through them. For some reason this seemed to surprise Cassie at first... but later Cassie thanked her lucky stars to have such a real friend
Some of the other characters you meet and thought they were gonna be limited to that chapter but still had some tricks up their sleeve later in the book with Brighton, Whitney, Declan, Katherine, and Sandton
When I found out the moms name is Alexa
I fucking lost it.
Alexa, play Go Fuck Yourself
Writing style This writer did a pretty great job balancing the action with the worldbulding while introducing its characters. Certain writing choices of the dreams and flashbacks were a little disorientating in what was actually happening in the plot. Some moments were drawn out and you were like. Why. But later revelations made some details make wayyy more sense
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Side note, I kinda loved the symbols that indicated a POV switch. Honestly with the symbol I could’ve done without the additional name tag at the beginning of each chapter. The butterfly symbol was adorable and I loved how it appeared in the storyline itself. I sorta highlighted how that image was carefully matched to her personality! But it also showed how wrong Harly’s symbol was....
I mean at no point was baseball ever really associated with his character. It was mentioned once in ch 24 that Harly likes the Yankees... bruh. Like it should’ve been a briefcase or boxing gloves to make more sense with his character.
Overall, this was a fun romance with the taboo boss-intern dynamic that was made all the more spicey with the life chaos surrounding these characters as they struggle to be together with all their friends and family drama pulling them away from each other. While the beginning romance was a little basic recipe, all the twists and turns of the plot after the couple was together worked to elevate this whole book to enjoy reading about the couple BEING in a relationship, not just a beginning courtship.
This is a bully romance. features a dark love-interest who pushes. breaks. and defiles her limits in such a ✨devious delicious way✨ that keeps you craThis is a bully romance. features a dark love-interest who pushes. breaks. and defiles her limits in such a ✨devious delicious way✨ that keeps you crawling back for more.
Meet our heroine. Noah's Little One: Truly featured on this *gorgeous* cover
Overall, I enjoyed Truly. At times her nativity made me cringe especially with setting of not even being in college *wait what* that made her seem even more immature
But its a coming of age road trip. So she recognizes that she has been kinda fake and innocent and works to embrace herself and her sassy nature
"I’d gone from the virginal princess, pretending to be a bad girl, to this… this person who takes pleasure in being used…being fucked hard and without mercy. This girl in the mirror with the emptiness between her legs and the war in her heart."
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And then theres our bad boi, Noah.
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As if being the brother of her ex wasn't taboo enough, he's has possessive psycho tendencies all centers around ruining Truly
And Holy FUCKING hellllll. I FELL FOR HIM SOOOO HARD. Usually it takes more of a build up but the moment Noah started giving orders I was
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“I see you, Truly. If my brother was stupid enough to drop you, you better fucking believe I’m going to pick you up. I will own you, every inch that belonged to him will be mine.”
This being a bully love interest genre, it features some kinky rough sex with the dark romance element being pretty intense but kinda limited to just the beginning.
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Totally respect people not enjoying DUB-CON and CON-CON especially with experiences of trauma and consent which is precisely why authors work to include trigger warnings and upfront genres, so be sure to check that shit out before reading.
Besides adoring Noah's dark prince personality ENTIRELY more than I should've, I was pleasantly surprised by the writing quality itself. It was extremely engaging that managed to bring fresh new elements to a *lets be honest here* often contrived roadtrip plot
“The summer after senior year is supposed to be the best summer of my life. It’s supposed to be full of adventure, and self-discovery, and making love under the stars. It’s supposed to be about losing myself and finding my way. Only, it isn’t supposed to happen this way”
Though I must admit I was completely thrown for a loop, and frankly confused as fuck, when Chapter Two began with,
“The Bible talks a lot about faith.”
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Honestly it just felt random and thrown in for the one chapter to note really make a reappearance. The unexpected religious element also worked against the dark romance vibes that were strived for, but did work to build Truly’s character and her past with her mother.
So I guess.. you do you, boo boo.
Overall. Well-fucking-done. I wanted a dark romance and while it wasn't *quite* not as dark as I might've wanted, Truly totally fit the bill. Hot, ridiculous, and pushes the limits, this will likely be a re-read of mine. I would've preferred to have the setting be for slightly older established college kids but thats just me so I just kept picturing them at that anyways so fuck it.
Definitely recommend checking out if this your kinda genre.
Completely side note but fuck Becca. She is honestly one of the worst friends. I understand her actions were the reason we even got the fun plot but objectively, it was a shitty friend move. just sayin'......more