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Hydrous (Immortal Coven, #2)
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This is the second book in the series and I was highly anticipating Naiya’s story. I love a morally grey female protagonist, especially coupled with a morally grey love interest! Naiya is half witch, half Fae, bloodthirsty warrior and she is much stronger than her fellow witch, Collette from the first book.
This brings battle, gore, dominance, and political intrigue like the first book. It has fated mates, enemies to lovers, hidden identities, breeding, and touch her and die.
The pacing really stalled my consumption of the book. I was super excited for the book, and usually that means I read a book in a day or two, but this took me four days. There were several typos and errors missed in editing. These are the types of issues that some readers are going to be less forgiving for as the series continues, especially if they’re reading the books back to back, so I hope this improves.
In the first book, Lifeblood, the love interest, Makhi, used “female” and “mate” was a lot. A lot. But I attributed that to Makhi as a character and I didn’t expect it to be a thing in this book too.
In “Hydrous,” the word “female” appears 336 times in this book. “Mate” appears 413. I was so annoyed at one point that I had to walk away. It was such a small thing, and I was really trying not to let it affect me, but it did. I just couldn’t get away from it. I think it was a big part as to why I didn’t swoon over the Fae King too. The nicknames just seemed to fit Makhi’s character more because he is so anti-social, but the Fae King is royalty and knows how to be charming - I didn’t forgive him for the repetition as much. If someone reads the books back to back, I think this might be an even bigger issue for some people too.
Overall, I enjoyed this and love Naiya as a character. She really made the majority of the book for me and I love how unapologetic she can be.
The author has an awesome imagination and I’m looking forward to more of the series arc to come and the strong, morally grey characters she writes! I can’t wait to see how Naiya and the gang fight back.
This brings battle, gore, dominance, and political intrigue like the first book. It has fated mates, enemies to lovers, hidden identities, breeding, and touch her and die.
The pacing really stalled my consumption of the book. I was super excited for the book, and usually that means I read a book in a day or two, but this took me four days. There were several typos and errors missed in editing. These are the types of issues that some readers are going to be less forgiving for as the series continues, especially if they’re reading the books back to back, so I hope this improves.
In the first book, Lifeblood, the love interest, Makhi, used “female” and “mate” was a lot. A lot. But I attributed that to Makhi as a character and I didn’t expect it to be a thing in this book too.
In “Hydrous,” the word “female” appears 336 times in this book. “Mate” appears 413. I was so annoyed at one point that I had to walk away. It was such a small thing, and I was really trying not to let it affect me, but it did. I just couldn’t get away from it. I think it was a big part as to why I didn’t swoon over the Fae King too. The nicknames just seemed to fit Makhi’s character more because he is so anti-social, but the Fae King is royalty and knows how to be charming - I didn’t forgive him for the repetition as much. If someone reads the books back to back, I think this might be an even bigger issue for some people too.
Overall, I enjoyed this and love Naiya as a character. She really made the majority of the book for me and I love how unapologetic she can be.
The author has an awesome imagination and I’m looking forward to more of the series arc to come and the strong, morally grey characters she writes! I can’t wait to see how Naiya and the gang fight back.
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Reading Progress
April 13, 2022
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Started Reading
April 13, 2022
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April 17, 2022
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