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Reborn (Kaliya Sahni, #4)
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bookshelves: year-2024, arranged-forced-convenient-marriage, audible, audiobook, fantasy-romance, kindle-unlimited, mystery, own-the-audiobook, romance, romantic-suspense, shifter-romance, smart-kick-ass-heroine, urban-fantasy
Aug 29, 2024
bookshelves: year-2024, arranged-forced-convenient-marriage, audible, audiobook, fantasy-romance, kindle-unlimited, mystery, own-the-audiobook, romance, romantic-suspense, shifter-romance, smart-kick-ass-heroine, urban-fantasy
Look, I really love this series and world but there were some things in this book that pissed me off.
The mystery and conspiracy of this series is so compelling I need to keep reading to figure out what's going on. But Kaliya hides and lies to her mate to "protect him" from her enemies. Her enemies almost kill him and if she had not been hiding from him, he would have had a better chance.
I was also horrified by Raphael hurting Kaliya for a very trivial "look, Ma" moment. It was not okay.
Finally, Kaliya's friends are very codependent and pushy. It's all very well and good in this fictional setting for folks to have an intervention but I'm not sure I believe in them in real life.
But, I was pulled in and loved this and will keep going. But these aren't my favorite characters even tho I also love them.
The mystery and conspiracy of this series is so compelling I need to keep reading to figure out what's going on. But Kaliya hides and lies to her mate to "protect him" from her enemies. Her enemies almost kill him and if she had not been hiding from him, he would have had a better chance.
I was also horrified by Raphael hurting Kaliya for a very trivial "look, Ma" moment. It was not okay.
Finally, Kaliya's friends are very codependent and pushy. It's all very well and good in this fictional setting for folks to have an intervention but I'm not sure I believe in them in real life.
But, I was pulled in and loved this and will keep going. But these aren't my favorite characters even tho I also love them.
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Reading Progress
August 26, 2024
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Started Reading
August 26, 2024
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August 27, 2024
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5.0%
"I'm curious. Do interventions really work? I have people in my life who do not have healthy behavior but they know how I feel and I know that they don't change. I feel like this is a very romantic/codependent view of friendship."
August 28, 2024
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33.0%
"I hate that she's hiding how she feels from him and pushing him away on the pretense of protecting him. It's annoying."
August 29, 2024
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83.0%
"Their relationship is so unhealthy. She keeps secrets but did he just cut her to prove a point?"
August 29, 2024
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83.0%
"Notes for my review
I love the writing and the world building and I am completely drawn in to the conspiracy and I want to know what happened.
But the portrayal of mental health? No. The romance sucks. She tries to protect him from her past by keeping secrets. Her past catches up anyway and almost killed him. If she had told the truth, they might have avoided that.
Also, he hurts her as a demonstration. What?"
I love the writing and the world building and I am completely drawn in to the conspiracy and I want to know what happened.
But the portrayal of mental health? No. The romance sucks. She tries to protect him from her past by keeping secrets. Her past catches up anyway and almost killed him. If she had told the truth, they might have avoided that.
Also, he hurts her as a demonstration. What?"
August 29, 2024
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audible
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
arranged-forced-convenient-marriage
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
year-2024
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
kindle-unlimited
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
fantasy-romance
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
audiobook
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
romance
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
own-the-audiobook
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
mystery
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
urban-fantasy
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
smart-kick-ass-heroine
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
shifter-romance
August 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
romantic-suspense
August 29, 2024
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Finished Reading