Alicia's Reviews > Fastlander Phoenix

I was so excited for this one.
The storyline really picks up as everything prophesized begins to fall into place, but Timber was the least convincing therapist/psychologist in existence. I get that all the characters in the author’s books pretty much talk the same and normally that doesn’t bother me so much, but when you pick a distinctive profession they shouldn’t talk the same as a tradie or a hairdresser or a preschool teacher etc. And she was just so emotionally stunted. It felt like you could have swapped both MCs out for literally any other MCs from any of her other books and the story would have stayed pretty much the same, and it really shouldn’t do that. The declarations are feeling very sameish, but at least this one left out the usual scars talk. I get it, you like your women treated like queens. I do too usually, but some variation is nice.
The action is on the grander scale and does happen pretty quickly and the ending sets up for a new series to follow on. It does have a number of scenes with the wider crew, which is where I think these books always shine, because the found family is always on point. There’s a lot of destruction, but also a lot of healing.