Elle ♡ [semi-hiatus]'s Reviews > Rejected

3 stars.

The world building once we leave Earth (early on in the book) bit off more than it could chew. Things were just sloppily explained and unexplored and random. We're introduced to way too many people, places and things without real follow through. And not in a 'oh that's coming next book' kind of way, but like a mentioned and swept aside kind of way. World building is super important to me for PNR, so if you don't need a super robust world that's well explained/sturctured you will probably love this.

Besides the world building the plot was a bit all over the place too. There was no real progress or effort made towards major goals. 'Shadow'...stupid fucking name, btw, I kept waiting for us to learn his real name which we do at the very end, but Shadow is a cute name for a black cat, but a super dumb name for a god. I also didn't miss the fact that our h, Mera, decides to shorten 'Shadow Beast' to 'Shadow' and what do you know that's also what everyone else calls him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Anyway, off the tangent of his name, he keeps threatening to kill her if she doesn't figure out her powers, but never does and never helps her figure her shit out. She also never makes any effort to do this on her downtime, but randomly will just be better at it as time progresses. K. So again, random shit just happens and it felt a bit like being led around on a house tour by a toddler... Just like getting pulled in random directions with no real explanation if that makes sense lol it's fun because the H is a hot supremely powerful being and the h is some sassy mysteriously powerful shifter so it kept me interested, but it could've been better.

All that being said, I found it entertaining enough to read quickly and I'm a sucker for shifters so anything passable I'll probably enjoy. I'll also probably read book 2 if I can remember anything about this book when it's out in a month or so lol