Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Oof, this wasn’t for me. I will always be the first to say that I don’t like the manwhore trope, but books with that trope can be good too, if it’s done well. To me, this one wasn’t. It pretty much missed the whole way through. To be fair to the book and author I probably should’ve DNF’d earlier and moved on, but I kept hoping it would change.

It boils down to the fact that I don’t for a second buy these two together, and I wish Callie found someone else. Zeus is a manwhore, and we know this because it has been repeated over and over again through four books. I’m pretty sure boning anything with a pulse (not my words) is his only personality trait. Usually, the reformed manwhore has some reasoning for avoiding commitment like the plague, but it was really thin in this one, and he didn’t feel ‘reformed’ at all.

All of that is just my personal opinion of course and I expect most people will love this book. The action was entertaining and it was fun to see them solve the case, and I especially loved seeing more of Iris and Saint as they’re my favorite couple from the series. Where the book really loses me however, and made me uncomfortable, is how much it feels like Zeus is using and taking advantage of Callie.

Callie is *so* freaking vulnerable early on, and Zeus is well aware. Callie would do anything for someone to show him just a scrap of affection or care, and he desperately wants someone to love him and be there for him. Zeus has no intention of being that person, but he still sleeps with Callie. At one point Zeus even says he’s so turned on that he would even bone one of his teammates. Any hole would do, Callie just happened to be the one who turned him on.

By the epilogue, Callie is keeping a secret, and one of Zeus’ and the rest of the team’s first thoughts is that Callie might be cheating. I can’t believe in a happy ever after when all they went through still ends in no trust between them. I know people are allowed to have issues they need to work through, but damn.

If you loved this book and the characters, please just ignore my ramblings. Sometimes a book just doesn’t work for me, and this was one of them.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Private military group
Manwhore
Past trauma
Attention and touch starved MC
Found family
Romantic suspense

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
MC victim of domestic abuse (past)
Suicidal ideation/thoughts
Sex trafficking
MC offered drugs (doesn’t take any)
MCs forced by circumstances to have sex
Gun violence
Mentions of suicide by family member (past, minor details)
Brief mention of being disowned because of sexuality (past)
Explicit sexual content
Breath play/collaring
SC recounting death of best friend (past, minor details)
Torture of a side character (minor details)
Injured MC
Graphic violence
Severely injured MC
Gunshot wound
Mentions of surgery and induced coma

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: Callie kisses one of Zeus’ teammates on a rescue mission. It’s about survival and there’s no emotion behind it.
Breakup: Yes
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Romantic suspense
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 29/30 and not specified
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 317




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