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Love, Laugh, Lich by Kate Prior
3.0
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

you don't get fired, you get sacrificed   - it's Dark Reign HR policy and I love it.

This is way way better than the Warts and Claws series - I read two of those and although it opened up my interest in the dynamic of bringing monsters into bureaucracy, tax returns and office drama - the writing was stilted,sometimes childish and repetitive. So I was weary of starting a new series in the workplace - but I really wanted to. My curiosity won me over and I'm glad it did.

This series is clever, well written and scandalously spicy.

Romance Plot/Storyline/Themes:  Evil has won and instead of destroying th world ...it's improbong it. Better business practices, Dark Reign and humans working side by side.

Character Development/Favorite Character:
●Soven seems both sweet and terrifying. Makes sense people throw themselves at him.
●Lily go on and get that Lich!
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene::
The First Kiss
"I'm fighting the instinct to put my hands around his horns and wrap my legs around his waist" (Excuse me waiter, I need some ice chips posthaste).
●Ahem ... The uhm...preparation at end chapter 6 into chapter 7.🔥

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes
Every second in the hourglass slipping by makes me think my suggestion was perhaps really dumb. Maybe he needed a professional to shiver for him. Maybe professionally rendered shivers are higher quality? (On Soven's unique spell ingredients)
"We've broken a boundry that can'tbe rebuilt, whether it was that kiss, that shiver or that glimpse (Oh the sweetness of infatuation)

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
Evil rises up and goes to a boardroom for some global mergers, acquisitions.
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