aislinghelen's Reviews (1.01k)

I love this series so much and this was no exception. This was Zara and Anthony’s book, the town vet and one of the Shelly siblings. Zara is trying to find her future mate to settle down with and Anthony is there to help before he leaves town again. But when things get more serious it gets really good.

I love Zara and how she refuses to except anything less than she deserves. It does cause some tension but without it I would have been mad, and it’s NOT miscommunication. Zara is amazing, she really cares about people and animals.

Anthony is great too but it did take me a little while to like him. He kind of speaks like he stepped out of a historical romance at points. Anthony has A LOT of trauma from his parents much like Ame and the rest of their siblings do. He works through this though, and actively tries to better himself for the sake of himself and others.

We also get the overall mystery of the series coming back in. There are chapters from POVs outside the main couple, like Ame from Shelter for a Shifter (my favourite of the series) and others. I love coming back to old characters that I love and seeing how they are doing. 

Highly recommend!! But read in order for this series, you don’t have to read the novellas but I would because I love them.

I loved the plot, I love the world but there was some things I didn’t love. 

These are very much personal preference but there was:
- 3rd person 
- daddy kink
- 3rd act break up
- not much focus on any side characters (like his first mate)

I will also say that the writing style just wasn’t for me. I didn’t hate the book, I read it because it was part of the kickstarter but I don’t think I’ll read anything else from this author.

This was a great end to the series. The first half was a little but hard to get into for me, but by the second half I couldn’t put it down. Harlow got the ending she deserved and so did the guys, even if I wish a couple of things happened differently

Hunter going deaf, Ulrich being named Ulrich, Brooklyn getting pregnant and a couple of others I can’t think of off the top of my head <spoiler/>. Overall I did enjoy it, Harlow is a great character and so are her guys. I love seeing Brooklyn and hers too.

This series has been a 4/3.5 star series for me overall, I really loved parts and didn’t love others. I think that will be the case with most of J Roses writing because the things I dislike are consistent throughout her books, so if you love most of her books this is for you. Her portrayal of mental health  is very different from my experiences of similar (less extreme) issues and it is also often quite heavy. It’s not at all problematic just not what I enjoy reading at points.

Started good, Phoebe was good and so was Asher. I love his daughter Olivia and Phoebes dad. The sexual tension and spice were good. But then there is a plot twist at 75% that just keeps getting worse and worse. Check the CWs.

Plot twist reveal:

She is pregnant with her lying exs baby, who was her professor and married. And also Asher’s former bestie that SAed his sister… and she keeps the baby. WTF

This is a really cute and spicy read but it is also heavy and covers a lot about grief and shows many different ways people experience it. Honestly it got a bit too much for me at points because I don’t really like sad books but it was really well written and the ending made it worth it.

I love it! Kai is very different from all Ana’s other MMCs, like he translates books into latin for fun. He is also not vicious/violent, he uses his brain only. I love Isabella and most of her brothers. Kai and Isa are great together. My only dislike was Kai is very proper and its bugs me. He comes across kind of stuffy in the way he talks and sometimes acts. Overall it was great and I need Alessandra and Dominic's book now!

It was ok. I have read a couple of other books by this author and enjoyed them, since this one was so recommended I thought I would enjoy it. 

I didn’t particularly like or dislike either of the main characters. Chloe was great at points and annoying at others (like with the cat) and so was Red. By the end I didn’t have any strong feelings about them except that they shouldn’t be together.

The third and break up really wasn’t needed but when it happened and Chloe started saying they shouldn’t get back together I agreed.

 

The story also felt incomplete. It went straight from her witnessing a car accident and living at home to two months later when the list was already written, I would have liked to see it being written but it also took me a minute to catch up. The way he was introduced was not what I was expecting from the blurb, which makes him out to be kind of a bad boy type and so does her perspective but it never lines up with his character (other than owning a motorbike and having tattoos I guess). 

The chronic illness rep was good but I am tired of reading books where someone with a chronic illness or disability refuses any help even when they need it because they are strong and can do everything themselves. I get it but I also struggle with pain due to hyper mobility and it really gets annoying when the only rep is that. Yes we can do it ourselves but if we didn’t have this pain would we feel the need to?? This especially annoyed me with how pro therapy she was and yet seemed to never have gone to therapy.

Overall I regret buying this one. I don’t hate it or like it. I kind of dislike it but not even that, it just feels like I wasted time reading it.