Still feels very fanficcy, but I've gotten used to it. What drove me nuts in this book were Julia's flashback chapters. They were worth it in the end, but frustrating because they weren't actually marked as flashbacks and it took me a bit at first to figure it out

I felt as though I was reading fanfiction through most of the book and the constant references to other books jarred me out of the story often, but overall I liked it enough to immediately start the next book.

Sparhawk has the best adventures! :-D

Well, it was difficult to put down (like these books often are), but
the constant slang got annoying very quickly.

If I read "some-some" as a replacement for the word "sex" one more time, I might just throw something. I mean come on! If you're mature enough to write these ridiculously graphic sex scenes, then surely you're mature enough that at least one of your female characters can call it sex instead of "some-some." I am thankful that I don't know a single person who uses that phrase in front of me.

Well, this was an improvement over the previous books. Not once did she use the phrase "some-some" in regards to sex. I'm so proud! Or not... One thing you can count on Kresley Cole for, though, is a massive male member and a tight girl part no matter how many men she may have been with before.

What is it that smut fanfiction is called when it's written just for the sex? Oh yes, porn without plot. That's what this feels like for most of the book. Seriously, from the get-go you've got a captured demon king being sexually tortured by some crazy sorceress. Then, when a vampire randomly sets him free, he captures the sorceress and does the same thing to her! Of course, there's a happily ever after, some fighting (must find some way to describe all the sexy male bodies, right?), and a few other characters thrown in for spice, but yeah... Porn without plot.

Meh... Could have been worse, but it wasn't anything special. At least they're quick reads!

See my full review here: http://alyshadeshae.com/2016/03/13/cogling-by-jordan-elizabeth-mierek/

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.

Warning: Some spoilers ahead!

Spoiler

At the very beginning of the book (the prologue), her younger brother Harrison is kidnapped by a
hag and replaced with a cogling. The hag doesn’t do the best job as it’s her first time, and cogling-Harrison is found out fairly quickly. There’s a lot of jumping to conclusions, making bad spur-of-the-moment decisions that seem completely out of character for a girl who knows her place in the world and is willing to just accept it even if she doesn’t like it, and then, of course, there’s a boy. Granted, the boy encourages many of these bad decisions…

In conclusion, I feel this book deserves 3.5 out of 5.0 stars because, while it was quite enjoyable, it would definitely benefit from tighter editing. I can’t imagine any of the editors I know letting that “hurts me real bad” slip through to the final product. Overall, though, it’s a great win and I would definitely recommend this book to my friends. (And I already have!)