There are a lot of things that just kind of popped up in this story, and if you ignore them all and continue on as normal, the book is pretty good. But, I guess it just depends on how much you can pretend like the little inconsistencies just aren't there.

It’s good for me that these books are short and kinda fluffy, they don’t really require a lot of thought process to get through them, so for me, this was pretty easy. Oh, Max has a sister? Huh. That’s nice. Oh, after two books were just going to ditch Ian as a love interest and pretend he never existed? Sure thing. 

One thing I can't ignore. Are Max’s parents evil or not? Do we like them, or don’t we? This wishy washy crap drives me crazy and I do feel like the author just couldn’t make up her mind about a few things and kept bouncing from one to the other. Are we best friends with Striker, or do we hate him? Is the author leaving the door open just in case she needs to use it in the future? Because, I don't like it. 

As I said in my review of book one, I also hate that Max acts like she's in her early 20’s when she's literally hundreds of years old. Does a person not learn from all the shit they go through in their lives? And also, after dying so many times, why has she not taught herself self defense yet?

 There are so many holes.

But again. It's quick, it's easy, it's cutesy. 

 

 

I like the idea of this book. The fmc was way over the top and super dramatic and it hindered me from really loving her. The plot was muddled and confusing, and there was a lot of history that was implied at, but that we were never really given. (ETA: apparently this is a spin off from another series that had all of that history I was looking for). 

I was really intrigued by the whole - can’t die witch thing, and on that front, I wasn't really let down. I enjoyed the story of Max and her best friend trying to save a woman from a demon. I liked them coming into themselves but considering they have both lived for over 400 years, it really didn’t fit their whole coming of age/power storyline. 

This really felt like two different stories mashed into one and it was a bit convoluted at times, but it was still a quick, easy and decent read. 

 

 

This book was freaking heart breaking. From start to finish. Between the decline in Heidrek’s mental stability, Blomma’s slow loss of her brother and Hervor and Hofund watching their son turn into everything they tried to avoid. It was brutal. My heart was torn to shreds over and over in this one and I absolutely bawled when it ended. 

I did find that this one dragged a bit much in the middle for me. There was so much focus on Heidrek, and I found quite a bit of it to be repetitive and I kept finding myself wishing the series would get a move on. 

Emotionally this book was a 5 star book. 

But it didn’t quite hit like all the others, and I really didn’t love it as much overall, even though I am completely head over heels for the series. 

I’m so excited to move on to the next series, and read about Blomma’s daughter. 

 

 

Honestly, I had fun with this series. It’s definitely on the less serious side  (even though some kinda heavy stuff does happen) but these books were an easy read, fun and overall enjoyable. 

The Gwyn focus on this one really had me, as he's been my favorite mc since book one. Something about him gives me the happy warm and fuzzies.

I really appreciate that none of the guys really fought each other for dominance. They never machoed up and tried to one up or beat out the other guys. It just was. They cared about her and that was that. 

I liked the conclusion of the Ghosthand plot well enough. There wasn’t really a big bang, or a twist though. We kind of just ended up there, and got our explanation and our closure, and the story just kind of wrapped up nicely, with a little caveat of Briallen and her guys going off to solve more cases. While I liked this series, I’m not sure if I would commit to a spin-off series. 

 

 

This book was a bit more chaotic than the first, and I didn’t love it quite as much.

BUT. 

I enjoyed seeing more of Jack. I liked seeing more of Briallen and her powers, and even a bit of where she came from. 

I’m enjoying that each of the mc’s are kind of with her on their own. They cross paths with the other guys every once in a while, but they aren’t all playing at one happy family, and it’s kind of nice. I like seeing each relationship develop differently and on its own. 

I will say that these books have been pretty obvious, with no real twists involved, so the focus is really much more on the relationships of Bri and the guys rather than any real espionage or detective-ing, even though it is a big part of the plot.

 

 

This book was a lot of fun. 

Briallen was extremely over the top but really, if you don’t take this book too seriously, it was a pretty good time. I really like the whole espionage thing that we had going on. 

The slow burn into the harem was also great. I liked getting to know all of the mc’s on a personal level before they all ended up together in the harem. It really makes a difference to me when authors spend the time developing relationships instead of throwing us head first into love, and I really think that Cate Corvin did a wonderful job of that. 

Super interested to see where we go with serial killer aspect.

 

 

I pushed through this book pretty quickly, mostly just to read through the conclusion and be done with the series. 

Quinn was said to be (and kidnapped several times because she is) one of the most powerful demons that there had ever been. Do we get to see any of that? Uh. No. Do we get to see her hmm and haw constantly about which man she's going to choose? Yes. Did this make any kind of sense to me? No. 

I wanted to see this girl come into her power and kick some series ass, but she literally spends the entire series hiding behind her men - and others. 

I never grew to like any of the characters, or care about them. So, to be honest, I’m not sad to see this series go.

 

 

This book is really just a repeat of book 1. There's a bit more involvement in the plot but really, not too much happens. The two mc’s are still fighting over the fmc, but not in a cute way. There’s no wooing or romancing involved. They literally just argue with each other constantly about why they're the better choice than the other. 

I found Quinn to be very woe is me, that she complained a lot, and she couldn't make a decision to save her life (literally). Considering she’s coming into her power in this installment of the series, I really was banking on seeing some huge character growth and maybe some real relationship development. But, alas, it really all just felt the same as the first book did.

 

 

You know, considering the last couple books really went downhill for me, and I was not excited to dive into this one, I ended this series feeling pretty good about it overall. 

My biggest issue with the last two books was the lack of movement in the plot. So little happened with the characters or politically to move the story forward that I found myself so, so bored and struggling to get through. But this conclusion really stepped it up. To be fair, there was a lot that needed to be addressed before the story could end, so I think that really helped keep this book full of action and intrigue in order to keep the story moving. I was terrified going into this as I absolutely hate an amnesia trope, and we ended the last book very heavily on one. It was done really well though I think, there were enough other povs that we focused on that I barely even noticed what was going on with Auren, I didn’t even get a chance to hate it. 

I have to be honest here though, I still didn’t love this. I don’t know what happened between the first three books to the last three, but I didn’t love, or connect with these last three books at all. All of the extra povs felt out of place and unnecessary. The focus on so many additional characters really took away from the story of Auren and Slade that had originally captured my heart and pulled me into this story. 

While I was happy to see a faster paced story with a little more guts, it just wasn’t the story I was hoping for. After all of the build up I was left very underwhelmed by the final conclusion, which, in turn, left me feeling pretty hollow after all of the time I spent with these characters. 

 

 

I think this book just made me irrationally angry right from the get go. 

Our fmc, Quinn, starts off as this quirky, relatable down to earth girl. She's got curves, normal sized boobs, glasses, and bad hair days. Here I am rejoicing because this girl isn't one of those perfect girls that everyone swoons over, she's just a normal girl. Yeah. No. For like ten pages. Then she loses a ton of weight overnight and gets a flat stomach. She can suddenly see perfectly and doesn’t need glasses. Her hair grows and is perfect and thick and lucious. People literally stop her in the street to tell her how amazing she is. Because she just wasn't up to par before with all her flaws I guess, right?

Maybe I’m looking too deep into this, but like I said. Angry. Honestly, I was so frustrated by this that it put a damper on the rest of the book for me. Not that there was much of a plot anyways. This book is just two guys trying to out macho each other to get the girl. There’s some segments of her learning to fly, and coming into her power, but for the vast majority. Two dudes fighting over the all perfect, no flaws, gorgeous girl. Not even two dudes, plus the entire supernatural community, because not only is she flawless, apparently she's the last of her line, and bound to be super powerful or something. It didn’t really get into that too much, so who knows.