Quick read, and I loved the last sentence!

Well, I really liked the betrayal in this. At first I thought there were too many sisters and too many POV’s. The warrior, the romantic, the seer, the flirt, and the crazy. They each had their distinct personalities, but I couldn’t connect with most of them. I actually liked “the villain” Wylm the best, and sweet Eni. I felt so bad for little Eni! But I am still anxious to see where the next book is going to go. Bluebell definitely gave me Xena vibes!

Come the freak on. This was baby Twilight but with only werewolves. Which is fine, but by the cover and summary, I was expecting pure viciousness! I needed more darkness! 🖤

This book definitely feels like an opening book vs a book 4. I mean, I know it's technically book one in the spin off, but it's the same characters, just told from Noah's perspective instead of Mara's. So, I loved that this book was told from his perspective because I am obsessed with him in general, but I did miss Mara's perspective a lot. So, my wish would be for the next book to be in dual perspective. Even though Mara is supposed to be evil and all that jazz or whatever, I love her. The bond between her and Noah is great, but I feel like the lack of trust tarnishes it slightly since they aren't honest with each other. A new character named Goose, yes Goose, was freaking awesome! Jamie got on my nerves for some reason. As with this whole series, I am still slightly confused, but it picks up drastically in the last few chapters. I can't wait to see what's going to happen next and hopefully not be as confused! I know people say trigger warnings and all that, but as someone that has dealt with suicide first hand, it didn't bother me in the slightest.

First, I thought the plot was pretty original and cool! Emma and Benjamin were both good characters, and I did like their relationship. I don’t mind when attraction comes fast either because that’s true to real life. My main problem is when the word love gets thrown around too fast and too soon. I feel like if there would have been more build up, interactions, and conversations when the word loved came up, it would have been great. Now, that being said, that was my only pet peeve of the book. The carnival aspect was excellent, especially the whole being in the box thing. Even though Sidney was the one that trapped Emma in the box, he was my favorite character and was the most developed. I loved him! ❤️ So, I’m definitely going to order a physical copy of this one!

I normally don't mind a few unanswered questions because I hate when books are tied in pretty pink bows. Buttttt there was some pretty important stuff that had zero answers! I'll get to that later under spoilers! As for characters I absolutely thought Mae and Cage were the perfect POV duo. I loved them both! As for the rest of the characters... I was annoyed and thought Ro was self centered and not sure why everyone was obsessed with her! Lance came off as a creep from page one. Dad—Sonny should have been more of a dad to the twins, yes, his other daughter died, but come on!

The writing was great and the atmosphere was perfect. I'm also not sure what people are talking about with the racist stuff because I didn't see it. I mean, I'm getting sick of this crap. Just let the author write what the hell they want! If you don't want to read it, then don't read it! I also did like the ending, butttttt there's a reason why I didn't, which I'll say more about below. Also just want to point out how awesome Mae! And the witchcraft was pretty dang cool, especially with it being all warm to the touch.

Spoiler Time! So you may want to stop reading now!

What the crap was the deal with Mae's twin trying to look and act like Ro in the scene with Lance? That was never answered. Also what about Mae meeting Cage first?? Did she like him before Ro started dating him? What happened with Hanna after she was brought back? Why was Cage's head hurting all the time? Why did Ro even like hanging out with Lance? Why was there so much build up between Mae and Cage... I felt like he was starting to like her... but then he dies at the end because Mae burns the book, and he wakes in the afterlife with Ro waiting for him. This is the aspect I would have absolutely loved if their romance had really seemed epic. If she had been Mae, I would have been like yessssssssssss, but I was like nooooooo. Also why did he even die when Mae burned the book? I assumed he was born from Lucky who was born before Hanna died and came back to life, so that doesn't make sense.

This was a great ending to this fun series! This time there are two POV’s added into the mix. And might I say I think Alessia and Wes are my new favorite couple!! Also, Amy knows how to write swoon amazingly well!!

One word - predictable...

This may be a me thing because I try to avoid reading thrillers as much as possible because I get let down. I started reading them way back in elementary school. When junior high came along, I was all about Joan Lowery Nixon (her mystery stuff) and Lois Duncan books, freaking I Know What You Did Last Summer was my jam! But Monica Murphy tends to write well, so I wanted to test the waters out here. Her writing was good here, but I just felt the characters were bland, and the story was nothing new. I was hoping for more of a fun scream vibe or like Jennifer Armentrout’s The Dead List. I will say that Monica is one of the best at writing swoony, steamy scenes and there were some great ones here.

So, I really liked that this was a quick read. I feel like every book lately is like 500 pages! It also does feel more like a contemporary, but the romance is sweet.

Goblin King, Goblin King, wherefore art thou Goblin King? Apparently not much in this book. 😭

Now I will say Jae-Jones has some of the most beautiful writing I have ever read.