charliauthor's reviews
531 reviews

I really enjoyed MGMF so when i realised there was a “from the mans POV” floating around, i had to get involved. 
A bit heavy on the best friend back story bits that i skimmed but overall it was just as spicy,kinky as its predecessor. Fans of Nascosta’s work will love it 

I struggled between rating this a 2 or 3 but went with 3 cause 2 implies i didnt like it when i did, i just didnt love it as much as her other two books which was very disappointing. 

The blurb made it seem like the love between the MCs were gonna build but it was clear that Mal liked Nikki from the beginning so im not sure what was supposed to grow between them. Everything felt rushed, the sister was rude and weird and i didnt understand why we spent so much time going to find her wherever the hell she went. The pacing was jumping back and forth like crazy, Mal was just always there/accessible which i hated. 
I just didnt understand the point of it and it largely felt unfinished. The cute bits were cute as ever but it just lacked the hyper cuteness and feels of the other books which let it down in a big way. 
The mother was a shit “villain” overall and it was just a bit boring which took me forever to read. 
I wish it had done more.

 I was really disappointed in this one.
I went into it off the high of The Roommate Risk and this just fell short in almost every way. While the characters were decent enough, there was a lot missing by way of a real fleshing out of them as people, which made me disconnect with their plights. The smut also wasnt near as good as TRR and largely didnt make much sense. Theres som implication that he likes kinky stuff and was exposed for it but then we never see him do any of these so called kinky things.
His back story wasnt really fleshed out enough and considering his brother was doing what he was doing, you'd think there'd be more of a fall out.
I dunno, it just didnt work well, the pacing was off and by the 70% mark i was skimming just waiting for it to be over.
The best thing about Talia's writing so far tho is how well she highlights black women. Their hair, their skin, their bodies and how this men worship them for their thiccness and i am hereeee for it! 

 Beautifully done!

I absolutely adored this! Not only because it was just as riveting and jaw dropping as the first two instalments but because it managed to have the best and most fitting end, leaving me feeling satisfied with my commitment to the series.

If you have not started The Wolf Den, then please do because The Temple of Fortuna has brought the emotion of the first and second books and brought it full circle and given a conclusion that is emotional yet liberating.

Amara continues to be the ambitious and determined woman that we know from the previous books and while i understand so many of her motives, her ever present and undeniable snobbery really irked me. I understood all she went through, all she did to rise above her station but there were some moments in this and the other books that i really wanted to punch her for being, basically, a stuck up bitch. I cant say much without spoilers but my only criticism would be that even at the end, for me, Amara was very unlikeable. There is the knowledge that she is aware of her selfishness which can almost allow her some redemption but her thoughts towards an old friend at a pivotal stage in her survival, really made me dislike her.

Her attitude took nothing away from the story for me though and that was a major reason for loving it all the way through. As with the other books, there was always the sense of doom that you couldnt quite shake which made it so exciting. Not just for the obvious eruption of Mount Vesuvius but all the other dangers surrounding Amara's life.
The descriptions of the destruction of Pompeii was really immersive and the way people grabbed at the chance to essentially reinvent themselves while others wanted to continue in the old ways, was so heartbreaking for me.

In short, I loved it and cant wait to hold the official copy in my hands.

The Temple of Fortuna is out November 9th

Thank you to the beautiful and amazing, Elodie Harper and Head of Zeus for this ARC.
All opinions are my own.