[03/10/2022] I’ll write a proper review once I stop crying. Feels like I’ve been holding my breath since page one and now that is over somehow I’m holding my breath even more? What the fuck Kellen :’)

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Okay, I think I can do this now.

“He would be the human in myth who forced their own fate despite the will of the gods.”

Prince of the Sorrows entered my life in April and instantly became my most profound obsession and the specialest of special interests. The Rowan Blood universe is the air the I breathe and I couldn’t wait to read the sequel, hoping it would heal the wounds that fateful epilogue had caused. Oh boy, was I wrong.

Just as Prince of the Sorrows is the perfect introduction to a series, with charming characters and an intriguing plot that has you on a chokehold from the very beginning, Lord of Silver Ashes couldn’t be more perfect as a sequel. It delivers on delicious angsty longing, expertly crafted worldbuilding and unexpected twists to keep you on your toes. With amazing new character additions, even more drama for Saffron to try and solve by himself (smartest dumbest person ever) and with the prettiest prose to last for days, I think it’s safe to say Lord of Silver Ashes managed to outdo its predecessor, something I didn’t think was possible.

I used to think Prince of the Sorrows was a sad book and now I’m convinced it’s actually a comfort read. The amount of HURT/(no)comfort in LOSA and the incredible plot made this one of the most intense reading experiences I’ve ever had, it felt like I was holding my breath from the very first page until long after I finished reading. It was to give me the hardest book hangover of the season in the best of ways: I finished the book in two days and proceeded to spend the following week just thinking about what I just read, the nuances of each event and daydreaming about what volume 3 might bring next year. I can’t wait to see what Kellen has in store for the Rowan Blood universe and its characters, and I’m so grateful for the privilege of being part of this journey.

Thank you so much Kellen for this ARC, it destroyed my life <3 /pos

Might edit this after the book comes out with some spoilers, because I'll most definitely reread it and have another breakdown :') I love this series so much omg

A lot of dubious consent and very toxic macho behaviour from Max. Disappointing read, since the other books in the universe had great hurt/comfort.

I almost DNFd because of the daddy kink, not gonna lie. From that point on, I just skipped the sex scenes entirely and that sucked, but I persevered because until then the characters were really nice. Well, it seems like the daddy kink ruined that too. I finished the book and it was very underwhelming. I’m sad because I love indie authors and I was craving a contemporary romance for so long, but this was just not it.

I'm really not getting lucky with this week's book choices *sigh*

It started as a nice read, and similar to Delaney Rain's "Bigfoot's Mate", as someone's already mentioned. But I was apprehensive with the whole Amazon Rainforest setting, and unfortunately my worries were not unfunded. The language made up to be the Rife's language was so, fuck, I don't even know how to describe it. As a Brazilian reader and Portuguese speaker, the whole thing made me really mad.

Giving it three stars because it was entertaining enough, the monster genitalia was kinda awesome and the smut was hot, but the choice of setting and specially the language created could've been handled better.

The ending was also very utopic, but I'm a sucker for HEA and won't complain about that.

Also, the biggest portion of the Amazon is in Brazil, why the fuck the boat guy is Portuguese?

Seph was born to charm life into things, and Hades was born to shrink under the weight of their inevitable corpses.

I need this to be a full length novel. That's it, that's the review.

"Then take me to bed and love me all night."

"Day, night, twilight, and dawn. I'll never stop."