kewlkat70's Reviews (250)

The first book was OK and the 2nd book was much better so I was looking forward to this book but I have been struggling to get through it all day.  
The premise is no longer cute and Wendell is no longer as amusing and Emily's journal entries are boring.  
I am going to recommend this book to anyone who wants an asexual romance book as Emily has no sex drive whatsoever 

This series is a sweet palette cleanser if you have been reading some more intense books lately 

Vorex is a golden retriever type of hero and both protagonists struggle with their inner trauma as they learn to love and accept themselves 
 
This is a book on the shorter side so it moves quickly.  Far less detailed than the first two books in the series.  

The author says she expects to write more books on the various human and dragon couples so looking forward to them 

I've been disappointed with a lot of romantasy series lately especially after reading some superbly written fantasy novels with rich worlds and delicious prose.  
And then some very intense RH erotic fantasies that scratch a different itch. 

The basic romantasy novel can be fun and exciting in the right hands and awful and overwrought in the wrong hands.  I don't expect rich tapestries of language and storytelling but I do expect the tropes to feel fresh, the pacing to be even and the characters to be appealing.  And this being romantasy, I expect the sex to be explicit and the romance to be believable. 

These books have a predictability about them.  Even in a multi book series the reader knows there will be an HEA.  It's difficult to write twists and turns within a strict framework.  This is not the genre to start deconstructing the narrative. 

It's extremely difficult to not catch on to the foreshadowing in a romantasy.   The difference is how well the author can walk the line between creating tension and just giving away the entire plot .

This book is no different. It's obvious to any reader who consumes these books to see that characters are not dealing in good faith with the FMC who is the only narrator.  While the outcome was not surprising how the author brought it all to a head was refreshingly unexpected.   Several reveals were made that were only obvious in hindsight.  

The ending leaves a lot of room to continue the story without leaving the reader in an unresolved cliffhanger. 

I am looking forward to the next book in the series which has been missing from the last few first books I have read.  

The writing was good and both books are a fun exploration of BDSM and kink with emphasis on safety and care for anyone who is unfamiliar with this world to learn.  The author was very detailed in explaining the appeal of submission and masochist behaviour and the different psychological needs it fulfills for the person who chooses that lifestyle.

The issue with the book is there is no story outside of the encounters. If you toned down the spice factor you would end up with a rather generic romance story.  They meet, they fall in love,.there is a bad guy who causes trouble but they get past that and they live happily ever after. 

It's pretty dull when nothing is on the line.  Yes there is a stalkery bad guy but he is out written. 

I think I will stick to RH and supernatural powers.  

This is a top rated RH book but I don't particularly agree with the raves it gets.  While it's dark and a 5🌶️ and the writing is fine, it is not new or inventive for the genre. 

It may be a flaw I find with contemporary settings as the suspension of belief is harder to maintain when they are an hour outside Memphis or the situation is just realistic enough to be unbelievable.  I don't want to think that if this was actually happening in small town Tennessee the plot and narrative arc would not be so neat and tidy. 

The royals of Forsythe University series works because the whole city is made up with rules that could never exist outside the city of Forsythe and the authors never try to make it match up to our world.  

A nearly perfect book that is as perfect a mystery story as anything in that genre with the added bonus of a fabulous fantasy world setting.  

I am refraining from the full 5.0 for purely personal reasons which is that I would have enjoyed more of the Struvos character and the relationship with our main character Din.  Perhaps he will be a recurring character. 

The ending of the novel leaves more questions than answers as the mystery is technically solved but leaves us with a new adventure for Din and Ana.  And in revealing more about her we understand less about her background and motivation. 

I am both extremely upset and extremely thrilled that Cellehar's journey does not end yet. 

It may be another year until we see where this story is going next.  It will worth the wait 

Words can't describe how much I love the writing, the world, the characters. 

I will be so sad to leave this world when I have finished the 3rd book 

I hope the author plans more stories 

I was slightly upset to discover that the rest of the novels in this universe are not centred on the Goblin Emperor Maia.  Instead they are focused on Cellehar , who is a minor prelate that can read the Dead's last thoughts and determine some circumstances of their death 

He played a pivotal role in The Goblin Emporer and we learn of his traumatic backstory that had him leave his religious brotherhood and work as an independent.  

Now we see Cellehar in his new role dealing with lost wills and helping petitioners sort out their relatives and question about their dead. 

There is a murder he has been petitioned to solve and within that story, we see Cellehar make his way as a Speaker for the dead, uncovering smaller mysteries,  being a political pawn in another's play for power,  dealing with the grief of others all the while confronted by his own past, his loneliness and guilt.  

Addison has such a way with the inner emotional life of her characters as they navigate their ways in a strict and formal society.