This was cute I guess. Okay. It may be because its been so long since I've read just romance and have little experience with contemporary romance but this came off as a generic unknown royalty romance with a coating of black panther to make it just a little different. I appreciate reading about people of my race in a contemporary romance. And feel I may have enjoyed this trope in the past but was just not feeling it now. It may be because I read this while recovering from surgery as well. I didn't hate the characters. I just could not help but read this cynically and so didn't get into it. It wasn't the comfort romance novels usually are for me. I will continue with the series though.

Yeah, I give up. Attempted to try and reread this in order to move on to the rest of the series but it just doesn't do much for me. Even less now this 2nd go round.

3.5 stars. I was in a slumpy reading mood the few weeks I had this book. It was good though. Glad I finished it. The NYC settings was a strong connection as were the accents and general ways of life of the characters. Its home. I felt a slight disconnect with the whole Shadowshaper thing though. I feel like its a mix of not being raised in the type of culture where things like ancestors were strongly venerated (even though I saw it around me and it is in my cultural background) and not personally caring for stories regarding ghosts, spirits or zombies. I loved Sierra and her friends and Robbie. I don't know if I'll read the next book. This seemed to wrap up well enough for me here.

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3.5 stars. I liked this. Got a new series to enjoy. I was not expecting it to fall into so many genres. But it was good and fun. Glad to finally have gotten to it.

Really good. Even though I knew everything was going to tie into this cursed family at the end, the way we got there once everyone was in Florida was unexpected. We got a knew "monster", a different side of Edward, Bernardo and Olaf. A new type of magic or psychic power. All the drama was interesting, plus for those that are bothered by it for whatever reason, there is very little sex in this one. I have to add how Peter and Bella have grown both physically and mentally was a surprise. And Dixie was an interesting character though I don't get all of her motives even with the explanations.

Fast paced and definitely actions packed. The thing with this series as compared to Mercy's is how slow burning any plot is. So each book somehow seems like random things are happening out of nowhere. But the threads are slowly being tied together. Even the ones connected to the Mercy series are growing closer.

I had my suspicions on who would finally be revealed. But its mostly because I don't like them. I like my characters to have happy loving relationships and this person makes that impossible. Putting this here to see if I can guess who I'm talking about when I eventually reread this.