4☆ Review:

“𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒈𝒐. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒈𝒐.” 
“𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕.” 
“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐, 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔.”

My whole review of this could just be quotes and I’d be happy with it. The banter in this series is top notch.

“𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓.” 
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆!”

Cora is now part of the Faire and is struggling to accept it. Her only goal is to find a way to be free. But what if freedom has a cost?

Her character is relatable, but her inner monologues did become repetitive. I now have Simon’s scent memorized from how many times it’s been said. 

“𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌.” 
“𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒚. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.” 
“𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘! 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕.”

I’m still unashamedly obsessed with Simon. I know he’s crazy. I know he’s tried to “kill” her multiple times now, but I just can’t help loving him. Now Cora just needs to follow my lead. 

𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒔-𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆. “𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒑.”

This series is such a tease. Simon and Cora have undeniable chemistry and they both know it, but something always gets in the way of them admitting it or moving further. Every moment they were alone together it had me crossing my fingers and hoping for them to make progress. Did they make progress? Some. And I loved it. 

Now onto book three! 

And for some entertainment, here are two more quotes:

“𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔, 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏.” 
“𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑵𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅.”

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒑, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.” 
“𝑮𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒈.” 
“𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰’𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆.”