jellystorm's reviews
506 reviews

I need more of this. So. Much. More. More information, more little baby, more 🔥spice🔥. 

This was fantastic, all smut, no plot and totally worth it anyway. 

I am in love.

Short with zero plot, and that’s okay. Girl meets terrifying alien supreme overlord, they bone, the end. 

Honestly? I’d read a book of this. I’ve definitely read worse. 🤷

Whoo. This one was. A lot. I went into this book absolutely ravenous for the continuation of the Beasts of the Briar series, and I’m coming out of it even more so. 

How can I get so many answers and still end up with twice as many questions??

And I can’t talk about any of them without spoilers! 😩

The revelations come hard and fast toward the end of this book and I’m dying to read the next.

Pretty sure the entire first ⅔ of this book is pure UST. Holy cheezus the UST. 🥵 

An absolutely stunning continuation of the Beasts of the Briar series and I plan to start the third as soon as I post this. 

There were twisty turny bits that kept everything moving without being the bad kind of frustrating or feeling like they were out of left field. 

Not ashamed to admit I cried over the funeral, but I’m a giant sap so that’s a surprise to exactly no one. 

The action was suitably intense and well paced, I can’t recall being bored at all while reading it (which is unusual for me). 

I’m just so completely in love with this world and the author’s writing style. I’d definitely be willing to try anything else they wrote. 

This book made me miss old school portal fantasy so much. 

It’s well written, with an interesting (if predictable) storyline. As soon as I finished it, I was absolutely feral to start the second book. I have theories dammit!

But honestly, I love the characters (I would kill and die for Astrid and Marigold) and the mains are perfection. Frustrating asf (especially Ezryn), but perfect all the same. 

I can’t wait to see if my lore theories are correct!

This book was. Not my cup of tea. The writing itself was good. The author definitely has a talent for wielding language. 

However. 

The everything else was the problem. 

I have no idea how this book managed to have a why choose situation with triple sword crossing and still read like a tradwife fetish work. That’s a special skill. 

I may have deconstructed, but I was raised southern conservative, so I love a good age gap, but this made me feel ten kinds of gross. The fmc is sixteen (notably legal-ish where the author is from) and the story leans hard into that. From the fmc’s fear of “growing up” to the mmcs agreeing to let her get some world experience before they make their move (while simultaneously fantasizing about her body with each other) her age is at the absolute forefront of the whole plot. 

She’s also very “not like other girls”. Intimidated by makeup, loves cooking and cleaning for the mmcs, utterly innocent and nurturing. She’s the ideal I used to strive for, back when my favorite accessory was the purity ring my dad gave me. 

Maybe I’m being too harsh and this book will help someone with their trauma or just be a fun read for some. It was, unfortunately, not that for me. I won’t be moving on to the next book. 

Also, side note, I feel like every other line was referencing either a past book or a future one with all the random throuples being commented on. That was a weird vibe. 

Y’all I spent most of this book covering my face and squealing. My God is it just cute all over! 

This is a fairly angst-free read. MMC has some pretty gnarly trauma, but the cause isn’t given a lot of attention or exposition and the trauma responses are pretty tame. 

I love love love Trip’s love for Sam. He’s such a puppy and I’m just totally here for it. (Also here for the pitch switching 😏)

I usually don’t read femme x masc mm by women, but I genuinely enjoyed the hell out of this book and the relationship development. It was a sweet little palette cleanser and I’ll admit I’ll probably come back to see how Wyatt and Desi shake up at some point.

The absolute impotent rage I felt during the first few chapters of this book. Whoo! 

This is a very heavy read. It’s trauma centered, with the first few chapters going into graphic detail of that trauma and the rest of it centering on the main characters working through and navigating the FMC’s PTSD and rape recovery. The spice in this one is central to the plot, but if spice is the reason you’re here, maybe save this one for another time. It’s mostly used as an anchor for the FMC’s recovery. 

The star crossed inevitability of these two just gutted me while reading this. I never doubted they would persevere, but goddamn was it a hard road to get there. They earned their happy ending with blood and tears. 

I wouldn’t recommend this to a casual fluffy romance reader. Similarly, though it has dark elements, it doesn’t feel like a dark romance, either. In fact, except for the spice, I would feel confident recommending this for a literary book club. 

So if you’re in the mood for something moving, something that has the power to hurt you, I highly recommend this book.

I wasn’t prepared for the emotional upheaval this book gave me. I was expecting something much less involved with the whole codependent PTSD thing. A little fluffier. 

That’s not a bad thing, I just wasn’t prepared for it. 

That said, I liked this book a lot less while I was reading it than now that I’m done. I think that’s partially due to cockwarming not being my kink in addition to the liberal use of the F-slur early on. 

It wasn’t a bad book for the right reader. It just turns out it wasn’t for me.

Cute end to a fun series. I was a little disappointed with this one. 

The elements were all there and ot was written well, but it lacked some of the spark the other three books had. It felt like the author had gotten bored with it. 

I was also hoping for some more time with Gavin’s uncles. 

That said, it was still a solid book and a satisfying conclusion. I still highly recommend the series.