jellystorm's reviews
507 reviews

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.

I’m so in love with this series, but these endings! Oof, I feel like I’m living on the edge of a cliff. 

Leaving this review short because most of the things I could comment on would be spoilers and I’m eager to start the fourth installment.

Great series, go read it!

Not much to review on this one except that I adore Gavin, I love their triad, and I hope a certain someone didn’t make it thru the last event. Moving on directly because the series is so good that I don’t want to stop before opening the next book!

I got this book free from a Stuff Your Kindle on a whim because the cover was cute and discreet. I wasn’t expecting much. 

But this story is genuinely so much fun?

I generally prefer MMF over MFM, but this one is written well enough that it feels natural and I’m finding that I really enjoy that. 

The intrigue is picking up and I look forward to seeing what happens in the next book (which I bought immediately after finishing this one, because how could I now?). Hopefully someone clobbers that jackass king. 

Where to start. 

I went into this expecting a short, steamy omegaverse novella. What I got instead was a mess (and not the good kind).

I’m not sure if it was the bad writing or if the author genuinely got confused between their characters, but the two alphas switched names so many times that I stopped trying to keep up with them.. There was no transition between positions; one minute a person would be standing, then suddenly they were lying down?

It was hard to keep up with and the spice was just..unsexy. 

Credit where it’s due, the book was appropriately tagged and had cws. I would have liked the mutilation to have been tagged too, but it would technically fall under other warnings, so I’m not mad about thay. 

But there wasn’t really any connection between the spice and the kink. Like we’re told that seeing something turns the fmc on, but it just feels surface level and weird. 

And I like that sort of thing normally. I mean, Lauren Biel is a favored author of mine. 

There just seemed to be a lot of pieces the author wanted to connect that didn’t quite do so. 

All of this said, it read like a very early work from an inexperienced author. I gave it an extra star because I feel like, if given time and inspiration (and a halfway decent editor), this author could definitely improve and write some great fiction. 

I look forward to that day. Unfortunately, it is not today. 

I’m going to go read the second in the duet (it’s after Yule and I have a book goal to think about) and be done with it.

Emma Bray seems to have become a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.

The tropes are problematic, potentially triggering, and the author leans right into that, but they’re done well enough that they’re still hot asf and make for a good read. 

Now, I think I’m going to go get myself blessed before I read anything else. Have fun y’all. 

This was an alright holiday read. Not really to my tastes, but it wasn’t bad. It does read a bit more like erotica than romance, despite the pining and obvious love present. Might be the verbiage surrounding (and emphasis on) sex. I love a spicy story, but this one fell a bit flat for me.