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wtf did I just read? This is reason 2578855 why I am no longer listening to Booktok or booksta recs. 

- the language was so cringe in this entire book, the amount of slang, brain rot terms, and TT terms were insane. 
- when you say everybody is bisexual in a book, that is NOT inclusive, that is just fetishizing a group so you can act like you are inclusive to sell more copies to that group. Stop doing this. It was a major ick. 🤮
- everybody was “slutty”, so slut shaming as well, I wasn’t even surprised at this point already and we were only 15% of the way in. 
- somebody else mentioned this one, so I’m not gonna go in to detail. But trying to use more “exotic” words to describe white men, while just using “black” or “dark” skin is super icky. 

Miss me with this one. Moving forward if I see a big creator hyping up a book, I’m adding it to my never read list. And I read this AFTER getting out of a month long reading slump after 11 DNFs of overhyped books in November. I’m tired man. 😅

3.5⭐️ - The story follows Vivian and Niko who are childhood best friends but soon realize that they always wanted to be so much more. We have tons of drama, cutesy moments, some light spice, and so much found family. 

I liked this story a lot, it was cute and had some drama to keep me interested and entertained. But omg stop saying “folds” 🤮. And it also took some time to get in to the book and I felt like it could have been wrapped up sooner. But I did love the characters and Vivi and Niko are so adorable and I love Vivi’s family. It did keep me entertained enough that I will be continuing the series for the moment. 

DNF at 34%. It was so cute at the beginning, but then it just started getting boring, cringe, and repetitive. 

I am OBSESSED with this trilogy so far, omg. 

This book happens during the same timeline as Her Soul to Take (book 1), but this is Juniper and Zane’s story. Juniper as in the girl who got away from the God and was on the run until her brother’s death brings her back to Abelaum and back towards danger. Zane was also in book 1, Leon’s bestie. 

I like this book even more than the first book. Junie has so much feminine rage, as she should, and I love her for it. She is hard headed and slow to trust anybody which makes the relationship between her and Zane even better. 

Learning more about Zane was everything I had hoped for and more lol. I loved him in book one and his story did not disappoint. We also delve deeper into the demons world, which was intense and amazing. 

I’m gonna be real though, the next book is about Everly, and the arch demon Callum. But what did they even do? 😂 fr, they are not mentioned at all near the end when all the action is occurring in either books. So I am curious what part they even played and I can’t wait to start the final book to find out. 😍

4.5⭐️ It only took me so long to read this because I had burnt myself out on romances and craved fantasy at the time. Now I regret it, this story was so cute and wholesome and spicy. 

A runaway cheated on bride, a hot single dad in need of a nanny, we knew where this one was going. 😂

This story was so cute, I love how quickly Veronica assimilated herself in to Austin’s life and his family. She is so easy going and carefree and I loved that about her. The fact that her dbag ex tried to cage her makes me so angry, she deserves so much more than that. And she found that with Austin. 

Austin, grumpy, and completely jaded after his experience years prior that left him raising twins alone. He needing Roni, to show him how to open up more and go after what he really wants. And we all knew what he wanted from that first day. 

Their chemistry was off the charts, the spice was MAGNIFICENT. This author knows how to write steamy scenes that are not cringe or repetitive. 

My only complaint was the miscommunication near the end and the stubbornness of both parties. Like why won’t y’all just talk and say what you feel? I get it to an extent, Austin is scared to let anybody in and Veronica is scared of rejection. But it was still annoying. 

Overall though, I loved the story, I loved the characters, I loved the setting, and I love the authors writing style. I will definitely be picking up the rest of this series asap. 

DNF at 76% and NORMALLY I do NOT rate DNFs below 80%, but this one deserves it as it is the epitome of an author pretending to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ and failing miserably. As a pansexual woman, this book was actually insulting and infuriating. 

I loved The Summer of Broken Rules, but no I don’t now, because I will 110% not be reading anything else by this author moving forward. Yeah, this book was that bad to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Man, I’m kind of disappointed fr. 
When I first read Serpent & Dove, I was OBSESSED!
I even heavily annotated that book. 
But then I got to the second book and hated it. 
It was mainly filler. 
But I kept my optimism for the final book in the trilogy. 
And then this one also fell short imo. 

Let me make something clear though: this is just my opinion. And while I am disappointed, many people adore this trilogy so do not let my review deter you from still checking it out. 

For me, I just feel like the bulk of this book was also filler, I feel like this should have been a duology. The ending did wrap everything nicely though and I do still love the characters and the overall story hence my 3 star rating. Will I ever read it again though? Honestly, no. 

I have been slacking so hard on my reviews and I am so sorry for that, I swear I am trying to get back to my funny yet semi serious reviews soon. 

But for now: this book was awesome, and I will def be going to the next book asap. 

See, what type of review is this? ugh I hate myself right now 😅

Now THIS is how you write a sequel! Omg. I wanted to give it 2 stars because of the cliffhanger. 😅😂

I will be starting the final book asap because I need to know what happens next. 

What was even the plot? I think we lost it. 

So this was originally supposed to be a duology… it should have stayed that way. The majority of this book was absolutely pointless and they barely got anywhere. So many people told me this series suffered from the dreaded middle book syndrome, but I like to keep an open mind and go in to any book with a positive mindset and have my own experience. But every single one of those people were correct. 

You still cannot skip this book though unfortunately, otherwise the last book is def not gonna make sense. 

I still love the characters though, and the relationships, and the ending made me SOB. For those reasons alone, this book wasn’t a 1 star, but instead 2.5⭐️. 

I am still going to go in to the final book with hope that it redeems the series as a whole. ❤️