More focused on story and plot with less redundant teen angst and sex compared to the 1st book
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2024 | Rating: 5/5 | Best Sellers in Audible Books & Originals
do yourself a huge favor don’t read any reviews until after you have read the entire series there is no unseeing something that will tarnish your own feelings just look at the stars and how many ratings have been left once you have completed the series read and enjoy the reviews there is nothing to gain from the written reviews they will only dilute your own experience of the books so far they are enjoyable and exciting currently 46 with tons of ratings is a good read that’s all you need to knowyarros has an amazing ability to construct an intricately woven story with twists and payoffs i appreciated this second books immediate focus on those qualities after the first books endingspoiler alert this addresses the first books final chapters i realize her genre is romantasy fiction but she could have been more consistent with a lessismore approach to angst and sex sometimes she unnecessarily went on paragraph after paragraph page after page even having done it once all it would take is a hint to get the point across each time thereafter yet she would drop back into every detail and even implausibly while in the midst of battle come on no one would think in such detail and about relationship angst during a battle for your life that indulgence only comprises 2 of the book and takes place towards the end yet it delved too long and too repetitively to go unmentioned i am certain some and many readers enjoyed every word of it this is romantasy on the other hand this story would be great even if the romance was not so graphic that it was fantasy fiction instead of romantasy fiction i appreciated the eloquence and the fine layers of sensitivity of the characters perspective but too much is too muchas for reviews more than one reviewer has referenced an aleksandras ls review as sizing up their own i would just like to point out that aleksandra ls theory regarding liam being summoned by violet as a guardian angel while she is being tortured is highly unlikely although she adored him violet never wanted liam to be her protector she resented xaden for assigning liam to that role violet also blamed herself for liams death she would not ask anything of liam instead liam was 100 on board with doing anything for xaden liam felt he owed xaden everything especially his life liam would willingly come to violets aid on his own this only illustrates that aleksandra ls point of view is flawed