Alejandra
While I liked some things in this book (like Archer and Noah's relationship), it felt like I was dropped in the middle of a book. It kept referencing an off screen introduction between the two main characters that I assume was in a book in her previous series. As someone who hadn't read that series, I felt sort of lost and confused and felt I was missing a chunk of these characters. I'm a firm believer that a recommended reading order, especially with multiple series, should be just that. A recommendation. It shouldn't be mandatory to understand key parts of a story or relationship or else you should just make it one series!
I liked Archer in his previous appearances in this series, so I was really disappointed by his book.
While I liked some things in this book (like Archer and Noah's relationship), it felt like I was dropped in the middle of a book. It kept referencing an off screen introduction between the two main characters that I assume was in a book in her previous series. As someone who hadn't read that series, I felt sort of lost and confused and felt I was missing a chunk of these characters. I'm a firm believer that a recommended reading order, especially with multiple series, should be just that. A recommendation. It shouldn't be mandatory to understand key parts of a story or relationship or else you should just make it one series!
I liked Archer in his previous appearances in this series, so I was really disappointed by his book.
My only complaint about this book is I didn't like how much time the MC and his ex-but-not-really husband spent apart. There's literally a decent part of the book they're not even in the same country. I just wish they came back together a little sooner in the story and talked a bit more before the HEA
My only complaint about this book is I didn't like how much time the MC and his ex-but-not-really husband spent apart. There's literally a decent part of the book they're not even in the same country. I just wish they came back together a little sooner in the story and talked a bit more before the HEA
So I did like this book in the end, especially the last show down. I liked the main character was a empathetic pacifist but still had sass and a spine.
However I did have some problems with the world building. It's established there are only two empaths in the entirety of Seattle, which has a population of 815,000. If its the same percentage across the world, that means there are less than 750 empaths in the US and less than 20,000 world wide. Yet there are main stream products, services, and other things are tailored for empaths. If a pharmaceutical company saw a disease that rare they'd rather laugh in someones face before putting a dollar of research into it. Sure I understand the government agencies especially with the whole corrupted empaths thing but having games and streaming services especially for empaths? I wish the author upped the number of empaths just a tiny bit like to .1% of the population (rather than the current .00000245%) just to make those aspects a little more believable. This seems like a nitpick but it's emphasized throughout the book empaths seem to be a major aspect of pop culture and a constant political topic and this is even without the general population knowing about corrupted empaths..
So I did like this book in the end, especially the last show down. I liked the main character was a empathetic pacifist but still had sass and a spine.
However I did have some problems with the world building. It's established there are only two empaths in the entirety of Seattle, which has a population of 815,000. If its the same percentage across the world, that means there are less than 750 empaths in the US and less than 20,000 world wide. Yet there are main stream products, services, and other things are tailored for empaths. If a pharmaceutical company saw a disease that rare they'd rather laugh in someones face before putting a dollar of research into it. Sure I understand the government agencies especially with the whole corrupted empaths thing but having games and streaming services especially for empaths? I wish the author upped the number of empaths just a tiny bit like to .1% of the population (rather than the current .00000245%) just to make those aspects a little more believable. This seems like a nitpick but it's emphasized throughout the book empaths seem to be a major aspect of pop culture and a constant political topic and this is even without the general population knowing about corrupted empaths..
Is the ending a little silly and unrealistic? Sure. Is this book a lot of fun? Definitely. Mackenzi Lee knows how to write lovable characters and fun dialogue
Is the ending a little silly and unrealistic? Sure. Is this book a lot of fun? Definitely. Mackenzi Lee knows how to write lovable characters and fun dialogue
