Corinthya

Not really surprising but tied most things up nicely.

• Predictable conflict that somehow extended the whole book while not maintaining tension. We heard about the issues and then forgot and later remembered again just in time for the conclusion of them.
• We had some sweet moments and some funny ones but we also had a lot of smut at weird moments being justified by instinct, hormones or the like.
• Verity had some growth from the last book but nothing too intense, mostly her arc was just getting together with the guys on a more permanent basis.
• The guys,
• Grif still has some of the spotlight in this, mostly because part of the problems come from his secret, the worry of how people are gonna take it, the actual coming out and all the anxieties associated with it.
• Dean is still not very present, he's not the source of issues or strife and just overall seemed to have a sunny disposition.
• Jonas still takes care of everybody and tries to keep peace and order in the relationships, this still while getting together with Verity and sharing everyone's time.
• AJ, for the majority of this book he seems to have gotten over his issues and making a good effort, helping Verity and Mercy and trying to be a voice of reason. This came crashing down around the last quarter of the book. I don't have to like all dynamics and topics used in a book but obviously that impacts my reading experience, since he had the most interactions that don't match my taste I already felt apprehensive of his character but once we hit the Heat scene I almost dropped the book. He felt like the initial impression I had of his character, childish, self-centered and selfish. Even if this was solved fast it still made him a character I didn't enjoy.

• The pacing of this series was overall more consistent than the Into the Parallel Omegaverse, but some of the gymnastics still made very little sense. At least by that point we didn't go too in depth on those details.

An ok series, with a slightly different take on the a/b/o genre and a whole lot of what I might call experimentally varied sexual content.

A very calm read.

• This is the same world from this author's other series, Into the Parallel Omegaverse, this time we follow different characters in a different type of situation but we still see some of the characters from the other series.
• I feel the pacing on this book was better and so was the more technical topics, this probably because we have a lot less of them.
• The FMC was a character that we met in the previous series, she was already someone we liked and here we just built on top of what we knew, however when we get deeper into her personality I found she lost some of the charm. She came off as confident and responsible but overworked and charged with too many responsibilities but in this book her confidence faded and instead she was just lost, I think this was meant to be because of something that happened right at the beginning of this book but she seemed to get worse as the story progressed. I still enjoyed her but it didn't feel like the same character.
• When it comes to the MMC's,
• Grif, the man she met in a plane and stayed obsessed with until they found each other. He was sweet and his arc seems to be left a lot for the next book even though he feels like the main guy since he was the point of contact.
• Dean, just an overall nice character that didn't cause problems and should have more page time in my opinion.
• Jonas, the responsible one who takes care of them and accepted and understood the situation after a brief background check.
• AJ, the guy who started out as an insufferable child but then got redeemed and over his issues in one talk. This came as a good thing because even though I kinda hated him his shift was a good one, even if he doesn't get too much page time.

• The conflict here suffers from the same as the previous series, there is very little of it. We have the overall secret that will probably cause some problems in the next book, some mildly foreshadowed problems that will also feature in the next book given the cliffhanger stopped there, and the same type of relationship doubts from the previous series.

In conclusion, it was a somewhat calm book with some nice emotional moments that still feels like an introduction. (at least this is a part one!)

A happy ending with not much to it.

• The mysteries were solved! Turned out the conflict of the series was just finding answers, it was hard, took all three books and was sufficiently satisfying. We also had some issues with other characters and those stayed present to finish in this book and while the conclusion of it wasn't bad it just didn't feel very impactful.
• In the relationships, we do have more development with the last 2 MMC's but didn't lose time from the others. However, we did have a lot, and I mean a lot! of Shopping shopping shopping. In this book this became one of the biggest ways they showed attention, and honestly I'd never read such a comprehensive tale of shopping.
• For some of the side characters we had some issues and such happening from others and also this book. In that we had some solved issues and others were just setup for future books.

This turned out to be an enjoyable series. The characters were entertaining and the plot was alright, even if it was very character focused.

We pick up right where we left it.

• The cliffhanger at the end of the last book is solved fairly quickly, giving us one less conflict all the while dropping some slight hints of what's to come. This part almost finished the whole interdimensional travel plot bit, since it just lost some of the weight in the story at that point.
• We learn about more designations (even some I'd never heard about) each with their own lore. And we get some more scientific involvement that for me were much better written about in this one.
• When it comes to the characters, we do spend some more time with other MMC's that weren't as prominent the previous book. However we still seem to develop the relationship's one at a time, last book was Evan and Wes (since they are together), this one is Spencer (who was alone), so I'm guessing next will be Brennan and Jett (who are also a pair).
• The conflict is still one of the weakest points of the book for me, we have a few interesting issues popping up but it does seem to lack an overall bigger problem or antagonist. This not to say we don't have some confrontations with other characters, some that weren't in the same type of role last book (like Brennan's mother), and some new ones that just appeared out of nowhere to explain some mysteries left undiscovered from last book.
• I still find some of the pacing odd but it felt a lot more cohesive this time around.

This ending still had a little cliffhanger but not as intense as the last one, however the story has grabbed my attention and kept it so I'll keep going gladly.

An interesting take on a genre I'm not usually a fan of but it still worked.

• The pace feels like a mix of fast paced for somethings but much much slower for others. This felt a little off to me, especially since this is a planned trilogy of some significant length.
• The world is described as similar to ours, there are social differences (they are a lot more accepting) and technological ones, and even though the author made some efforts in explaining a bit of this I could tell this was not her forte. That was joined with some other attempts of scientific and other more scholarly subjects that were kind of a miss for me. Still it did not detract too much from my immersion into the story.

• Conflict wise, this didn't really present us with a main one exactly. We start with her situation being the problem and her memory staying an issue the whole book, but during the majority of it the relationships are the main thing. Not just the differences but the acceptance of new dynamics. This makes one character the main antagonist for this issue and I felt it had reason once we get some backstory to explain but since we don't have it right from the start it felt abrupt. After that was mostly solved we're just waiting for the foreshadowing to become the next big thing.

• When it comes to characters, they all felt distinctive but we do spend a lot more time with the FMC and only 2 of the MMC's. This looks like it will change in the next books, and it did help to build these relationships a lot so that was nice, I just found the others to also be interesting and wanted more time with them.
• Some of the dialog was weirdly written for me, like the changes in subject were sudden and didn't have pauses in between, that I felt were missing. This did take a bit to get used to even if it was for the faster pacing to work. Also some of the physics in intimate scenes were not fully making sense.

The ending was surprising and very much worked as a pull to keep reading the series. I'mma go and start the next one right away ;)

The world is part of a different series and they intersect but even if it might benefit to read the other first I didn't feel too lost even if I didn't finish the other one.

• A modern day world with a caveat, near the city our story is happening in there is a large city only for supernatural creatures that normal humans know nothing about (like no one ever saw a map). Various species are talked about but the main ones are vampires and the hunters of this secret organization that hunt them.
• This first book is mostly about the initial meeting and relationship between the main characters but it has some plot that was interesting and I look forward to reading about. It also initiates a different plot that is coming slightly from the previous series and unfortunately I didn't find as interesting but seems will be a major plot for the next book.
• Our FMC is a badass and we get some time and good examples of this which was very much appreciated. She's going through some major life changes and we see her fighting the realization that her worldview might not be fully correct and that felt realistic.
• When it comes to MMC we get some time with him but in the end since we are only seeing things from the female lead's perspective there is a lot of doubts and going back and forth on how we do see him. This for me felt a little detrimental because I finished the book feeling like we didn't really know him, even if he was sweet and genuine I felt it lacked something.
• The ending had some good plot twists that had been somehow hinted at during the book but never really had time to fully reveal themselves so they still caught me by surprise.

I will continue on but with some caution since my particular experiences with this author are mostly just ok.

Holy miscommunication trope.

There isn't much i can say about this, it's a fast paced story, with a sweet relationship that suffers from the above mentioned miscommunication trope a lot. Despite being fast paced I wouldn't say it's insta love and there is some plot focused on the main issue of the book, being trapped in an unknown place.

Some of the weirdest names I've read, all of them.

1. Very very fast paced character focused book. It's straight up insta-love and lust.
2. We have some sweet guys, at least one is a kinky one and a grumpy one that has to cause some issues or this would be too smooth sailing.
3. The female lead is fine, a soft type that is somehow a little too perfect for me, even with some past trauma it doesn't feel like we see the effects of it.
4. Near the end we have the typical third act trope and we follow that by reconciliation and one of the only tropes that can almost immediately stop me from going on, pregnancy.

This was an ok ride for me with more sex scenes than i expected.