Corinthya

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.

DNF at 27%

• The guy comes of as a demanding, possibly controlling, with aggressive tendencies that only orders the main character around.
• The girl just goes along with anything even if she didn't want to, or didn't feel comfortable. Also kinda judgy of herself and thinks like a cliché guy(it's all sex and horniness).

I couldn't go on.

Despite the synopsis there is more than pure smut...

• The main character, Newt, was a bit weird to me, he felt insecure about being different from his family and kept some distance because of this, however all we heard about wasn't just because he wanted to be a werewolf, he wanted to be alpha so I felt a bit disconnected from him.
• Colin was mostly sweet, and the relationship benefited from that.
• The bad guy didn't feel very threatening and while blackmailing our main character he somehow believed in him?! This felt confusing because of the confidence he seemed to have that a breakthrough was not only possible but imminent. The conclusion of this arc was ok, it made sense but was very much rushed and still I didn't feel satisfied with it.

For a book with some plot but mostly not it was ok.

A solid bloody ride.

• Our FMC is a manic pixie type, we hear she's quite good at what she does but despite how many times we hear it I felt we didn't see it enough. Beyond that she is likeable enough with a weird positive attitude and very few sad times even if she does have some mental issues.
• Felix is her partner that already loves her and has an established solid relationship, from him we see a lot of depth in issues and personality which may be good in some ways but I felt we spent a little too much time in his head and repeating the insecurities he was feeling. Still that does create a bigger bond from the reader to this character making his progression particularly satisfying.
• The alphas, most of them felt distinctive but two of them could have been the same character and we wouldn't have minded. This does not mean all four weren't likeable, just that some important personality traits were shared, It did not help that we spend more time or meaningful time with the other two. Still liked them overall.
• Conflict was a bit divided in this, we have an issue that is purely personal and pertaining to the relationship of the main characters, that was the longest one but not the most engaging for me since they have a tendency to become circular.
• The second main conflict was hinted at but only at the very end does it actually make a proper appearance. Somehow it didn't fully feel rushed and got some really satisfying conclusion. The bad guy was sufficiently competent and was not super easy and quick to go down.

This took me a bit of forcing because of the personal issues but everything else was good.