Corinthya

A good sequel that should have been part 2,

• We pick up right from the ending of the last book (further making them feel like 2 parts of one) and we finally learn a reason for her being the last one of her species. It feels highly biased on purpose.
• The main character grows a bit in power in this book by learning a little about the past and trying new magic but I still felt like she was underutilized for someone that is supposed to be extremely powerful.
• When it comes to relationships,

1. The one friend she had from last book didn't make much of an appearance in this one so that sucked.
2. There is some growth in her 2 relationships with the two guys from last book.
3. The guys we were unsure about are still in the same category, the might or might not be.
4. There are 2 additions that I actually liked until the moment of them being added to the harem because after all the personality they were showing and connection they were building by the 80% mark the speed ramps up which kinda left an iffy taste in my mouth.

• The conflict is still not the strong suit of this series, there are some hardships our characters go through that gave it a bit of texture but the main issue from last book that was left to this one was kinda solved right at the beginning of this one and only deepened right at the ending just in time to leave un in a cliffhanger.

I still found this enjoyable and would like to continue, however the third book that was supposed to release in October 2025 is nowhere to be found and there are no news that I could find about it.

An enjoyable fast paced ride.

• A modern world where supernatural creatures live by keeping the humans separate from themselves and have control of society. Besides that we don't go into too much detail about these things.
• The main character just discovers that she is not human and while she does go through an adjustment period it doesn't last too long to keep the book's fast pacing. Also discovers that she is supposed to be super strong and powerful to the point of having to hide from everyone, but despite that we don't really see much of that come into play in this book.
• A lot of the focus is on her building relationships, with the 2 guys that right away are absolute goners for her (no slow burn here in emotions), as well as a few more guys that we are not so sure about but somehow also could possibly be love interests in the future.
• The conflict here is mostly left for the ending making it feel like a part one book instead of a full book. Because of this we have very little to no answers and no real feel for motivation except, survival of our main character and envy from whoever is the power behind the conflict that has just started.
• The language and overall feel is very casual which makes this a fast read for me since there is not overcomplicated language or mystery so far.

I'll continue on and hopefully enjoy the rest of the series.

Light and sweet, mostly

• The female main character was one of triplets and even though she mentions once or twice that she feels like part of the set and not a standout I didn't feel it. She didn't feel very insecure to me, but we also don't get too much focus on her family.
• Duke Stone is aptly named as his personality is quite the same, he is stoic and taciturn but underneath there is a heart of gold and some unknown charm. This is extra obvious by the time jumps we get where the relationship progresses in our absence so we mostly see the changes and they're already being treated as the new normal.
• The conflict in this is mostly from their relationship, the misunderstandings and small fights. From the beginning we get some secrets they're not sharing and when they talk about them they're quickly followed by a new secret for no good reason except to provide a little more conflict before the final reveal of a bad guy.

In conclusion, this was an ok read, entertaining enough but nothing groundbreaking.

Very quick and sweet.

• This lacked a bit of depth for me, despite the initial premise being serious it didn't fully convince me. Didn't help that after that first conflict it just fizzled out and left a bit of an empty feeling.
• In the relationship we get a "lot" of yearning that feels very lust fueled and their actual relationship felt the same way for me. Not to mention their obsession with breeding being kinda the reason they get together.Because the male lead is actually sweet towards the girl I wouldn't consider this dark romance.

Overall it was a bit underwhelming but nothing particularly bad to say about it, mostly just felt like it lacked.

A bit of a wild ride.

• We start off on a very bad note, there's plenty of abuse in various forms that is quite explicit so I don't recommend this for anyone not ready to read about some of the worst things in detail. Despite that it is not a dark romance, just a dark world.
• Our main female lead despite being very traumatized with good reason, shows surprising strength in character that was refreshing. Beyond her personality she has all the quirks of being an omega, including getting over some of her intimacy trauma by sheer power of hormones.
• The guys were all pretty easy to tell apart from each other. The were the reason for this not being dark romance since the actual relationship was very sweet between them.
• When it comes to the bad guys...this was a part one of this series and so this didn't feel like it actually went somewhere in that department, leaving the resolution to the next book.

This felt like a wild ride but mostly because of the explicit content more than the story.

A continuation that honestly became a little underwhelming.

• We pick up right where we left the last book. With the reemergence of issues that made this feel a bit repetitive right from the start.
• The characters don't feel like they evolved much from one book to the next making it honestly feel like these two parts should be only one book put together. But honestly they were the highlight of this series.
• We get introduced to more problems with bigger consequences that impact the whole society of this book (that honestly felt a little close to home). These were bigger issues than the previous ones but given this is the hopeful start of a series they did not get solved, so they only served to make the bleak situations in this world feel unsurmountable and frustrating.

Overall, I felt underwhelmed with this, because the issues from the first book were mostly resolved right at the start of this one and then we had to wait until almost the end to see the culmination of the others, this felt like it really went nowhere.