Mimi

DNF 50%. This book was so slow. I was hoping it got better when the MMC showed up but it was still slow, the plot uninteresting and I didn't care about any characters in it

The smut was really good with breeding kink, age gap, forbidden RH romance. I do wish it didn't jump to the pregnancy arc so quickly though and step father faded in the background too much for my liking from the middle

I also could have done without the side plots of the female lead's best friend and the club's fraud as the plots were too basic and didn't do anything except disrupt the flow.

Short read, finished in one sitting.

The overarching plotline was interesting and kept me engaged - unfortunately I don't think the chemistry between the main leads was there and parts of it felt underdeveloped. Very torn between 2 or 3 stars.

I didn't really like the plot of this one - the female lead's mom having cancer treatment put angst in what could have been a fun smutty novella and the relationship between the male lead and his daughter was solved too easily - would have been a nicer ending if she was just cut out of their life.

The smut that was there was good but I wish the epilogue wasn't cut off so quickly and we got more scenes of the main couple together

I didn't like this one. Female lead chases male lead for a change, the female lead has piercings and I wasn't really feeling their chemistry or digging the plot. I was so tempted to DNF

Teacher-student romance - not dark with decent smut. It was going to be a 3 star read but then a nonsensical plot about the teacher sabotaging her grades and internship behind the scenes to enable the female lead's to find her true passion came in, and the plot was so abrupt and cringe I had to drop a star

I was so excited to read this book and apart from the typos, this book was utter perfection. I normally hate daddy kink but this book made it work. I loved this age gap romance - the smut was top tier, the male lead, Vinny, was utterly obsessed with the female lead, his possessiveness, his jealousy, his manipulation, breeding kink, lactation kink, the secret child trope and Vinny losing his mind when Gracie ran away. I loved it all. The best BJ alpha book I've read and would definitely reread

I didn't expect to like this one but I really did. 4 stars no question. Dark, manipulative male lead who is absolutely obsessed with the female lead at first sight and schemes, stalks and bulldozes his way into her life.

So many kinks I normally hate, especially the daddy kink and water spots, I enjoyed in this book. The smut in this was really good and the male lead is just perfectly unhinged - breeding kink, lactation kink, male lead who drugs her with sleeping pills and tampers with her body lotion. I laughed at his reaction to the male obstetrician. I wish the female lead wasn't a single mother but it didn't bother me too much

I hate it when side couples are in books because it feels like forced advertising by the author but it was done so subtly in this book I find myself actually looking forward to Vinny's book.

Definitely would reread. Finished this in one sitting

I struggled on whether to rate this 2 or 3 stars.

The smut is incredible - especially the earlier scenes between Hadrian and Vanessa: somno, breeding kink, birth control tampering, non con/dub con.

But the story fell flat. There was so much potential. Both male leads would have been a forbidden romance with the female lead. Both were possessive of the female lead after finding out about the other's existence. Hadrian especially was obsessed to the extent he's unhinged which I liked. But the forbidden romance part wasn't explored at all - the vampire side or fbi side. All the unhinged things that Hadrian did to the FMC were what made him the best character as well and in the second half he apologises and regrets how he treated the female lead? That was the only good part of the book

The male leads were so accepting of each other out of the blue and we even got MM scenes? And the MM scenes were even before the second male lead got together with the female lead.

Orpheus's romance with Vanessa was really underdeveloped. Real slow burn.

The time jumps in the second half also threw me off.

And the arc with Saul being so protective of the female lead he kidnaps Hadrian also came out of nowhere. How did he even find out about Hadrian? His mafia background isn't explored at all nor him being a parent to the female lead. It's just introduced then dropped. And how did Saul even know about vampires existing? Orpheus killing him off without questions was also abrupt. He didn't have a reason at all to kill him off instead of keeping him alive, even for torture.

This is a true enemies to lovers book where the male lead truly hates the female lead, who he is entering an arranged marriage with.

There were parts that were hilarious - just remembering the male lead's disgust at the tiki bar? Gold. The male lead's jealousy was also fun to read - he bashed someone who was eying the female lead, he forced his guards to turnaround so they wouldn't ogle at her whenever she wasn't dressed conservatively enough for his liking, he purposely left bite marks and branded her, he lost his mind when he found out the female was still using her maiden name and wasn't wearing her ring and completely lost his mind everytime he couldn't find her.

I also ate up the female lead running away and managing to hide away from the male lead for months with a secret child near her favorite ice cream shop with a white picket fence.

80% of the book was the male lead hating his attraction to the female lead. I really wish there were more scenes of them together after he found her and their son because there was just too much hate for my liking

I also don't understand why Justin could have a box labelled with Lucas's name if it was before she was taken in the SUV and before she met Lucas. I also don't understand how the female lead could have gotten pregnant when she had birth control implanted.

DNF 84%. This is initially really good - I'm a sucker for dark romance where the FMC wants to divorce the MMC but the MMC is so obsessed with her he won't let her. His jealousy, protectiveness and the spicy scenes were also really good.

The plot about child trafficking was weird and it really went downhill from there. I'm also not a fan of how the twin arc developed. At first it was interesting but it just seemed cliche for one to be a bad twin and one to be a good twin who is innocent from all the criminal things the evil twin has committed

Requires better editing and finished abruptly but solid book. Had all my favourite dark romance tropes

This book is a slowburn and not as steamy as I would have liked it to be. There is only one smut scene that's towards the end of the book and quite short. The book definitely got better from the 50% mark. Prior to that, the book is on the slow side, almost no romance.

The plot was interesting enough and the FMC was likeable enough. The MMC carried my interest in this book - I did really like him. otherwise it likely would have been 2 stars. Handsome, morally grey, absolutely obsessed with the FMC, manipulative.

There is a really hot jealousy scene in the middle of the book where there's a side character vying for the FMC's romantic interest and the MMC absolutely destroys him and gets feral over the FMC.

I also enjoyed the scenes where the MMC was manipulating everything to get the FMC to go to the same college as him.

The FMC was too hot headed for my liking throughout the book - she reacted too rashly to people goading her. However, the bit at the end where she secretly left the MMC and planned New York? THAT was good.

I can't wait for the chase that will inevitably ensue in the second book and the lengths the MMC would go to to get the FMC back

I really enjoyed the start. The mystery in the plot was unpredictable. But I honestly lost interest in this book 30% in. Didn't enjoy the relationship development between the MMC and FMC

DNF 7%. Didn't vibe with the writing or any of the main characters. Petty but I was getting tired of the references to the FMC's coiled hair and hated the names Nick and Jay

Picked this up due to the breeding kink but this was just so slow... DNF 15%

This is a 5 star book if you enjoy fantasy with romance subplot. I found the prose wordy to the extent I had trouble understanding some of the action scenes (and there is a lot of action) and there wasn't as much romance as I'd like (only one smut scene) but what romance there was was developed really well. The blood drinking scene was SO GOOD

The plot was really interesting and the ending of the trials... omg... I feel like that alone was 5 stars. I did not see that coming. I did really like the FMC and MMC as well.

I really liked the plot and how obsessed, morally grey and manipulative the MMC was with the FMC. The ending was unsatisfying however. I feel like more could have been written and it was ended too early. It was also a lot less steamy than I thought it'd be.

The smut was good but I didn't like everything else. The MMC was grey/black but there was also a push for him to be a good guy, which I didn't like. Wasn't a fan of the FMC or the plot either.

What I hated most was all of FMC's friends. They were all really annoying, epecially Tovah. You could just tell by the forced Tovah/Isaac scenes that the author was going to write a book with the two together. DNF 62%

DNF45% - didn't like the MMC or FMC or the writing

I didn't expect to like this book because I didn't like Silver during the Royal Elite trilogy but I absolutely loved her and Cole's love story and the plot - the twist at the end with the doll maker was something I completely did not expect. The storyline is a solid 5 stars. I think I like Silver better than Elsa now - she was unexpectedly such a sweet but strong character. I even liked her relationship with Aiden. I would be more than happy to reread this book.

Edit: Updated from 3 to 4 stars because I can't stop thinking about this book

The book was good and engaging - I did like Ruthless Empire better though.

I wasn't planning to read this one originally as I didn't like Teal in the Royal Elite trilogy and I felt her and Roman's relationship was forced in that book.

In this book, I liked Teal and Ronan and their romance, even though their dynamics was cliche enemies to lovers and developed a little too quickly for my liking. The two did have chemistry so I did root for them.

The tragic backstory for both Teal and Ronan was predictable and the story line not my favorite

Spoiler Alert: as soon as Roman's uncle was introduced, I knew he was going to be the villain

I did find Teal's coping mechanism for her trauma being that she lost her virginity at 14 was unrealistic, OOC and unnecessary - 14 is too young

Rating this was tough... it was hovering between 1 and 2 stars because some of the perspectives were so repetitive and slow. I did really like Aiden/Elsa and Cole/Silver's POVs. The other perspectives bored me.

The group chapters and the group chats though were hilarious and what tipped it over to 3 stars. I really loved seeing interactions of the Royal elite with their kids (Ronan with Remi, Cole and Silver with Ava and Aiden and Elsa with Eli) and the banter of the guys with each other

Seeing Eli's budding affection for Ava, how obsessed with Elsa Aiden is even becoming jealous of his own son, and Cole absolutely doting on his daughter and Silver were all so cute.

Then I cackled at the events of cancelling dad day and Aiden bulldozing over Jonathan via Aurora to get baby sitting

The plot twists in this were still good though the other 2 were better but way too much focus on the side characters. I could just tell which couples the author was setting up next books for because they just dragged the plot unnecessarily

I'm surprised how rare it is to see this book recommended online because it's absolutely incredible. I had read Blood of My Monster and Vow of Deception. I liked Rai well enough but I wasn't all that invested so had no intention of picking this book up. I was in a reading slump though so ultimately did.

The plot, the smut, the characterisations, the chemistry, everything is absolutely amazing. I love both Rai and Kyle - their romance development is everything. How obsessed they are with each other despite being enemies. Heartbreak from betrayal.

Absolutely loved this