Kirsten

This book was aggressively mediocre. It was fine. I spent most of it curious if it was supposed to be mysterious and then the reader figures out the “twist” or if we're supposed to be in on it because it's so obvious.

I was going to take something insightful or practical from this book. I got neither and was just glad that it was short. I did skim some towards the end, so like a partial DNF, but I read enough that I'll count it.

I guess I'd give this 3.5 stars. I enjoyed most of the book, but after finishing it, I'm not sure if I'll read the next in the series. I wasn't a fan of the ending and I'm not really sure if I care where this goes next. I think part of this may also be that “romantasy” just isn't my favorite genre.

This book was really enjoyable to read for the most part. I enjoyed the story even though it was very formulaic. There is nothing new to see here, but sometimes you're just looking for entertainment and this fit the bill. It was good enough that I immediately went to read the sequel. My main complaint was the sex scenes. I was really enjoying the story then had to keep being pulled away by these smut breaks that I did not care about. By the 5th orgasm I'm like God, get on with it already! It's not that I'm inherently against smut, but I guess if I want to read smut I'd rather that be the whole point of the book instead of distracting from a more interesting plot.

I listened to the audiobook. It was well narrated so it gets a star for that.

Once Grady gets to the island it seems a little silly and cliche, but I figured let's see where this goes.

The answer?

1) Nowhere for most of the book. Some of this is so drawn out and repetitive. How many times do I need to hear about the doctor saying insomnia can cause hallucinations etc. We get it already.

2) By the end it finally does go somewhere. Somewhere so ridiculous its just not even remotely believable and just so ridiculous I'm like wait, I waited all this time for that?