Every Deep Desire

I find it really hard to review 3 starred books.

This book was interesting, that's for sure. I like the small town, the history, the plot-line being tied to ancestors, the imperfect secondary hero, the lore, and world building kept me interesting and obviously took a lot of time.

However: I don't think I liked Rafe, the hero? The entire point of the novel was that because his wife is his soulmate/love/his everything/the entire purpose for his existence he can do whatever he wants even if its morally grey and it's forgiven/okay because he did it to “protect their love.” I am not a soulmate/your partner completes you type of person, so Rafe's actions thoroughly annoyed me.

I will give that Juliet was a strong character, and demanded that he include her in decision making once he came back. That was a nice addition and she pushed even when he ran away. I'm glad for that.

I will probably read the second book because I like Nate but the format and constantly changing POV (there were MANY POV....at least 5???) just added to the already confusing and twisted storyline and was a bit frustrating. Hopefully the next one will be a bit more linear.