The Temptation of Magic
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Average rating2.8
Nicole Palmer and her family have been in hiding for years from the Wake--a shadowy organization that governs all supernatural creatures. If the Wake discovers that Nicole is an Empyreal--a rare kind of creature that can shapeshift into any creature's natural predator--they'll force her to join them or kill her for resisting. Like they did her mother. Nicole is close to uncovering a secret message hidden in a supernatural art collection--a message from her mother about how to destroy the Wake for good. But when the collector is murdered and a key painting stolen, the Wake sends their best Empyreal assassin to track down the dangerous creature on the loose. Kyan McCarter is handsome, perceptive, and the last person Nicole wants to work with to find the stolen painting. Their search sparks a powerful connection between them, but if Kyan finds out that Nicole is a rogue Empyreal, he'll have no choice but to hunt her next. After all, no one disobeys the Wake and survives.
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1 primary bookEmpyreal is a 1-book series first released in 2024 with contributions by Megan Scott.
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A well-written, easy to read dark academia, with elements of supernatural beings mixed in.
While it was a bit difficult for me to get into at first, the world building elements not 100% grabbing hold of my attention, once the main characters meet and the plot begins to kick off, it was very easy to read and flowed very well. I definitely preferred Kyan's POV rather than Nicole's, though once Nicole accepted herself, it was fun to see both.
I don't know how I feel about the whole ‘mates' thing, since it was a great start into a budding romantic interest for them both that sudden alters into a compulsion because of what they are. While I understand the need for it, as a method to overcome an external oath, perhaps I'm just not a fan of the whole soulmates thing.
The ending was dealt with nicely, leaving a cliffhanger but wrapping up as much as they could without copping out to throw it all into the next book. I definitely want to know more about the Wake, as well as understand why Callum is so fixated on Freya.
I look forward to reading the sequel in the future.
