“You don’t complete me, you’re a part of me. If you go, that’s not different than erasing me along with you.”
Creighton is the epitome of sad boy ene “You don’t complete me, you’re a part of me. If you go, that’s not different than erasing me along with you.”
Creighton is the epitome of sad boy energy. The only thing that exists to him is Annika and that is *chef's kiss*
Creigh and Annika have a grumpy/sunshine dynamic. He is completely withdrawn and the only person he cares to pay attention to is Annika. As the name God of Pain suggests Creigh is a Sadist and Annika is a Masochist. This definitely is the least intense kink-wise out of the three Legacy of Gods books out now. However, I would say this one is definitely the most plot heavy. I think if you are someone who is looking to get into Dark Romance, I'd say this is intense but not throwing you completely in the deep end. I mentioned in my GoM review that the Legacy of Gods series has similar vibes to Shantel Tessiers LORD's Universe. ...more
Not all girls like the hero. I was fated to fall in love with the villain. Because I know, I just know that he’ll put me ahead of everyone. Himself i Not all girls like the hero. I was fated to fall in love with the villain. Because I know, I just know that he’ll put me ahead of everyone. Himself included.
Killian is truly insane, but I liked it. He is an awful person in every sense, but I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WORKED FOR ME! I am so confused.
Genuinely Non-Con is NOT my cup of tea typically but I'll be honest if you are a Spicy Dark Romance reader and are aware of what triggers are your limits I would say give the book a go. The story was enjoyable and the FMC Glyndon was enjoyable. The main romance was exciting and the interpersonal relationships of each both the Main characters were entertaining to read about. The subplot was definitely giving Shantel Tessier LORD's secret society. If you liked The Ritual, The Sinner and so on this book will be right up your alley.
MY ONLY BEEF and this applies to the entire Legacy of God series, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PARENTS. I get it that the children are based on another series, but exactly that, the parents have their own series! I DO NOT want to read about them mid-way through my story.
Overall it was a surprisingly fun read for me. ...more
I’d rather be smashed and broken to pieces with you than be whole without you. I’d rather remain a beast for you than become a man who has to survive I’d rather be smashed and broken to pieces with you than be whole without you. I’d rather remain a beast for you than become a man who has to survive without you.”
Out of the three Legacy of Gods books, this was the one I was the most excited to read and I think that led me to be disappointed! I still really enjoyed this book but I was so hopeful that it was going to be a 5-star read because of the other ones. Truly I loved Jeremy and Cecily they were each other's match and honestly the chemistry between the two of them was unmatched. Cecily's struggle with PTSD and dissociation hit hard and Jeremy was *mwah mwah*!
My main problem was I think the incorporation of the other plotlines from the previous books made the pacing of the book super off. In one chapter hours or days would pass then in the next chapter it'd be like two weeks or a month later. The next issue for me was there were three subplots if you will, the conflict that this book starts with and then later, we find more about the mystery person out for Cecily, and lastly the conflict from the God of Pain (iykyk). I think my issue with having these three separate subplots is the last 20% was an absolute mess of conflict and solution. This truly I think comes back to the pacing of the book if the climax of both of these issues were spread out a bit more in the book it would have flowed better in my opinion. Because when I was 88% in and they were happy and together after coming back together I was like eating it up, leaving no crumbs.... but then conflict happened again and both characters were so stubborn! I was so frustrated because the final conflict resolution was so unnecessary I was just waiting for them to be happy!...more
Ooof this had me feeling some type of way! Do I think everyone would enjoy this? No! Did I enjoy it? Yes. It’s hard to see this turning into why choosOoof this had me feeling some type of way! Do I think everyone would enjoy this? No! Did I enjoy it? Yes. It’s hard to see this turning into why choose because I feel like Manson is clearly the main love interest in this book anyways!...more
Jeez, I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that. This book is a solid 4.5/5 for me! I felt a tightness in my chest the entire time I was r Jeez, I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that. This book is a solid 4.5/5 for me! I felt a tightness in my chest the entire time I was reading it. This is a story about trauma and what happens after. Cora and her sister's fiance Dean who she hates are kidnapped on the way back from Cora's sister's birthday. The two of them are held captive and experience trauma that changes both of them forever. They will never be able to go back to the way things were before, but what does that mean for them? This story is haunting and beautiful.
Possible Spoilers: Dean was perfect, wow just wow. He did everything to try and protect Cora. Dean made my heart melt and I felt so bad for him. The way he tried to protect Cora was UGHH. He was so selfless and I wish the story dived into his trauma a little bit more, I feel like everything about him was about Cora. Whereas Cora had a lot more depth, we get to see her Trauma and her complex feelings toward Dean and her recovery in general. I think the author did a great job depicting how a person changes after trauma and struggles with Mental Health. AHHH this book made me cry and I felt so sad for these characters. One critique I have is Cora and Dean's "hatred" at the beginning felt so forced, mainly because Cora was so rude and mean to Dean all the time for minor things. After the abduction it made sense cause she was going through it but before it was a tad dramatic. Let's talk about Mandy.... I will be honest she pissed me off. No offense but she was so self-centered and SHE HAD ZERO SYMPATHY. Her fiance and sister just went through a nightmare that takes years to heal and she's like meh me me me me. I honestly got so angry reading anything that had to deal with her. I understand being mad that Cora and Dean hooked up after getting back (even though Dean broke up with Mandy before pursuing anything), but genuinely she could not see past herself.
Some of my favourite quotes:
It was only three weeks, but it’s burned into every cell, every vein, every tainted pocket of my soul. Forever. And so is she.
She can pretend to hate me. If it diminishes even a fraction of her pain, she can fucking pretend all she wants. But I know it’s love… it has to be, because if this isn’t love… Then I’m certain it does not exist.
Cora glances over in my direction and our eyes meet for the very first time. Green. Angels have green eyes. ...more
He knew he was damaged. He knew he would never completely be able to give her everything she deserved. But he liked to fucking try and every time she He knew he was damaged. He knew he would never completely be able to give her everything she deserved. But he liked to fucking try and every time she smiled, it was his reward.- Tristan Caine...more
Trigger Warnings were in fact there warning ⛔️ I like dark romance and I usually don’t mind triggering topics but I think this one was too much for meTrigger Warnings were in fact there warning ⛔️ I like dark romance and I usually don’t mind triggering topics but I think this one was too much for me. 60% of the book is about the FMC being raped and groomed and it’s a long book! Sin reminds me of Zade from Haunting Adeline a lot. I liked him and thought that his and Elli’s relationship was interesting but the plot kept going and it didn’t stop going. Honestly, if it was 300 pages less I’d have enjoyed it a lot more! I don’t think it was necessarily a bad book I just think that the content of this one was hard for me to digest. Also, I really enjoyed seeing other characters from this universe cross over AND YOU DAMN WELL KNOW I AM READING TYSON'S STORY!!...more
4.5 Stars easily here This feels like a wildly underrated paranormal romance book! This is hunger games meets Witches meets Enemies to Lovers! Truly 4.5 Stars easily here This feels like a wildly underrated paranormal romance book! This is hunger games meets Witches meets Enemies to Lovers! Truly chefs kiss! Description: This book follows a witch named Raven who lives in a world where there are 7 witch covens. Every witch receives marks upon their skin for every spell they gain, however, Raven goes unmarked. She and the other witches live amongst other mythical creatures, but for as long as she can remember the Dark King has been massacring and starving the witches. After the death of her coven's leader for the first time in her life there will be sacred trials to determine who shall take that place. During these trials, she and the other contestants are forced to stay in the Dark King's Castle as he is the host.
I will be honest I didn't think the romance would be at the enemies-to-lovers level that it was!! I had honestly really mediocre expectations for this book and when I TELL YOU THAT THE MMC had me burning up, searching high and low for excuses! Let me drop some quotes for you
Nose to nose with the greatest villain I'd ever known, the burning sensation of his hand still gripping my throat, I couldn't bear the way my core reacted to him. As if every nerve in my whole body longed to be touched in that way by him. “Who hurt you? I will not ask again.”
“Better a villain by truth than a hero by lies. I'll be the devil in your story if that's what you need, but I will not apologize for what I choose to protect.” He looked at me then. His eyes lit with passion and anger and a thousand other things I couldn't define. “That includes you.”
“Go to him, watch him fight with himself over morality and love. See if he would deny a coven leader. Because that's the difference between him and I, Raven. I would break every fucking rule, I would burn the world down for you. I know you're worth it without needing the time to figure it out.”
“I'm not a chivalrous man. I know you're hurting, and I should do the right thing, but I won't. If you need to use me to feel something, then use me because whatever I feel for you, it's agony. Every day. Every second. Every breath. Give me agony. If that's what it means to be with you, I choose it.”
I haven’t slept just because I couldn’t stop reading! That was Amazing! I was sooooo soo pleasantly surprised! I thought I knew where this story was gI haven’t slept just because I couldn’t stop reading! That was Amazing! I was sooooo soo pleasantly surprised! I thought I knew where this story was going but I in fact did not!! This is one of those books that was short but got what it needed to done! The plot of this book was amazing and after I finished reading it, I went back to see the foreshadowing I 1000% missed. This made me fall in love with it more because I often feel like a book's foreshadowing is blatantly obvious or the plot twist is just added information that completely confuses and takes away from the original plot. THIS IS NOT THE CASE HERE! It ended on a cliffhanger, but the plot twist actually closed the loose ends of the plot we started with. I would recommend going into it blind, but if you are not someone used to dark romance or darker genres read the trigger warnings. Ms Coven ate and left zero crumbs ...more
Truly conflicted about this one… one hand I loved Dalhias and Valtu’s love story but the ending was soo rushed and disappointing! I’d prefer the endinTruly conflicted about this one… one hand I loved Dalhias and Valtu’s love story but the ending was soo rushed and disappointing! I’d prefer the ending if it was a standalone more!...more
Ms. BARDUGO what have you done to me?!? I was convinced, sure, naive enough to think that this book could not be as good as Six of Crows. I am GLADLY Ms. BARDUGO what have you done to me?!? I was convinced, sure, naive enough to think that this book could not be as good as Six of Crows. I am GLADLY mistaken! The beginning of this book was piggybacking off the end of Six of Crows and resolved it nicely. I feel like this book was a series of mini-stories that together made the CROOKED KINGDOM. I will be honest in the middle it was starting to feel a little lackluster. I didn't have the vision to see where 200 more pages of the story could go (down below after this initial review I will go into why but it might have slight spoilers). Really it was starting to feel more of the same same, if that makes sense. OH MY LORD was I ever so wrong! the last third of this book has my mind, body, and soul! I would rate this book 5/5 simply for that portion alone! Maybe I am gullible but every twist genuinely surprised me. I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME A PLOT TWIST HAD ME FLOOORED, I almost always guess them. I was physically reacting to what was happening, I cried, I laughed, I was throwing my hands up, finger guns pointing and saying "They did that". I am still digesting my feelings and my emotions about this book, but if you couldn't guess I strongly recommend it.
SPOILERS AND CHARACTER COMMENTARY:
Okay, I want to address why the middle of this book felt so lackluster for me. It felt like the same plot was just repeating itself. "Like oh do a crazy job, cut it close, something goes wrong!" By the time the "take Van Eck down plot" was happening, I was like we really doing this again?!? I love all of the characters and wanted even more from their relationships because I genuinely was a little disinterested in the whole mastermind planning portion. HOWEVER, I was wrong and that middle plot was necessary to set up the MASTERFUL ending. I do believe that this book was like 3 mini stories put together for a grand one. The Inej retrieval, the takedown Van Eck, and the change the game plan feel like different stories to me. I think merging these three plans is what caused that little lag. I was always enjoying the book just in the middle I wasn't obsessed. But like I said that last bit changed everything!!
Jylan or Wesper, whatever you want to call them I am obsessed. These two bring the best out of each other and their little internal monologues of how they have always been into each other or struck by each other since they met had me kicking my feet. I was really happy that, as a reader, I got to know more about Jesper and his motives! His fight with dad had my eyes bright and my mouth speechless
"I didn't raise you to be a gambler, Jesper. I certainly didn't raise you to be a criminal." "I love you, Da. I love you with all my lying, thieving, worthless heart, but yes, you did"
Wylan is lowkey a genius and the side story about his mother broke my heart. The guilt he carries and how desperately he needed acceptance hurt me.
Kuwei doesn't say much but what he did say always made me laugh. I love how he has a crush on Jesper and he just dropped some funny lines.
Nina and Matthias, I literally cannot talk about them! I was hoping his death was an unexpected twist and wasn't real! I sobbed and sobbed for an hour. Their love and understanding for each other grew so much. All he did was love Nina and learn to accept her. Nina was strong and fighting her demons this entire story and Matthias dying hit so much harder because of that. Matthias dropped these lines and I'll never forgive him for dying. "you aren't a flower, you're every blossom in the wood blooming at once. You are a tidal wave. You're a stampede. You are overwhelming." "There is no one I want more; there is nothing I want more than to be overwhelmed by you."
Inej as always fan favorite. She is beauty, she is grace, and she is the only one keeping me from punching Kaz in the face. Hearing more about her story was gut-wrenching and made me feel sick. She was the glue of the crew and everyone knew it! Kaz and her aren't a slow burn that would be too quick to describe them. Their romance moves at the same speed as evolution...over the span of millions of years. Inej is just *chefs kiss*! When she said "No, you're the man who sits idly by, congratulating yourself on your decency, while the monster eats his fill. At least a monster has teeth and a spine." I dropped the book and clapped my hands. This made me feel feminine rage because it is so true. There are always men who sit around priding themselves on being "nice guys" but standby evil.
Kaz, the kazzle dazzle. I am deeply sick because I am in love with this man. I hate him but I love him nonetheless. He is a genius and Ms. Bardugo has me tripping over an evil mastermind with a crow cane! When the auction happens and things start happening and all the twists were revealed, my jaw was on the floor. I almost threw my book across the room. I would let this man plan the ruining of my life! King behavior! This man told Inej: " I would come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-" Sir excuse me !!!
All I can say is if another book is supposed to come out, you best know I am reading it!!
Sorry I keep editing it I just keep having things I need to add...more
I am going to write my review for this entire series here, it was really good and I completely understand the hype around it! Lana was such an amazingI am going to write my review for this entire series here, it was really good and I completely understand the hype around it! Lana was such an amazing FMC and regardless you wanted to support her even though she's a literal serial killer. Logan was perfect, except he's a blonde (I'm sorry I love my dark-haired MMC's)! The side characters were also incredible. I think I would rather have read all 5 books in one instead of essentially 5 novellas. The story was upsetting and I definitely think towards the end it was so extra (loved it) but there were somethings that I think took away from the impact. Overall Mindfucked/10...more
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