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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The King in Books
Jan 6, 2021
3.5 stars.
So I got into this a lot more the second time of trying, though it still took me a few months to finish it. I think I forgot about all the other side stories that take place in these books but after a while, I fell back into the series.
Admittedly, I have forgot a lot of the previous tales since it's been so long but I remember various Brothers like V, Rhage and Z. I think those three stood out for me a lot more and were some of my faves in this series.
One thing that did stand out to me though was the lack of hunting lessers. None of the guys seemed to be going out hunting the enemy apart from Xcor and co. But I think it was mentioned that none of them were allowed to leave? I can't remember why though.
I will be reading Trez's story at some point but I'm not in a hurry.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
That being said, Violet did manage to annoy me in regard to Lincoln on various occasions throughout but now I've finished the book I know it wasn't all her own doing, not at the end anyway.
I was Team Lincoln from the start (I seem to have this thing about picking the first guy mentioned in books, unless he's an arse of course) and fascinated by Violet's reaction to him. Then we met him and I think I sighed a little, because he seemed rather dreamy.
Phoenix on the other hand was a little iffy from the start. He seemed too good to be true and always a little dark, to me.
After the ending I'm interested to see where things go and will be starting Entice soon.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1) in Books
Jan 8, 2021
It started off quite good, we were thrown straight into the action and I was excited to see where it would all lead.
Evie was kinda fun, she was rather innocent though having lived in the agency building since she was eight and in a way it fun seeing her in a school setting though her fashion sense and love of pink was a bit OTT.
I love Lend--dodgy name but I totally get it. He had my attention from early on and I loved reading the slow progression of his relationship with Evie.
Reth, I'm not too sure about; sometimes he seemed alright and others I wanted to punch him in the face.
I'm not normally a fan of books involving the fae but I liked this. It was different since it involved all different types of paranormal creature/being and wasn't too engrossed in the courts and the ways of the fae.
I am definitely intrigued as to what else will happen in this series and will be continuing it at some point in the near future.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Kade's Dark Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans, #1) in Books
Jan 8, 2021
Admittedly, I'm in a bit of a slump where paranormal books are concerned and I'm struggling to get into favourite series' such as Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 12! It's almost blasphemy to myself.
That being said the plot sounded right up my street for this. I think it was just the way it was written that made me give it up. I like my characters to be monogamous--if that's the right term. I'm guessing something's going to happen with Kade so why do I have to read about her having sex with her "loupe"? I'm not a fan of that. And then as I mentioned above the style didn't sit right with me, it wasn't gripping me and pulling me into the story. I found it awkward and considering it isn't the longest book, to see that I was only a quarter way in after three full days when, if it had grabbed my attention, I'd have finished it by now.
Not really my sort of thing.<br/>