So I wrote this review 3 years ago with "review to come" and it never did.. I was cleaning up my docs today and there it was. So I figured better lateSo I wrote this review 3 years ago with "review to come" and it never did.. I was cleaning up my docs today and there it was. So I figured better late than never. From rereading it now, I can tell you it's about two things, the story in this book getting repetitive and boring.
While I haven’t read that many erotica since it isn’t always my cup of tea, I have a few guilty pleasures. And this series is (was?) one of them. The whole circumstances of the story are outstretched and would never happen today (not in first world countries.. at least), yet… I devoured it. I read the first 2 books in one day. The series was addicting. It was hot, yes predictable but enjoyable nonetheless. I loved Nila and Jethro, they were so cute together. Short, I liked it… a lot.
While the first 3 books were great, the 4th wasn’t as good. Still, I didn’t mind. I chose this book particularly because I’m not reading much nowadays sadly and figured it would be a good quick read. I wasn’t wrong about the second part, but it wasn’t good. Maybe it has to do with the plot in this book. If you haven’t read the first 4 books, you should stop reading now.
The last book ends with Jethro and Kes’ death. Nila seems to be Daniel’s new plaything. In this book, we also see what a monster Bonnie is. However… the torture went too far (as in enough already, it’s getting boring, I'm saying about that about torture yes but this is fiction and enough already, at least sum it up, Winters) and we did not get much of my beloved Jethro! Yes, it’s not a spoiler that he’ll come back. We could’ve seen it miles away. This book got repetitive, we didn't see anything new. Nila’s “I want to kill them” “they’ll pay” started to annoy me because she wasn’t really planning (yes, I’m very much aware that she can’t do anything) but she only had murderous thoughts all the time –which to be expected but we don’t need to read the same recycled lines all the damn time. Stop the damn monologues and empty threats.
I found myself often losing interest (something that never happened with the other books) and I forced myself to read it. Nila was annoying, little character development here in this book. She was trying too hard to look badass. She just bored me eventually. She lost her shit only when they cut her hair! What the fuck! I also agree with everything Melanie said in her review.
Many Nina alone moments and so little of Jet made the book underwhelming. I’m glad we saw some development among the secondary characters (about time) but it was not enough to save this book. Even when shit started happening by the last 10% of the book, I just couldn’t connect to the story as I did in the previous books. However, I’m taking a moment to express my horror at the medieval torture devices (who knew there were so creative, not me). I felt too sorry for Nila.. It’s a wonder she survived all of this completely sane (yes I know sometimes that something silly would make someone tip, here cutting her hair buuuuut I couldn't buy it).
Another thing that frustrated me was the foreshadowing. Enough teasers. Stop adding new elements to keep us interested enough to read the next book. It’s getting so repetitive and I’m losing interest already. Gladly only 1 book is left. Although the ending is predictable, I feel like it’s too late to stop now. However, I won’t be reading it anytime soon.
Having finished the series, I can say it started great but went downhill after the first two books. The last book was even worse than this one....more
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