I've taken a short breather in my reading of this series and I'm actually really glad I did. The anticipation of this book has been threaded through every book before it and it almost feels like a safe spot to finish but also a new beginning. All the OG Kayr's vampires are mated, and Janie has fulfilled her destiny. And a lot of the questions now have answers.

It's funny because this book had so many ways it could have played out. and I feel like while I was reading it, I spent as much time thinking about what could have been as actually reading the book. Each time I would come to a new conclusion on what would happen next something shifted. 

Janie and Zane actually together were a lot less tumultuous than I expected. But obviously they didn't have an easy run of it. Everything about them being together was a fight to get beyond and they handled it beautifully. I am dying to see where the series is going from here. Yet I also don't know if I want to read it. Because where we have finally gotten to feels safe and comfortable. Who am I kidding? I'm one clicking the next one as soon as I finish this. Toodles

How did I not see Jase and Brenna coming? I mean sure hindsight and all that, but they were the absolute epitome of opposites attract. And the breadcrumbs with the painting and Jase's feelings towards Brenna should have made it obvious.

Each of them has been through their own trials and challenges only to varying degrees. And the effects those had on them was as different as night and day. Brenna was all things beautiful and hopeful, while Jase was rage and revenge.

There was so much going on and so many twists I didn't see coming that made this book completely enthralling. Watching each of these two connect and learn to trust in each other was awesome. Especially seeing Jase fall hard for Brenna.

I can't wait to see where this is going next with so many people still waiting to get their stories told. Not to mention the loose threads I'm still waiting to see play out. 

This was a cute little addition to the series. I love that we get so much of these shifters mixed throughout the main vampire books and then these awesome little snack size novellas of their own. And we get a tiny bit of extra vampire story without being anything you might need if you were to miss the novellas.

Maggie, I feel like I really knew, you know for someone who doesn't know herself. She was an absolute sweetheart who dealt with her issues without letting them weigh down her spirit. And Terrent we kind of know but he's always been this super staunch bad arse.

When the bomb was dropped, I was actually a little annoyed and then I was over it pretty quickly. I can see why Terrent did what or did and I liked that despite her initial ire Maggie understood too. I had hoped to get more of Maggie's history but I'm ok with what we got considering the length of the book. And hopefully we will be getting more of the bad arse pack in future books. Especially now that Jase is trying to join.

Well things are really heating up in the war and in this series. I keep getting so sucked in to some of these side stories that each time I think I'll read something else I get sucked right back in to find out what is going to happen. Especially now that Janie is getting older and everything is getting so much more interestingly entwined.

When I picked this up I don't know if that was who I was expecting for Kane, but Amber was just who he needed. Everything about her was unexpected and unorthodox but it was impossible not to like her. And having such an awesome twist with her grandmother just added to the whole craziness of her.

I mean dragging a vegan, pacifist into the middle of a war of immortals is just priceless. But she held her own amongst those crazy vampires and even got a handle on her powers. I love how she absolutely turned our calm, cool, collected, Kane on his head. And I'm really looking forward to seeing their relationship mature.

Now I'm off to grab the next book because I need to see our beautiful Jase find his way back. And see what Janie has up her sleeve. And how Hilde gets her hands on Oscar. And so much more that I am unaware of until I am reading it and my brain is screaming "yes this."

Ah I absolutely wasn't ready for that book. I mean I've been dying to read Jordan and Katies story since the beginning, but I feel so unprepared for the reality of reading it. Firstly, ten years feels like an eternity, but I guess when dealing with near immortal beings it's hardly a blink of an eye.

Mainly, I feel like they got ripped off. Especially poor Katie. That poor girl has had to deal with everything to get that happily ever after. And even then, she had to fight so hard for it. I mean give the girl a break. On the other hand, if anyone is strong enough to go through all that, it's Katie.

And yeah yeah, Jordan was there but man where was the alpha bloody shifter king? I felt like he would show up for moments but most of the time he was just a whingy baby. Don't get me wrong, I love Jordan but sack up dude and listen to Katie. He's just lucky he appreciated her and regretted wasting those ten years or I would have been wanting more junk punches.

But on a serious note, gah. There's so much going on and those ten years have been brutal, and I guess a little necessary to age a few children (and Katie). And there was some serious twists and turns in the story that I am dying to jump into the next one and I don't even know what it's called or who it is but it's screaming my name. Bye.

I am so hooked on this series right now that I am currently binge reading it on my laptop and book from the library and complaining about it at every turn. Sorry family. Not sorry. But I am absolutely loving this world and all of the people in it.

Conn and Moira where a couple I was looking forward to getting to know better and there were so many layers to them and their relationship. Between the war, the demons, the witches, and the century since their mating there was a lot of drama for them to sift through.

Both characters were awesome, and I loved that Conn was so good at seeing what Moira was worried about and allaying her fears. Even if he was also great at doing the chest beating overbearing alpha. And Moira knew who she was and fought for it. Then we got more of everyone else plus the next chapter in the war and a baby. Sigh.

And now I have Jordan and Katie waiting for me on my kindle because it was only $5, and I can't read on my phone for another day. Yeah, I know my brains an acehole and my kindle is trying to figure out why I'm reading bits and pieces of this series.

I didn't realise this was a novella until about half way into it but as far as these things go it was perfect. It added to the story without being something you would have to read for the rest of the series progression to make sense or be interrupted.

It was nice to see Max get a mate and I love that she fits so perfectly with his current purpose of protecting Janie. And I'm hoping that next up is Conn’s book because I'm really dying to get more of him and his mate. I think that's going to be explosive.

I put down Fated and went off to grab this on kindle only to have a freak out about it costing nearly $15 or as Amazon so helpfully calculated only $134 for the remainder of the series. So, I read a couple of other books I had previously purchased and not read but I was still dying to binge this series. Then it finally occurred to me to check out the library.

Which sounds obvious and simple, but it was 10pm Sunday night and I am not a library card holder. But I signed up and downloaded overdrive and am now reading on my phone like a weirdo. However, since I was just able to read this book and have already borrowed the next three I'm a happy weirdo.

This world is so intriguing and I'm loving all of the characters. I love that we get a little more of the overall story with each book while getting so much of each couple in their own book. Each background character has so much of their own part of the story. So even though this book was all about Dage and Emma I fell for Conn and his witch. And I am dying to see if Caleb and Lily succumb to that tension.

But the main thing I'm really needing to know is what happens next. So toodles, I'm off to start book 3 even though I completely decided that I wouldn't start it until tomorrow so I could get some sleep.

Being school holidays over here I have a lot of time to read, so I thought I would start this series I have had on my TBR forever and just binge them all. Dove into this one and although I was somewhat struggling to keep up with the massive amount of different characters and it being told from several different perspectives I enjoyed it. It's been quite a while since I've read a book setting up a whole new world so it took me a while to lean into it.

Talon was a little overbearing for me and despite the fact I generally like that. I had several moments I wanted him to soften in his delivery. Because despite the fact he was being a bit of a jerk he was doing it for a good reason. Luckily Cara was more patient than I was and despite her patience, she still argued for things that were important.

Cara was perfect. I love that her reactions felt genuine for the situations. And she was of the act first, ask forgiveness later camp, when she felt it was important. But she also listened to logic and didn't disregard her beautiful daughter's abilities.

I really enjoyed the book and the world that was created and I’m dying to see where a lot of these characters are heading. So, I jumped on over to kindle to grab book two to dive on in and freaked out when I saw it was almost $15. I don't mind paying that for a random book but it’s killing my binge. So now I'm thinking I'll have to read this series slowly and hope I don't lose it in the crush of the TBR and new releases.