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Allison Shatters the Looking-Glass (Harem of Hearts #3) by C.M. Stunich

Allison Shatters the Looking-Glass (Harem of Hearts #3) by C.M. Stunich
SUMMARY

I'm so fucking scared right now.
No, not just scared—I'm terrified.
And if you're reading this, you should be, too.

I fell through the Looking-Glass; I got back home.
But get this: I didn't come alone. Oh, and it doesn't feel like home anymore.
Unlike Alice in the original story, this is not my Wonderland.

In the original story, the Walrus and the Carpenter didn't follow Alice back.
In that story, she didn't bring her harem of lovers with her to meet Dad.
Mom, Dad, meet my nine boyfriends; one of them's a faerie who foretells the future—is that what I'm supposed to say?

Back in Underland, things are even worse.
Betrayal, heartbreak, and death … that's all that's waiting for us in Castle Heart.
I'm "the Alice", bringer of prophecy, and I'm starting to fall for all nine men in my life.

So, can I stop the chaos that's rolling in on black wings?
If you're reading this, can you help me, please?
Save the world, get the guys, and give me my happy ending.

MY REVIEW

The end of the story.

One major plus of these books are their strange and eye-catching bookcovers.

 

Allison and the Torrid Tea Party (Harem of Hearts #2) by C.M. Stunich

Allison and the Torrid Tea Party (Harem of Hearts #2) by C.M. Stunich
SUMMARY

Holy fucking hearts.
Did you just read that?!
If you did, I need your advice.

I met fallen angel princes; I met a Savage Duke; I met a Cheshire Cat.
And remember—how could you possibly forget—I'm the fabled Alice from the prophecy.
Just a twisted, dark version of the girl in Lewis Carroll's old books.

Except in those books, there was a happy ending.
In those books, Alice wasn't dating nine very different, very beautiful men.
But now that I've met the King of Hearts and the Mad Hatter, I'm not sure who the real bad guys are.

I'm the only one who can turn Underland back into Wonderland again.
But if I have a chance to escape the blood, the death, and the intrigue in this place, should I take it?
I'm Allison Liddell, and I've got a choice to make: stay here and fight the darkness, defeat the Anti-Alice, and survive the Torrid Tea Party ... or run.

Tweedledee says I can change the world.
So if you're reading this, will you help me decide what I should do?
I want to go home, but I can't leave this place as broken as I found it, now can I?

MY REVIEW

"My Queen of Hearts," the King says, and there's this break in his voice that tells me all I need to know. I was right: I bruised his ego. He fucking wants me, doesn't he? "I told you that you were meant to be mine."
He takes off down the hall before I can figure out a retort.
Doesn't matter anyway, because all I can think to say is: no, you were meant to be mine.

Allison will finally meet the crazy King.

"Did the king order you beheaded?" I ask, narrowing my eyes. I've read the book; I've seen the movie. Isn't that what the Queen of Hearts always says? Off with their heads?
"He said it, but he doesn't mean it," Tee growls as Dee wheels in a cart and heels the door closed with his boot. "He likes our pain and suffering too much to end it."

Still she tries to save the Underland because of the Prophecy.
Still she has loyal men who follow.
Still she is not sure who to trust.
Still she organizes mad tea parties.
Still she is thinking of going back through the Looking-Glass and forget about Underland.

Her all-male harem so far includes:
Dee and Tee the angel princes,
The Red King,
The Cheshire Cat,
The White Rabbit,
The March Hare,
The Mad Hatter,
The Caterpillar,
The Duke of Northumbria.

All of them have special powers and some of them can transform. To be honest I was sometimes lost with all these characters.
And everything is weird and weirder than the first book which I think that I liked more because it was based on an original idea.
In Allison and the Torrid Tea Party everything and everyone are weird for the shake of being weird without making much sense. That is the reason it took me almost one month to finish the book.

Alison's Adventures in Underland (Harem of Hearts #1) by C.M. Stunich

Alison's Adventures in Underland (Harem of Hearts #1) by C.M. Stunich 
SUMMARY 

Um. Um. Um.
Are you reading this?
If you are, I need your help.

I was at a party; I was running; I fell.
And get this—this is the part you'll never believe—I fell down a rabbit hole.
Like Alice in those old books.

Except in those books, there wasn't blood everywhere.
In those books, the characters weren't all male, attractive, and interested in me.
Forget everything you know about the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the March Hare …

This isn't Wonderland; this is Underland.
Violence, sex, drugs, and magic … that's all there is in this place.
There's me, Allison, and there are the men that want me, the enemies that hunt me, and the darkness that's quickly rolling in.

And only I can stop it.
So if you're reading this, will you help me?
Please. I just want to escape this place and go … home.

MY REVIEW

The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud because
No cloud was in the sky.
No birds were flying overhead -
There were no birds to fly.

Hahaha...Okay this is supposed to be a prophecy.

Well, if you love Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, good for you! But this book is only making fun of Alice in Wonderland!

There is Allison-who-isn't-Alice and after she witnesses the cold-hearted murder of one her classmates and she get splattered with his blood during a party; she will follow his murderer who has tattoes and bunny ears. Then she will fall inside a large and suspicious hole and she will land in the Underland which is full of half naked gorgeous male creatures/monsters.

Allison will basically salivate for every male she meets including
the twins Tee and Dee (aka Drink Me and Eat Me),
Rab (aka White Rabbit),
Lar (aka the Caterpillar),
North (aka the Duke of Northumbria) and
Chesh (aka the Cheshire Cat).

On her way to meet the King of Hearts, she will drink spiked tea, travel with pirates and eat soup made from giant birds.
Allison has a tragic past. Basically she has the time of her life and she is not sure if she wants to go back home.

This is a very naughty book! Very humorous, very interesting, very different!
I am looking forward to next book in the series. I have a feeling that King of Hearts is not that bad. We will see...

January 2021 - Belated wishes! - C.M. Stunich and Allison's Adventures ;)

 

I believe I still haven't introduced C.M. Stunich to you.

Let me -these last few days of January- present one of her fairy-tales series for grown ups :

Ashes and Metal (Cyborg Shifters, #5) by Naomi Lucas

Ashes and Metal by Naomi Lucas
SUMMARY

No one messed with Gunner. No one.

He was the Jackal, living chaos, the infamous Cyborg banned from civilized society. He was also the only Monster Hunter for the EPED who took the hard jobs, the under-the-table work. Jobs that often left a trail of blood and bones in their wake. When a pirate commandeers his ship, Gunner takes it upon himself to exact a revenge that will ignite a wildfire of rage, death, and torment upon those who made the mistake of taking what was rightfully his.

Elodie has spent most of her life pretending to be a boy to remain alongside her father in space. He’s the only family she has left. When the ship they worked on is attacked, she’s taken prisoner. Every day, she feared that her secret would be discovered—that she’s a woman alone amongst men. When a strange man is dragged into the cell next to hers, she realizes she was living on borrowed time.

He stared at her as if he knew her secret…

MY REVIEW

Gunner is half cyborg- half jackal shifter. He happily works for Earthian Planetary Exploration Division collecting monsters from several planets of the universe. He also has a great ship and a few great female sexbots who satisfy his needs and help him operate his ship.
When Gunner is attacked by pirates, his ship is stolen by them and he ends up as a prisoner of them; he can think only of revenge and how he can get his property back. Because nobody NOBODY is allowed to touch what belongs to Gunner.

At the next cell, a young man is also held prisoner. He is lonely and he never talks to anybody. Something is strange about him. He looks like a man, he behaves like a man, but Gunner's inner jackal insists that he is a woman. Unfortunately he is so dirty and Gunner can not have a good snif of him/her in order to decide what he/she is.

Space is not a safe place for women. Thus, Elodie has spent most of her life pretending that she is a man. Her father convinced her that this was the best thing if she wanted to stay and work with him in space.
Now her father and her are prisoners of the pirates. And there is this strange, huge man at the next cell with the gun tattoos on his face that keeps talking to her and never leaves her alone. Obviously everybody have been sure that Elodie is a guy...then why Gunner treat her like a girl sometimes?

This is my favourite book of the series so far! I think it is the longest and the most complete story. And I am sure it can be read as a standalone if you want to try the series. It has everything: space, pirates, cyborgs, shifters, sexy times, bloody times, humour, fake ids (by the way I love stories when a person pretends to be a different gender) and of course space battles!

Mutt (Cyborg Shifters #4) by Naomi Lucas

Mutt  by Naomi Lucas
SUMMARY

BEWARE OF DOG

Clara was confused when she encountered the sign outside the Cyborg breeding facility. She wanted a child and nothing would stand in her way. But she didn’t heed the sign’s warning—she had more important things on her mind—and once she understood, it was too late. Her heart was already on the line.

Reid was the ultimate protector, the perfect bodyguard, his loyalty embedded in his DNA. The animal his creators chose for him was a favorite, a downright blessing, and an ongoing nightmare. He found the perfect reprieve after the Great Galactic War: Division Head of the last Cyborg breeding facility on Earth. The empty halls offered more than silence—they offered him sanctuary.

Territory.

When a woman walked through his door, begged to join the program, and wouldn’t take no for an answer, her delicate features and desperation awakened a behavior that had long lain dormant—his need to claim.

MY REVIEW

This book is slightly different to the other books of the series so far. The action does not happen on a spaceship or on an alien planet. The story takes place on Earth which apparently is not a friendly place anymore - especially if you are a lonely woman who tries to get pregnant with any way possible and she is chased by her psycho ex. Reid is a cyborg and a shifter (maybe the last cyborg on earth as sometimes he jokes). He is also the Head of the last Cyborg breeding facility on Earth. A facility which it has only one doctor, himself. And 0% success in breeding. When Clara appears asking to be bread with Cyborg DNA, Reid realises that she mainly wants a place to hide. So he does what he knows best. He tries to throw her out and discourages her from coming back. Reid has survived alone for so many decades and although his natural instincts urge him to form a pack, he continuously denies his true nature. But apparently he will like Clara and he will want to protect her and when she finally convinces him to experiment with her, he will only wish to give her his own DNA. This is a very interesting story and moreover lots of the characters from the previous books will appear. It is time for a few cyborg mates to have babies :) I think the fourth story of the Cyborg-shifter universe has made the series stronger and I can easily predict many many books to come.

Shark Bite (Cyborg Shifters #3) by Naomi Lucas

Shark Bite by Naomi Lucas

SUMMARY

Netto was a Cyborg, a protector, and a contracted mercenary. His specialty was the water: shallows, salt water, and open oceans across the universe. He was also a freak forged from the DNA of a bull shark—blue-grey skin, a body built with power, and a double-set of razor-sharp teeth. His nomadic lifestyle came to a halt when his old employer, the Earthian Planetary Exploration Division, offered him his old job back.

Rylie was born and raised on the planet Kepler, on an agri-lot that farmed jewels from the sea. But something was happening to her family’s lots and people were disappearing.

When a giant Cyborg showed up at her settlement and struck a deal with her father, she was forced to follow the stranger out onto the water, into the dangers of the alien deep, and far beyond the sight of land.

She feared the Cyborg.
She feared his teeth.
But she feared the monsters in the water more.

MY REVIEW

Netto is a cyborg and half shark and he is perfect in giving solutions in aquatic environment even in strange planet in deep space. During one of his missions at planet Kepler, he will meet Rylie. Rylie was born and raised at Kepler. She comes from a family of farmers who farm jewels from the sea.

Unfortunately recently lots of farmers have gone missing, their ships are being destroyed and weird huge monsters have been roaming the seas. Netto had been there when the safe enviroment for the farmers had been created many many years ago and the boarders between the peaceful sea and the unknown sea had been set. Combined with the fact that Netto can transform into a shark and swim deeply into the sea without any problems, he is basically the most suitable candidate to discover what is the problem with the sea of this planet.

Although cyborgs are treated like heroes in the farming community and their help is welcome, Rylie is not comfortable with Netto in the beginning. Maybe because she prefers being alone and maybe because he is huge with sharp teeth and maybe because he does not talk much and he looks at her like he wants to eat her. And maybe he wants to eat for real.

I love stories with cyborgs and shifters and this series is awesome, but honestly I was not feeling comfortable when I was reading this story. I am not sure that I like shark shifters -especially when they half shift when they have sex hahaha. My god, those teeth....
Moreover I was very concerned about his size and the damage he could create to poor virgin Rylie. Not a happy thought...

Other than that, it was a very imaginative story and it is also the beginning of the story for Zeph, the half cyborg/half salt water crocodile who is also Netto’s friend and Janet, the slut/man-eater/selfish bitch who is also Rylie's sister.

Storm Surge (Cyborg Shifters #2) by Naomi Lucas

Storm Surge by Naomi Lucas

SUMMARY

Everybody feared the man with the metal band over his mouth.

Stryker was part of an elite group of Cyborgs genetically enhanced with inhuman DNA. He was known as the Creeper, the quiet, the man with half a face. His fate was his own and his freedom hard-earned, having nothing to live for but the hunt and his perfect record. Until he received a distress call that changed his bleak existence.

“Please, oh god, please. Is anybody out there? This is Norah Lee, a scientist of Earth. I-I don’t know what to do. I think everybody...everyone is dead. Please if you hear this, please help us.

I can hear them outside. They’re coming…

I don’t want to die.”

MY REVIEW

If I could give an alternative title in this Cyborg Shifters series, it would have beeen Creepy Love.

We meet another weird half cyborg-half shifter in this second book.
Stryker is part of the elite group of Cyborgs genetically enhanced with inhuman DNA. And he is one of the friends of Dommik (the spider cyborg) that we met in book 1.
Stryker has a mask that covers half his face and inside he hides poisonous saliva and a split tongue. He occasionally hisses and crawls. Can you guess what his animal part is?

I think this book was primarily a sci-fi thriller and secondarily a sci-fi romance.
For the most part cyborg Stryker and Norah ( the scientist who tries to rescue) run and hide in a jungle in an alien planet chased by unknown predators/monsters who love to scream and to make people disappear inside the deep muddy water, while the sky never stops raining.

It is a very stressful situation that somehow helps Norah to accept Stryker and to fall in love with him.
Stryker has all his behavioural characteristics of his animal part. He is sly, determined and he hates losing. He wants to hold Norah tight and to never let her go until he chokes her, because he has decided that she belongs to him.

Next book is about a shark shifter and I believe I am hooked to this series , so I will start it straightaway :) 

Cyborg Pool Boy (Cyborg Shifters #0.5) by Naomi Lucas

Cyborg Pool Boy by Naomi Lucas

 
SUMMARY

What could a fabulously wealthy heiress possibly do when an alien monster takes up residence in her pool? Call a Cyborg Monster Hunter, obviously.
OBVIOUSLY.
Little did she know that she just hired a monster to take out another monster.

MY REVIEW

I literally have no words...

If you are into shifters romance stories with a bit of sci-fi in the mix, then this book is for you.
No wolves, no lions, no dragons in this story.

I only have one thing to say to you:

tardigrade

I had to Google it to see what kind of creature this one is. Yes it is a real living and breathing organism.

The last time I checked the story was free in Amazon as a holiday gift by the author.

Wild Blood (Cyborg Shifters #1) by Naomi Lucas

Wild Blood by Naomi Lucas

SUMMARY

Dommik was a monster, a Monster Hunter, and an alpha. Part of an elite group that dealt with the horrors of the universe. At least that was what everyone at the spaceport was whispering as he walked by. A Cyborg, a hunter, a beast with eyes as dark as the pits of Hell and the stride of a predator.

Katalina was a nobody who was intimate with death. It clung to her like a shroud, It followed her like the plague, and infected her like a parasite. When she overheard that the Monster Hunter needed an assistant, she took the job. And when the Cyborg’s eyes caught hers, she knew getting closer to death might just bring her back to life.

The Cyborg didn’t scare her.
So she followed him and left fate up to chance.

MY REVIEW

If you love cyborg stories AND
If you adore shifter stories AND
If you are not disgusted by a few cockroaches AND
If you are not afraid of big spiders,

Then most probably you will love this book, too.

The world building is excellent. I am looking forward learning more about the Ghost City and its part cyborgs/part shifters inhabitants.

Dommik is the perfect tortured hero cyborg/spider-shifter, created not born, who thinks that he is too much of a monster to be loved by anyone.

Katalina is the perfect heroine who is too afraid to get attached to anybody because everyone that she had loved died and left her alone.

Overall the book was a very enjoyable experience for me!

December 2020 - Naomi Lucas and her sci-fi series Cyborg Shifters

 

Finally 2020, this terrible year, is almost over.....

These last few days of the year, I would like to show my appreciation to Naomi Lucas and her sci-fi series Cyborg Shifters. Respect.

Anyway, try to enjoy these last few days until new year. 

Stay positive.

Stay safe.

Stay healthy.

NEW BOOK!!! A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

SUMMARY

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it.

The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.

Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts.

Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance-and healing-in each other's arms.

COMING SOON 

Expected publication: February 16th 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing

A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas

SUMMARY

Hope warms the coldest night.

Feyre, Rhys, and their close-knit circle of friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve.

Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated--scars that will have far-reaching impact on the future of their Court.

MY REVIEW

“I get this feeling,” I said, pacing a step, the ancient wood floorboards creaking beneath my boots, my power a writhing, living thing prowling through my veins, “that it’s all some sort of joke. Some sort of cosmic trick, and that no one—no one—can be this happy and not pay for it.”

This series makes me feel nice.
But at the same time, they make me feel scared for unexpected, sudden, crazy twists.

A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas

SUMMARY

Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit – and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.

As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords – and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all. 

MY REVIEW

"I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this was all the time we were allowed to have … The wait was worth it."
He wiped away the tears sliding down my face. “I believe that everything happened, exactly the way it had to … so I could find you.” He kissed another tear away.

How much I adore Rhysand and Feyre!

After the devastating events of the last book, "Wings and Ruin" start with the The High Lady of the Night Court at the Spring Court.

Feyre is back where she started and she is so good in pretending that Tamlin is completely clueless of her lies. But I could never accuse Feyre and I could not feel sorry for Tamlin. After his betrayal, he deserved it.

Of course not all people believe Feyre.

The most powerful High Lord in the world lost his mate, and has not yet come to claim her, even when she is defenseless in the woods.” Jurian chuckled. “Perhaps that’s because Rhysand has not lost you at all. But rather unleashed you upon us.”

When Feyre manages to escape, Lucien will follow. It is the only way to see again his destined mate. Feyre's sisters try to cope with the fact that they are fairies now. Elain has the most serious problems coping. Nesta and her attitude are doing just fine. I loved the development in the relationship between Nesta and Cassian. Nesta has developed in a very interesting side character.

When Rhysand and Feyre meet again, only the fireworks are missing! So much love and passion between these two!

But there is war about to happen. The Cauldron is still in the hands of Hybern and the Night Court only has a book to fight it. And the Book does not want to cooperate that much.

Amren had placed the Book of Breathings on her nightstand.
A glass of old blood atop it.
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cringe. The latter won out as the Book murmured, Hello, sweet-faced liar. Hello, princess with—
“Oh, be quiet,” Amren hissed toward the Book, who—shut up.

Amren is doing her best to reveal its secrets, but maybe she also has her on agenda. Well, in the end I totally understood the girl. She had no choice.

Night Court will look for allies, but unfortunately
1. Rhysand for his personal reasons had betrayed the other Courts before.
2. Feyre had betrayed the Spring Court before for obvious reasons. Her loyalty is with her mate.
3. Rhysand and Feyre had betrayed the Summer Court and now they are the most wanted there. Maybe not even the fact that they helped Tarquin’s court against the bulk of the Hybern force, will gain them his trust again
And the most important reason:
4. Not all the Courts are convinced that Hybern is the enemy.

"We are not facing an army hell-bent on destruction. They are hell-bent on what they believe is liberation. Of High Fae stifled by the wall, and what they believe still belongs to them."

The book ends with an awesome epic battle were everyone is involved:
1. The Courts
2. The humans
3. The Cauldron made sisters
4. The monsters (Bone Carver and his sister and the living nest of shadows that was Bryaxis)
5. Amren
6. The Cauldron
7. The Book

When the battle finishes, Rhysand will receive the ultimate gift by all the Courts.

I loved the book, but I feel that I need a book for Tamlin. Feyre was not the right girl for him. And he needs a girl that can tame the monster inside him. These three books are Rhysand and Feyre's love story, not Tamlin's story.

“Be happy, Feyre,” he said quietly.

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

SUMMARY

Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.

MY REVIEW

After the dramatic events under the mountain, Tamlin and Feyre are back home at the Spring Court and unfortunately Feyre experiences severe symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder.

Maybe I’d always been broken and dark inside.

She can't eat. She can't sleep. She does not want to meet people. She has nightmares. She withdraws from everything and everyone – unless Tamlin is around and he requires sex.

But Tamlin is hardly there.

After 50 years living under the despicable curse and the slavery, his Court needs to repair the damage, the boarders need to be secured , his people need to be certain that they will free and happy from now on. He also looks forward to his wedding with Feyre.

The only thing he does not want is Feyre
-roaming free in the forest,
-or training,
-or learning her new powers,
-or concerning about her future,
-or worrying about her safety.

He will look after everything for her. But he does not notice that she does not eat, she does not sleep, she is miserable and lonely and she keeps loosing weight.

Feyre starts having second thoughts about the wedding. And moreover Rhysand has not appeared yet asking for her side of their bargain from the previous book. Until one day he appears and he is determined to take her away for a week every month for the rest of her immortal life.

“Hello, Feyre darling,” he purred.

Feyre is confused.
Tamlin is furious.
Rhysand does not give them any alternative.

“You end her bargain right here, right now, and I’ll give you anything you want. Anything.”
My heart stopped dead. “Are you out of your mind?”
Tamlin didn’t so much as blink in my direction.
Rhysand merely raised a brow. “I already have everything I want.” He stepped around Tamlin as if he were a piece of furniture and took my hand.

Feyre will meet the Court of night for her first time. She will feel free and alive. She will start seeing things more clearly.

“I’m thinking that I was a lonely, hopeless person, and I might have fallen in love with the first thing that showed me a hint of kindness and safety. And I’m thinking maybe he knew that—maybe not actively, but maybe he wanted to be that person for someone.”

And she will start understanding Rhysand’s actions.

“I needed not to be dead when I agreed.”
“You needed not to be alone.”

Maybe in this fairytale the princess does not want to be a princess.
Maybe she does not want to be saved.
Maybe in this fairytale the princess wants to be a warrior.
Maybe she needs to be free.

“So I’m your huntress and thief?”
His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said with a roguish grin, “You are my salvation, Feyre.”

Maybe Rhysand wants to give her everything. And more than everything.

“Did you enjoy the sight of me kneeling before you?”

Until Feyre bounces back.

I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.
I was a survivor, and I was strong.
I would not be weak, or helpless again. I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.

She will love the darkness in Court of the Night.

“There are different kinds of darkness,” Rhys said. I kept my eyes shut. “There is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes, the darkness that is restful.” I pictured each. “There is the darkness of lovers, and the darkness of assassins. It becomes what the bearer wishes it to be, needs it to be. It is not wholly bad or good.”

She will fall in love with Rhysand.

I met his stare as I clinked my glass against his, the crystal ringing clear and bright over the crashing sea far below, and said, “To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys.”
He picked up his glass, his gaze so piercing that I wondered why I had bothered blushing at all for Tarquin.
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”

Because let's face it. Rhysand is larger than life.

And then Rhysand appeared.
He had released the damper on his power, on who he was. His power filled the throne room, the castle, the mountain. The world. It had no end and no beginning.

Feyre will never want to go back to where she was.

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”

But she needs to be absolutely sure that is what she wants.

“I wonder if, even in my despair and hopelessness, I was never truly alone. I wonder if I was looking for this place—looking for you all.”

The fairies and the humans will not have time to relax. A bigger threat is palpable. And a new war is about to start.

This was my home. These were my people.
If I died defending them, defending that small place in the world where art thrived …
Then so be it.
And I became darkness, and shadow, and wind.

There will be epic battles, many deaths, treason and lies, secrets, much despair and tests, so many tests. The cascading events will result to a few breath-taking twists towards the end and an earthshattering cliff-hanger.

Two comments that I would like to add:
1. I did not particularly like the term “mate”. This is a term that it is almost exclusively used in shifters books and not in books with fairies. I wish a different term was used.
2. The dynamics in the relationship between Rhysand and Feyre reminded me the dynamics in the relationship between one of my favourite couples in PNR: Dragos and Pia from Elder Races by Thea Harrison. Rhysand could easily be a dragon like Dragos. He is also very possessive of his mate, but he also has so many adventures with her and they keep saving each other. Feyre on the other hand eventually can sparkle and her blood has healing power like Pia's.