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A decently engaging series with consistent quality throughout. The only aspects not to my taste was the lack of on-page development of some vital aspects to the story, such as the romance between Citra and Rowan. Since we don't see their feelings developing, the whole thing feels incredibly forced. The author repeats this with

Greyson and Purity

and

Rand and Tyger

, and then finally gets it right with

Greyson and Jerico

. 

As for Rand, her whole

change of heart

wasn't all that believable to me. She was a completely different person in the first book, and since her feelings for

Tyger

felt nonsensical (as we do not see them developing), it was hard to believe that she'd change because of what she did to him.

But overall a good read and I'm glad I decided to pick up the series.

Incredibly cringy.

The first part is absolute ass, so I'm not surprised so many people dnf-d before they got to the good part(s). The dialogue in part I was absolutely horrendous and made the characters seem insufferable. I didn't get their constant arguments and fights, after having known each other for so little time. I wasn't a fan of the insta-infatuation and wouldn've liked them to gradually get to know each other. After Poppy was rid of Roisin (so from part II onwards), I actually started to like her and the story. The found family was amazing, and without Roisin dragging everyone down with her martyr attitude, I enjoyed the book much more.

This is my second book in the series, and while I did enjoy it and, unfortunately, related to Harper quite a bit, the whole of it fell incredibly short. The way Nascosta dealt with grief and depression was great and gave substance to the story, but the book just abruptly ends without any resolution whatsoever. It also took far too long for any kind of spice to appear in the book. It doesn't align with the tone of the rest of the series, and would have benefited being a completely separate and longer standalone.

Quite enjoyable, but I found the comments about a fat character unnecessary. However, since they're characteristic of the time this was written, I can't penalise it too harshly. It was interesting enough, and I was surprised by character depth.