I can already say this ranks lower than the first book. The amount of smut seemed excessive, honestly, and also repetitive. I'll elaborate more later.

I went onto Libby yesterday and found that all of the audiobooks I had available to me last week were no longer available, so I picked this at random from a list of suggestions to listen to while working. Full review later, but I basically went through this in a single day. It's basically fast food dark romantasy; I know it's bad but I couldn't get enough, and I'm already in book 2 now. Joe Arden voicing Alexandros had me in a complete chokehold. 😩

Definitely within my top five of the books I've gotten through this year. I was hesitant to continue after the initial and lengthy world building of this book had me confused and left wanting (not in a good way), but I'm glad I kept with it.

The pace of the story has been pretty steady, and I find more that surprises me, even this far in.

So once I got past all the world building, I found this to be much easier to get through. 🤔 Little disappointed that the plot has only slightly begun to pick up by this point, though.

I did finish this, and I do have thoughts that I'm still getting down. 🤔 Soon...

Much slower going through this one. The lore dump/world building is thicker to get through, and I realized pretty early on that I couldn't listen to this and work at my desk at the same time. But it seems like plot-things are starting to happen here. This may be something I put down until I have ample time to actually sit and read it instead. I have a trip coming in in 2 months, so if anything I'll put it in hold for then.

What's-his-face delivers Thea to the bathroom, and with his all-superior sense of smell, doesn't realize there's another vampire in the women's bathroom, feasting on another human?? "My senses are in overdrive." Press X to doubt. 🙄