“Maybe two monsters like us really can find happiness.”

So twisted and so good!! I’m glad we get to meet more people from the Dark Forces. This was a wild violent ride with forced proximity and a constant fight for your life. Cameron hasn’t felt pan in years… until he meets Emory.

We get to know Oliver and Luna slowly over time, their real selves hiding behind their grumpy and bubbly exteriors. In both their cases, their facades are not who they are but rather what they've wrapped around themselves because of events in their lives. For Oliver, a tragic accident leaves him afraid of letting anyone in, and for Luna, a family that doesn't believe her makes her afraid to reach for her dreams. The two come from very different backgrounds and circumstances but find out they have just enough in common, including a need to banter, bicker, or flat out argue with each other, and for the most part it kept me in giggle mode.

I loved seeing their relationship unfold, and the novel way the book treated this world's version of mating bonds. Pulled together by magic when they at first keep setting each other off and can't stand each other, they're forced to stay near each other and end up seeing more to each other than what's usually shown to the outside world. Thanks to Luna's open relationship with her fiancé (my least favorite part of the book), all this quality time includes a lot of very hot werewolf-human mating bond sex.

I adore everyone in the town of Claw Haven. I mean everyone. There isn't a single side character or townie we meet in the book that I didn't like, and since it's a small town, there's a fairly large cast, in addition to Oliver's large werewolf family. I love the nosy neighbors, the grumpy shop owners, the too perky town dwellers, and even the incredibly precocious six-year-old Leo. I'm not usually a fan of kids being anywhere in romance books but I ADORE Leo.

Reading about this town and everyone in it was such a good time I can't wait to read more from this series. I wouldn't call it cozy because of the particular dynamic between Oliver and Luna and a couple of the tropes used, but it's definitely cozy-adjacent with how beautifully the town was painted, and definitely a (mostly) feelgood read.

Setting: 🖤 small-town 🖤 winter + snow 🖤 Alaska

Tropes: 🖤 grumpy x sunshine 🖤 annoyance to lovers 🖤 forced proximity 🖤 accidental mating bond 🖤 third act breakup

Kinks: 🖤 monster lovin' 🖤 knotting

This was cute as hell again and so much fun. I giggled so many times. I loved how eager Fallon was, he’s so pure, sweet, and good-hearted, it was impossible not to adore him! I did connect with Fallon and Darcy’s story a little less than with book 1, though.

After two books in this series, the only question I have is: WHERE can I sign up for my own alien cowboy??

Hmmmm....What can I say....

Eat yer heart out, fellas