Elle

I can't even begin to put into words how beautiful of a story this was. It was horribly depressing, which of course was expected, but it was also so beautiful and sweet. Everything came together so wonderfully in the end.

I didn't expect to love Pestilence as much as I did, y'know considering the whole plague thing, but he truly was such a beautifully written character. I started to sympathise for him and his situation, he didn't truly want to kill people and he didn't like watching them die, but he thought he had no other choice other than carrying out his duty. He was also surprisingly romantic and I really enjoyed his devotion to Sara.

I also adored Sara, she was very brave in spite of her situation and held on strong. I especially loved when she started to humanise Pestilence, forcing him to see humanity as more than just their bad side. She had a hard time balancing her love for humanity and her love for Pestilence but she did eventually stay true to her beliefs.

I absolutely loved this book and I can't wait to delve into the rest in the series. I think Laura did wonderfully in making this world come to life.

Unfortunately I did feel that it was a bit slow at times and as a non-American I had some trouble following the politics but I actually didn't mind how dense it was, one complaint I do have is that I wish the ‘enemies' portion of the book lasted longer.

I loved Alex and I enjoyed his personality, I loved the relationships he had with his family and those around him and I liked how true to himself he was. I also loved Henry and his tortured life as a prince, he was a little flighty when it came to Alex but that was completely understandable. I loved his relationship with his sister also. Alex and Henry were great together and the banter between them was natural, their love for each other was very sweet and I enjoyed witnessing their relationship flourish.

What an incredibly gripping book, I was far too engrossed in the story and what the outcome would be and how things were going to play out that I literally couldn't put it down. It was something I've personally never seen done before and enjoyed that there was genuine research done to convey the Native's stories appropriately.

I also loved Faye and Felix's relationship, the devotion he had for her, and how he stayed by her side no matter how crazy the situation got and was trying his best to help her, it was very sweet.

There might only be 300 pages but this book felt a lot bigger than that, there's a lot of influx of information and at times I did feel a little cross eyed from it all.

I thought it was nice that the FMC was the ‘wild' one for a change and I liked that she had to coach the MMC through life as a werewolf, unfortunately though I didn't see any real romantic chemistry between Ti and Sil, they felt more better suited as friends.

Also I expected Silver to be more angry with Ti over his betrayal, her reaction was quite mellow considering and I thought he could've worked a bit harder for forgiveness.

I'm absolutely terrified of the ocean and practically everything in it so this was a great horror read for me!

I enjoyed Fracassi's descriptive writing, it painted a crystal clear image in my head, I liked the imagery of the barnacles covering everything and the way it ate at flesh. I only wish I could've seen more!

I kind of wish we got to see more from Bram's perspective, I would have loved to have seen his realisation that Aspen was gone, his argument with Bethany, and even a therapy session or two. I feel like we didn't really get to know Bram and it left the story feeling a little hollow.

I also wish Aspen would've made both Bram and Bethany grovel a bit more, they both said some pretty nasty things and I find it a little unrealistic how quickly she was able to get over it and forgive them without properly communicating.

Easily my biggest complaint is how cringe the dialogue could be, especially the dirty talk, multiple times I had to put the book down and walk away to relieve the cringe. Besides all that though, I did have a pretty good time reading, it was entertaining and short enough to zoom through.

For me this book fell victim to overhype, I kept seeing the Immortals After Dark series being recommended everywhere and that led me to expect much more.

I have very mixed feelings about whether I enjoyed A Hunger Like No Other or not. At first I wasn't really vibing with it and even contemplated DNF'ing it but I wanted to stay to see it through but then again at the 70% mark I was really antsy wanting to just get it over with. I did enjoy it but... I don't know, it didn't really hit the spot for me.

I did really like Emmaline though, I found her both strong and sweet. I loved how she evolved from meek and scared to a fierce warrior. I didn't love Lachlain, I liked him much better towards the end but his behaviour in the first half of the book I couldn't look past.

I cannot believe how much I enjoyed this book. I literally could not put it down and I flew through the pages so quickly, I was upset when I had finished it. I'm not new to Maya Banks, but the way she wrote and brought her characters to life in Never Seduce A Scot was so amazing.

Graeme was a shining star, he was incredibly kind, fair, protective, and understanding when it came to Eveline. From the very beginning he recognised how difficult leaving her family and living with the enemy would be, especially considering her condition. He didn't let anyone from his clan disrespect her and made sure to shut down even his brothers when they spoke ill of her. I found Graeme to be one of the best written characters I've ever read, not once did he disappoint or anger me.

Eveline was sweet and very courageous, she stood up for herself against Graeme's clan no matter how frightening or confusing the situation, and she even overcame her debilitating fears to help her husband when he most needed it. She was naïve, but not to the point where it was frustrating, she just simply didn't know any better and that's okay, she learnt quickly. She was also smart, the way she used her disability to her advantage and evaded her betrothal to Ian. She adapted to her unfortunate situation incredibly well.

I even loved Graeme's brothers and sister. Although they started out iffy, especially his brothers, they all warmed up to Eveline and begun to treat her the way she deserved, even aiding Graeme in protecting her and enacting revenge on Eveline's and Graeme's behalf.

If you couldn't tell, I really loved this book and felt very strongly towards it. Maya did such a good job on this one.