Rise

A super cute read. There's relatively high angst in this book compared to the other novels in the series(they get together at around halfway through). It's the first poly in the universe and it was pretty well executed with the mishap about the mate stuff. A fun plot too, balanced between the romance and the fantasy aspect. We get to look more into the Sousa clan and the lightning dragons. And Luka, Amaru and Vasily are in a sweet and wholesome relationship. Not too much spice, but enough.

It's just that the way the characters behave is kind of ooc? like I understand the authors may want to make the book lighthearted and humorous by creating a playful, funny personalities but characters now act like they're in their twenties instead of being a couple of centuries old. Also Amaru's personality and actions ended up being really quite similar to previous characters like Nikki and Ravi - chaotic, loves explosions and coffee, mischievous - to the point that if they don't have names I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

I'd still say it's a good book though. The epilogue did get me hanging and I cannot wait for Soar!! It'd be fun to see Gregori and Salem figure their relationship out in the sequel(which is kind of second chance romance?).