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217 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 2020
IMO, the laziest plot device is when the author withholds vital information from the characters in order to create conflict. We have Maximus' mother who chose to not tell him anything about his father because... reasons. Then Kara chooses not to tell Maximus she's a demon because... reasons. Then Kara's grandpa chooses to not tell her why he'd been ostracised because... reasons.
In the meantime, the reader already intuited these secrets which makes it all ridiculous and anti-climatic.
Why? DNF@ 80%
The enchantress with the firestorm gaze that I can't banish from my mind. The searing touches that I can't wash off my skin. The energy, connective and captivating, that I can't erase from my senses.
It felt a thousand kinds of wrong.
But a million kinds of right.
How can I explain that Maximus is everything I never knew I wanted? How he doesn't look at me the way everyone else does? How I feel every time he does? How I might never, ever grow tired of it? Maybe I'm willing to sacrifice a life of lies to live a moment of truth.
She's graceful curves and sensual shadows.
Sultry darkness and passionate light.
Blatant need and open desire.
But most of all, she's mine.