You run, I’ll chase, and I’ll catch
I wish we wouldn’t gotten more of this ^^, but alas, we didn’t lol. I liked this one slightly less than the previous two.
The duet-narrated audiobook definitely helped boost my rating😮💨 (I think the whole series is duet narration).
The book starts off with Caelan’s POV from book 2, where he’s fighting Luca because he’s his sister’s mate. They are in the middle of the fight when all of a sudden Caelan (30) smells something, the blood of his mate, and she is human👀.
Darragh (23) grew up in the foster system (her mom died while giving birth to her and her grandparents died when she was younger) with her best friend Evelyn. She’s at the point in her life where she wants to find out more information about her origin. She does an ancestry test and discovers that she’s mostly Scottish. So, she decides to embark on an adventure to find out more about her family.
She’s in the middle of hiking, gets lost in the woods, and trips/cuts herself when she encounters noises and fighting. And then Caelan looks at her and claims her as his.
But she’s not going to just roll over and accept it; she’s going to run as fast as her messed up ankle will let her.
And Caelan loves a good chase 😈
What I liked/loved:
—the tension 👀. This is sloooow burn, and there’s looooots of tension 😮💨. Caelan doesn’t wanna hurt her, so he’ll patiently wait until she’s ready 👀. And man, he’s soooo patient lol
—the 🔥. As per usual JS, we get some intense 🔥 scenes. Physical stuff doesn’t happen happen until after 60% and the mating and full marking until 85%, but oh Lordt. It’s 😮💨. Caelan might be patient, but he’s also duuurty 😅. Lots of 💦 everywhere 😮💨
—he loves to eat a hearty breakfast, lunch, and dinner 🥵
—how protective and swoony he is. ERMAGOD 🥹. The way he tends to her wounds and makes sure she’s fed and comfortable melted my heart 😭. Now I need someone to wash my back like he does for Darragh’s 👀
—the lengths he goes to give her time to adjust. Caelan’s BEEN ready for her, so he finds a witch to give him a talisman to prevent his family from finding them so that they have enough time to get to know each other 👀. I loved this ❤️
—her ancestry ❤️. Darragh finally gets answers about her heritage 🥹
—did I mention that he’s addicted to her nectar 👀? No? Well, he is 😅
—found family 🥰. For a foster kid, this is worth more than gold 🥹🫶
—Evelyn and Cian 👀. I can’t wait to read their book
What I wanted more of:
—less summaries of when they talk. I wish we had gotten their actual conversations versus just a summary of what they talked about. In a way, it was fine because I read book two, so I have a lot of that information, but if I’m reading this, as a standalone, I’m missing information about Caelan and his family.
—I expected more chasing 😐. I got soooo excited when I read book 2 and he’s chasing her 👀. We DO get ONE chasing scene, but I wanted more 😭🤣🤣🤣
—for it to be longer 😭
—a epilogue way into the future ☹️. It’s only weeks later 😭. I’m such a sucka for epilogues🤣
Overall, I really enjoyed this
⚠️ safety squad ⚠️
-no cheating/sharing/owd/omd
-violence/bloodshed
-OM attempts to grab the h before he can SA her. The H takes care of him 💅
-dual virgins
-face f/dirty talk/Cock swaddling
-HEA/epilogue/weeks later