But in the end, everyone-most importantly her-recognized her unconventional beauty. If you’ve read The Hunter, we all know that Sailor struggled accepting her looks. If there’s one thing the betas/arc readers were right about, it was that Cillian is worse than Vicious, Troy, Célian, and Wolfe combined-but not in a good way. Shakespeare was right about doing things in moderation, sorry. it’s so cringey and it was done constantly. And it’s even worse now because all the characters are at least in their late twenties/thirties, and the lingo. And it’s becoming more and more apparent with her releases. Shen is the only writer that I know who drops pop culture references this frequently and in the weirdest places.

I’ve seen multiple heroes say something along the lines, “she makes me feel like a teenage boy” when the heroine makes the hero flustered. I’d lost the self-possession I’d clung to like a desperate Belieber meeting her tattooed, acne-ridden hero and came apart.Ĭillian, a thirty-eight-year-old man, really just compared himself to a Belieber. Just know that the author and her team are less transparent than a brick wall and have a cult mentality. If you want details, they’re all in my comments below. Just remember that this is subjective, and I personally couldn’t vibe with this book for these reasons: Now, let’s get on to my major dislikes-and there’s a lot. And I enjoyed the scenes where everyone was together, the group banter was great. Also, the fact that he’s been secretly obsessed with Persy for eight years was such a pleasant surprise (unrequited love is one of my least favorite tropes). A couple of others for appearance and backup.” This is the kind of nonchalance/dry humor I crack up at, and Cillian delivered it in spades (most of the time). Like Cillian saying, ”What I need is siring heirs. There were actually some funny things I laughed out loud at too.

And ugh, I am so soft for heroines who are good with children/animals (it’s because I believe they have good intuition when it comes to people). She never caved where it mattered most, and I loved every scene where she stood up to Cillian. But the girl we got actually had the kind of backbone I never anticipated. From what we saw in The Hunter, I really thought she wasn’t going to be anything more than a naïve, timid girl. I’ll admit I underestimated Persy on the day of the blurb/cover reveal.

On the man every media outlet in America referred to as The Villain. On a doomed desire, a stupid crush, an unrequited lover. In the end, I wasted the Cloud Wish in one, reckless moment.

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