(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

Although I’m not familiar with this series, not having read the other Telepathic Clans books, I found this to be quite easy to understand. Although I couldn’t see all of the details about the different Gifts the characters had, I thought there was enough explained in the narration and dialogue that I didn’t get confused.

I did like Rhiannon’s character, though I did think that she seemed quite high-powered at times and less so at different points in the storyline. I would have liked to have more details about how the different abilities worked. I wasn’t very clear on why succubus was such an offensive word, though… or why Rhiannon kept using it even knowing it offended the people she was interacting with.

I thought it was interesting to see the way people’s actions affected the colour of their souls. I was intrigued by the fact that it affected Rhiannon’s moral compass. I also found it interesting to learn about the succubi and how they had to recharge by sleeping with men.

I thought there was a lot of tension in this book. The concept of broken dolls kept cropping up and it was interesting to see it as a running theme throughout the plot… even though I thought the references were a bit disrespectful. There was also a lot of intrigue going on… and not a whole lot of nice people in the book.

I liked the fact that Rhiannon did come across as caring quite a lot about the girls who were being taken and used. I also thought it was good to see some of the details about how abilities were passed on… and I liked the opportunity to see how the succubi ‘hunted’.

There were a few things that I found a bit unexpected in this book, but there were others that I felt were a bit harder to follow. This book was quite short, but I think it could have been expanded… and I would have liked to see a lot more details about characters and their relationships to each other.

In the future, I’d be interested in reading the other books in this series and getting to know more about the world and the characters.

(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).

(This review may contain spoilers).

I haven’t read the first book in this trilogy, but I found this one fairly easy to follow. Although the book did skip between various characters and storylines, and I wasn’t clear about how everyone was connected to each other, I still found all of them fairly interesting and I was surprised at how quickly I was able to read this book. I was much faster than I was expecting.

I found Kayne to be a particularly intriguing character. I liked the fact that, although he was a warrior, there were consequences to the fact that he was older. And I thought it was good that he had such a high code of honour. I also enjoyed seeing his friendship with the Wolf… though I had a lot of mixed feelings about Jerek. Although I thought he was an interesting character, I didn’t much like the way he treated many of the other characters. I did, on the other hand, like Grunt and Brick a whole lot… particularly given how Brick responded to his uncle’s actions.

There were a lot of really dark moments in this book… scenes that I found myself cringing at as I read them. I thought it was good how some of the things were left to the imagination, though… and although I didn’t like the characters who were my favourites getting hurt, it was good to see they weren’t spared any consequences.

I thought the whole thing with the Unborn was really creepy. I had a lot of sympathy for Sasha. I thought it was really good to see that she was vulnerable and had weaknesses. She was probably close to being one of my favourites. I did like Cole, to an extent… but I would have liked some more details about his background and how he came to act in the way he did.

I really hated Sir Meredith. When he first appeared, I’d thought he wasn’t a bad guy… but then it became clear he was one of the worst. There were a lot of things that made me sad in this… and others that drew me in and made me want to keep reading. In the future, I’d definitely like to read the first and third book in this trilogy.

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

Having had a long-standing interest in myths and legends, I was immediately curious to see a book that dealt with the aftermath of Arthur’s death and the kind of things that had happened to Camelot afterwards.

While there were times I became confused with some of the characters, especially some of the more minor ones, I quickly found myself drawn to Lucian. Despite not knowing all of his past at once (and that was a really refreshing change), I found him a character who was interesting and well-developed. I enjoyed seeing his interactions with the other Knights and I felt there were elements of real friendship and camaraderie between them.

I thought there was potential to make Constantine a more well-rounded person… but I really disliked him for most of the book. The tension between him and Lucian came across especially well… though I would have liked to be able to see a bit more of Magnus. I didn’t feel he came across as a very well-developed character.

There were some elements of information dumping in this book, but for the most part, I was able to follow the storyline. I was left confused about whether Merlin had any real magic, though… but I did think that his past was really interesting and gave a lot more depth to the storyline.

It was good to see that a lot of the characters weren’t only good or only bad, but somewhere in between. Although Kay is often portrayed badly, I liked his characterisation in this book. I thought he came across as more likable. And it was also interesting to have the opportunity to see Lancelot and some of the other disgraced knights.

There were a lot of really tense scenes through this book and although there were times I thought Lucian should have spoken out, I was aware of the danger and politics involved. There was a lot of scheming, though… enough that I felt my head spinning a lot of the time.

I think it would be good to read a sequel to this book and see what will happen with the characters next. Although this did reach an ending, I feel like there’s a lot more of this book that could be told.