I’ve come to love the IVV world, and the Shadow Shifter season may be my favorite. This is a fun installment in this world, though the IVV world-building isn’t very heavy. It’s more set in its own world with some IVV crossover, and has more of an urban fantasy feel than the dystopian one that other IVV reads had me expecting. (Not a bad thing at all—just an observation—I enjoyed this world, filled with lots of magical and supernatural elements.)

It’s written in alternative, first-person POV which is always a good time, as I like getting multiple parties’ POVs as the reader. The writing could’ve been a bit stronger, as it favored a lot of ‘telling’ over ‘showing’, but it worked.

The steamy scenes were a bit drawn out for me, though I expect most romance readers will appreciate that. It’s giving romantasy/ lost princess, and has lots of adventure, action, discovery, magic, mysteries, and … well:

Cheating.
Fated mates.
Royalty.
Magic.
Fight scenes.
Vampires.
Protective 4lpha MMC.
Danger.
Slow-burn.
Worshipping mate.
Semi-broken heroine.
Pirates.
Rejected mates.
Betrayal.


Overall:
Based on this experience, I’d be open to reading more by this author—this was my first and it was pretty fun!

3.5 stars.
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