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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read it.
Then be sad that you have to wait for the next one.
Then be sad that you have to wait for the next one.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The start to one of my favorite series. Don't let the cover fool you, it is 80% action packed... of course the other 20% is hot hot Rogan scowling. Really love the idea of the world as it is in the book, fresh take on magic users. And if you don't laugh with and absolutely fall in love with the Baylor family by the end of this book...well there's several more in the series to change your dead cold heart.
The magic system!!!! I loved the fmc! Magic system/world gives me CC vibes but in Houston Tx. Excellent fantasy read with light romance elements.
Slow Burn
Urban Fantasy
Morally Grey MMC
Badass Fmc
Sorry No Smut
Slow Burn
Urban Fantasy
Morally Grey MMC
Badass Fmc
Sorry No Smut
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
An excellent new world and power couple
Fans of Kate Daniels will fall in love with Ilona Andrews' new series Hidden Legacy. Familiar enough to be comforting (a strong willed woman, a powerful beast of a man) but different enough to be unique (Houston vs Atlanta, Nevada's strength isn't in combat like Kate but her will and devotion to family, Magic being 100% a part of the world integrated with Tech not divorced from, and more). This reads like more of Super Hero story (a la Xmen) than a Fantasy, but without the pulp dialogue. Rich and ethnically diverse characters with passion dominate.
Can't wait for the next
Fans of Kate Daniels will fall in love with Ilona Andrews' new series Hidden Legacy. Familiar enough to be comforting (a strong willed woman, a powerful beast of a man) but different enough to be unique (Houston vs Atlanta, Nevada's strength isn't in combat like Kate but her will and devotion to family, Magic being 100% a part of the world integrated with Tech not divorced from, and more). This reads like more of Super Hero story (a la Xmen) than a Fantasy, but without the pulp dialogue. Rich and ethnically diverse characters with passion dominate.
Can't wait for the next
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Honestly? This was a super fun read.
I was pretty lost for about 30% of the book but by the half way mark I didn’t want to put it down. The writing was almost cinematic? I felt like I could see every seen and the magic system felt more akin to superhero’s than typical magical systems in fantasy books.
I loved Nevada and her family and their dynamics felt very realistic despite the high stakes events going on around them. Nevada’s internal monologue was hilarious and I enjoyed watching her problem solve and debate her choices in real time.
Burn for Me introduces a legitimately morally gray MMC and although he’s a bit dark, he doesn’t fit neatly within the typical broody anti hero archetype. He and Nevada serve as foils to one another and we really get to explore morality and ethics through their differences. Nevada’s complete “read” of him at the end was so deserved and he needed to hear it. I’m excited to see where he as a character and their budding romance goes in the next book.
I was surprised to see how highly rated this series is but now I see why.
I was pretty lost for about 30% of the book but by the half way mark I didn’t want to put it down. The writing was almost cinematic? I felt like I could see every seen and the magic system felt more akin to superhero’s than typical magical systems in fantasy books.
I loved Nevada and her family and their dynamics felt very realistic despite the high stakes events going on around them. Nevada’s internal monologue was hilarious and I enjoyed watching her problem solve and debate her choices in real time.
Burn for Me introduces a legitimately morally gray MMC and although he’s a bit dark, he doesn’t fit neatly within the typical broody anti hero archetype. He and Nevada serve as foils to one another and we really get to explore morality and ethics through their differences. Nevada’s complete “read” of him at the end was so deserved and he needed to hear it. I’m excited to see where he as a character and their budding romance goes in the next book.
I was surprised to see how highly rated this series is but now I see why.
I think a few Booktok mutuals will side eye me for this review.
A badass private investigator, a suicide mission, a wanted rich runaway, a crazily overpowered, hot guy who our heroine has read fanfiction about in an urban fantasy setting. Sounds fantastic.
The start had sooo much potential. I could tell the love and care and fear Nevada had for her family. She just wants to keep her family business afloat and make sure they’re all happy.
The side characters were fun and amusing. There was snark, back and forth that I enjoyed….
And then we got introduced to the kind of love interest. After the 40% mark, my enjoyment of this book steadily decreased. Maybe it is because his name was Mad Rogan. Throughout.
I did not find him sexy. He was heavy-handed and mean. Possessive and obsessive. <b>Muscles and constantly going shirtless do not automatically equal sexiness.</b>
He’s big. He’s powerful. He’s hot. I GET IT.
This isn’t a dark romance but there is non-consensual stuff and kidnapping and torture and psychopathy.
<b>“Fine,” he said. “You had no idea it could be this good. Nobody in your past was ever that good and you know that nobody in your future will ever be this good. You’ve had a taste and you want more. You want sex. Dirty, naked hot sex. It’s floating through your head as we speak. You think you can imagine what it would be like. Trust me, you have no idea. I haven’t even started. So run from it, think it over, pretend it didn’t happen, it doesn’t matter. I’ll allow it for now. The more you fight, the more irresistible it will become, until one day I’ll motion with my hand and you’ll come running.”
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This had a lot of potential, but there were too many icky and nope things for me. If there was no Mad Rogan, this would have been good.