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4.0

This is a really great compilation of some pretty amazing beginnings to series. The world buildings, the writing and the characters and are wonderfully written and all captures you right away. Each author has an own style that is unique and captivating in its own ways, in how they portray their characters and story. It's all a combination of romance, sci-fi and fantasy elements and I love reading about all of those things, so these elements combined into stories was such a joy to read! With more stories then not, I felt really sad when it ended and I just wanted to continue reading haha.

STORY for STORY

Cursed by fire by Danielle Annett got a 8/10 rating: This one has a really great heroine present, which I love! She's feisty and kick-ass! It's filled with vampires and shifters! What's not to love about those, right?!

Message bearer by M.S. Dobing got a 8.5/10 rating: I Loved reading about the Mages and Daemons. It was a really unique read! It was action packed and made for an addictive read from beginning till end.

Unhidden by Dina Given got a 8/10 rating : yet again a really fun read! A female trained killer who falls in love with her evil hunter. It's dark and sexy and I loved it!

No more black magic by A.L. Kessler got a 7.5/10 rating: Abby is feisty, badass and saucy. There's some action present, it's filled with surprises and spark. I love the chemistry and tension between her and Nick and thoroughly enjoyed reading this story.

Power Surge by E.J. Whitmer got a 6.5/10 rating: This was a fun read. Nothing spectacular though, but fast-paced and fun!!

Brooding city by Tom Shutt got a 10/10 rating: This story contains such awesome elements!! I love the main character and the mystery elements and the evil in this story is terrifyingly well written. Just awesome!

Altered by Amy Steaman got a 8/10 rating: Sadie and Trent's story was an incredible one to read I think. It's a story about revenge, love, and redemption. I liked the romance in this one most of all but the paranormal elements were really interesting as well.

Emergence by Siana Wineland got a 10/10 rating: Valkyries!! This was such an incredible read! I like stories in which the main character develops into something more, in this case, a Valkyrie. Everything that follows was just a really enticing and addictive read to me. Loved everything about this one!

A Time Apart by Rebecca N. Caudill got a 6.5/10 rating: This was a really sweet and fun read. A beautifully written and balanced out story with some Historical, contemporary and paranormal elements present.

Familiar by Frances Pauli got a 9/10 rating: This was a great read! It was fun, light-hearted at times and made me so curious to read more after finishing it. I loved the characters in this one, they were so good together and I'm just so curious to see what more there is to come for them. This story was a great combination of lovable characters, humor, light-heartedness but also some danger and intrigue. Loved it!

Conclusion
I loved being able to read this set. It all contains first books in a series and they all have something new and unique to offer to us readers. There are definitely more than 5 stories that made me really excited to continue reading in the series. I can definitely recommend reading this box set so you can discover some new awesome sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal romance stories!

*a special thanks to the publisher and netgalley for sending me an arc of this set, in exchange for leaving a review
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