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Absolutely SWOONING over this little interlude from Des’s POV. I need more of this in my life. Authors, PLEASE give us more books like this. I loved the background and the sassy shadows. It was just so so good!

carlacerrone's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

ladyamay's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kristynkelly's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

readyforit's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

4.25⭐️2.5🌶️(one graphic scene from book 1 retold from des’ pov)

Call me crazy but this was my favorite in the series so far! We got some much-needed backstory on des, his parents, his childhood, his friendship with Malakai, his time in the brotherhood and the army, and it picks up with Callie originally calling the bargainer. My only complaint is I wish the book were longer! I really love how the author writes from des’ pov and I really enjoyed his internal monologue much more than Callie’s. Maybe it’s just more fun to read the perspective of the “villain.” We get a lot of repeat convos between him and Callie but with so much extra flavor from his internal monologue and he is SO much more obsessed with her than I thought😩, what a hopeless romantic. I honestly could reread all the books from his perspective.

I remember feeling how the first book was just missing something, especially from the climax/action at the end and I believe it was des’ perspective! We got a lot more action and how his powers work.

I felt like this book was more well-written than the others too, and maybe that has to do with des’ vocabulary since he’s so old? Idk but I enjoyed! Btw I did the math and our shadow daddy is 269 at the end of the book.

The narrator they got for des for the audiobook was AMAZING! This was my first audiobook by him and I’m going to be searching for more. If the last book is good I think I could see myself rereading the series!

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skyladawn's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

hredifer's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed the book. It certainly can be skipped without hurting the story. There isn't much that is new. Just a wider background for Desmond and his perspective on all the events with Callie up until the present. It was definitely intersting and very sweet to hear how head-over-heels he has always been, even when he knew he couldn't claim her (at least not at the time).

Overall, a good, short read. I'm glad I read it, but for anyone wondering, you're not missing anything if you decide to skip this one and just move on to the next book.

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