Lucy Auburn

1st book: 3.5/5 stars
2nd book: 3.5/5 stars
3rd book: 2.5/5 stars
Series: 3/5 stars

The premise of this series is great - assassin schools, magic, reverse harem romance, etc. However, with each book, I got more and more annoyed with the quality issues. These are quite obviously self published without the benefit of an editor, and it shows. There's a ton of grammatical and spelling errors, the narrative structure is incredibly weak and only gets worse, and the worldbuilding is full of holes. By the time I got to the third book, I had started to skim just to get through to the end. I'd equate the quality of these books to "just okay fanfiction."

Besides the quality issues, I just didn't love the directions the plot took. One, I don't love reverse harem romance where the girl just wants a bunch of different guys, so the men are just kinda hanging around being jealous of each other. I vastly prefer the found family type where everybody is fully consensual and there's love between the guys, even if not the romantic or sexual kind. I really think this works better in worldbuilding where polygamous relationships are common and even expected for some reason, i.e. witches covens, werewolf packs, etc. Two, the powers are never really explained, so theoretically have limitless applications, but somehow never get used beyond the obvious. I would've loved to see some creative uses of everybody's Affinities, especially some fun combinations of Ellen's fourfold powers. And finally, the Big Bad Battles are supremely anticlimactic. The action is boring, nobody ever feels in danger, and the Big Bads go down way, way too easily.

I have no plans to search out any other books by this author.… (mehr)

I have read a few of the stories and they were very good! Lots of fun!

I am only leaving one review right now. I will leave more later.

I am leaving a review for:

Little Red Riding Bears (Bear-y Spicy Fairy Tales, #2)
by Sable Sylvan

On July 4th, 20 years ago, Meredith Baxter got lost in the woods. She was found by a bear shifter couple and returned safely to the celebration. That night she met 3 young shifter boys and they all asked her to marry them. Time goes by and and that night is forgotten.

Meredith goes to visit her Grandmother in Port Jameson, OR. She becomes very angry when she is told that her grandmother's rent/lease is being raised, to almost twice the amount. How is her grandmother suppose to pay that? So, Meredith goes to have a talk with the landlord. Brandon Joyce is a bit more then she expected. Upon finding out that he didn't change the lease, but they have a new in their possession, he strikes a deal. Meredith is to be the housekeeper for the next few weeks, for him and his 2 friends. When spring arrives and their hibernation is over, then the lease will go back to the original amount and never be changed.

Brandon has ulterior motives when making the deal with Meredith, he does want the house cleaned, but more then that.....he wants Meredith in their home. Hopefully for good.

Over the next few weeks Meredith, now called "Red", meets the other two men/bear shifters. Each is so different , but she is attracted to all of them. All them also have the same mate mark, which is strange. After one night spent with all three it is discovered that Red could be the fated mate to each of them. How can she choose just one? She has fallen for each one of them and she can't choose one and leave the others behind or hurt them. So,she leaves. It is all she can do.

*ARC given for an honest review*… (mehr)