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Reggie Lamborn

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This was a relationship building book. Oli and most of her bonds grew a lot together and their relationship as a unit also strengthened. I was really impressed with how J Bree dealt with certain situations. The cliffhanger of the second book was very shocking but it was solved convincingly in this book although I was a bit underwhelmed by the reasoning. The book is not very long so I finished it in two sittings and it was interesting enough to keep my focus throughout.
I also liked that this book included multiple point of views and how the bonds within the characters have sort of their own independent identity.
All the misunderstanding are cleared pretty much early in the book and we get to see how this relationship blossoms without the barrier of of any miscommunication. North underwent great changes and he is a delight to watch. He is very possessive of Oleander and I liked that a lot.
The author has created a great cast of side characters and Kieran is is one of my favorite side characters now. Sage is present in this book but she was not given much page time and the story focused a lot more on oleander and her bonds.
The cliffhanger at the end of this book was very confusing for me and I am really intrigued that how the saga will continue. I just hope that they all get a happy ending and J Bree please give us more Nox crumbs. I was really feeling bad for him in this book because he seems very confused. It seems like his lashing out is a coping mechanism to hide his vulnerability.
Overall this was a great addition in the series and I would recommend it to all. Although it ends on a cliffhanger, I would suggest people to read it rather than waiting for the whole series because this book is basically character driven and after three books I feel like I intimately know these characters. Whatever stakes are there in future they get all the more higher when you feel connected to the characters.
The world has gifted and non gifted people, and with the gifted there are different powers and abilities. Gifts can be light or dark based (think sort of on the lines of good and bad) with different tiers with gifts making some people more valuable in their abilities than others.
Oli, she has been orphaned as a young teenager when her parents died in a car wreck. The first two years, she was taken by one of the leaders of the revaluation who wants the gifted to rule the world. Then she was on the run for five more years until her bonds (essentially her mates) found her.
This is an enemies to lovers series and this book is feel heavy on the enemies part. There are a handful of moments where some of the guys does something somewhat nice, but the main thing that got me through this book in particular is Atlas and his immediate un-denying devotion to Oli.
This book shows more possessiveness and more trust within the group. Oli is bonded to both North and Gryphon and there is a positive change in the way they interact with each other. As a trio, the animosity and misery from the first two books has all but disappeared and they work together to avoid keeping secrets and to respect each other and the boundaries Oli puts down.
The last moments of book 2 leave Atlas in a compromised position at the start of this book and really, through reading this Atlas has more to overcome than the others and having seen the part of him that was previously hiding, Oli has much more to learn about him.
Oli does feel a lot of guilt over this and also over the trouble she had brought to her bonds and while this inner voice might have become overly irritated in another book scenario, it fits into the character and her war between seeing herself as a monster and someone who is worthy of being loved.
The ending again, was the third cliffhanger of the series but while I was there for the shock and awe factor I felt while reading, the barely used logical side of my brain has already worked out the only logical solutions to why it happens. However, with the logical side of my brain being so rarely used and completely underfunded I may yet prove myself wrong!
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