Thólos is coming apart at the seams, and Shepherd’s men can do nothing to stop it. Claire is desperate to open his eyes, but no matter her progress, Svana is not yet done with him. Claire can see the source of madness that drives Shepherd to do such terrible things: Svana. She can feel the truth of his terrible history.
Under its influence, she is forced to sense the man behind the monster. Due to her mate’s relentless exploitation of their pair-bond, the nature of their link has grown consuming to the point that Claire has difficulty differentiating where her feelings begin and his end. Her time is occupied fighting a war of another kind.
The supporting characters are all just as damaged with their own personal agendas no matter how it’s crafted to seem kind and supportive with the one clueless gullible character who wears their heart on their sleeve in the most tragic manner.Locked safely away in Shepherd’s nest, Claire is unaware of what stirs aboveground. The romance between Shepherd and Claire is so twistedly distorted and abusive it’s barbaric, the dominance and submission coming to a bittersweet conclusion. The crimes and atrocities Claire was forced into are appalling and unforgivable, always being treated as an object yet so willing to give love and hope that the world can be better, choose better is naively innocent. Shepherd’s selfless dedication to protect his own no matter the consequences was appealing, compared to his other horrible offenses.Ĭlaire has endured horrors at the hands of others, past the breaking point of sanity and never loses sight of herself and conviction is so admirable. Though warped and twisted as Shepherd’s thinking is he truly believes he’s doing it all in the name for love, no matter how misguided. Shepherd is determined to love his mate by any means necessary, no matter the cost, willing to grovel and apologize for his betrayal though still unable to let go of a destructive first love. The story takes place right after Shepherd has reclaimed his escaped mate Claire, the mental war games between them commence as the political world of Tholos crumples under the hands of a deceiver. A sickeningly disturbing dark twisted romantic read, the absolute destruction and chaos in this series was intense and shocking though the writing and wicked theme was addicting.
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