3.50 stars
Read for the Magical Readathon.

I enjoyed this more than the first book (knowing me, I definitely didn’t read the second book because I can never read anything chronologically).

I loved Augie and Lia’s chemistry and romance. Sadly, I wish they didn’t drastically remove Augie’s stripper life from the book. It was how he earned his living, yet it was pushed to the back burner. I wish there were more scenes of his stripper life while he was navigating life with Lia too.

Also, the book kept mentioning how Lia struggled internally with a part of her enjoying killing but I didn’t really see that apart from the job bag scene with her mother and her job with Riddick. I wish this was emphasized more, especially since in the first few chapters she felt so badass. Slowly, as their romance progress, her “career” was pushed back as well.

The spice was okay, nothing too extreme or kinky.

This book was more focused on family. And that’s also why I was hoping their found-family in the strip club would have had more scenes or involvement.

I adore Scythe! He was such a fun character to read. So unhinged and psychotic.

Looking forward to reading the last book. That was some twist, though, not as unexpected. I had an inkling we haven’t seen the last of them.