An arrogant deity, a snarky archeress, and a rebellious attraction.He’s the rakish God of Envy—all vain smirks and conceit.I’m the spitfire Goddess of Sorrow—all edgy vibes and sarcasm.For a pair of outcast deities, we’re one hot magical mess. He’s hardly amused by my prickly attitude. And I don’t have time for his narcissistic crap.Too bad we’re stuck with one another.A magic battle against the … with one another.
A magic battle against the ruthless Fate Court has begun. Transported into an enemy realm of celestial seas and starlight, this sexy, irritating archer and I weren’t supposed to get separated from our band of rebel immortals. In the midst of a war, we weren’t supposed to end up lost in an enclave of dark, mythical waterfalls.
And we definitely weren’t supposed to end up alone.
Not with each other.
Step into this seductive world where young gods rule, mortals are toys, and forbidden lovers collide. Transcend is the fourth and final book in the Selfish Myths urban paranormal romance series by Natalia Jaster. If you like starcrossed enemies, badass goddesses, arrogant immortal gods, and sexual tension with heart, this complete, slow-burn series inspired by Greek mythology is sure to keep you up at night. Scroll up to get your book hangover now!
Mature young adult/new adult: sexual content and language. For readers 17 and older.
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I’ve loved this entire series! Natalia knows how to write the best couples! And if you thought the other books in this series were swoony, then holy smokes prepare yourself, because this one has amazing romance!
I really liked getting into Sorrow’s head. She had a very interesting backstory, and yes sad, because she’s Sorrow! And Envy was much more than his sexy looks. He had a lovely heart in there too!
Another thing I enjoyed was seeing all the other couples together. All eight of these people made an awesome team! The words as usual was spot on and had some of the most beautiful writing I’ve ever seen! I’m sad that it’s over, but I can always reread their journeys!
This series by Natalia Jaster just got BETTER AND BETTER with every book. Each time I read the next in the series, I thought yep right, this one is definitely going to be my favourite but then I’d read more! Starting with Touch (Andrew and Love) and then moving through Torn (oh my, I loved Anger so much and I am such a sucker for an angsty, unrequited-love-and-then-miss-what’s- right-in-your-face tale), on to Tempt (still not convinced this isn’t my favourite because well…Malice, am I right?! ) and finally of course Transcend, which is not only Sorrow and Envy’s tale, but also the finale to the Selfish Myths series that we all needed .
To recap, the series revolves around a group of young (by mythological standards!) Gods and Goddesses, who each control a human emotion – love, anger, malice, wonder, sorrow and envy. They in turn are supervised and controlled by the Fates. But the more time they spend together and in the human realm the more our heroes/heroines begin to challenge the rules they have been raised to abide by and also their growing feelings for each other..
Transcend is so beautifully written, and has all the angsty, will they won’t they, lust vs love components that I love. And of course Envy is totally yummy
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again -Natalia’s writing is exquisite, as is the world building and the character development is just sublime. If you adore fantasy romance, slow burn leading to steamy scenes, diversity in your MCs and real life relevance to boot, this is the book (and the series!) for you.
Love love love .
ALL THE STARS
I’m conflicted with Transcend. I really wanted to like this book, being the conclusion and all, but there were just too many inconsistencies and issues for me to even fully enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong, it did have its moments and strengths, however I’m sad to say that it got weighed out by the general plot.
I loved the premise of the book. Two ex lovers on bad terms expected to fall in love and work out their resentment towards one another. That’s exactly the thing that I love in stories, romance with a rocky start and the drama that comes with it. While Envy and Sorrow had some bickering and spiteful arguments in the beginning to build the ground I feel like the story just, I don’t know, not exactly ignored the relationship development, but didn’t really bother much with it. I was told they went from hating one another to having great conversations and experiences together. Keyword: told. This was just summarized between overly long and detailed tangents or descriptions of surroundings, making the story seemingly stand still while they were in their hiding spot. Because nothing really was going on when the story didn’t show us the relationship development the plot became a bit dull for me and the tangents uninteresting to follow along.
The moments that actually were written out between Envy and Sorrow though, they were great and actually made the story move along a bit. There were just way too few written on actual page interactions and too much summarizations that it was difficult to see them moving from one point to another in their relationship. I did however appreciate the drama and struggles they went through. I even appreciated the story’s depth and metaphorical twists to the main conflict in the story, however I felt here that it went a bit overboard to the point of ridiculous and didn’t always make sense.
The big fight and goal in this series has been free will and equality for humans but yet again, as in previous books, there are zero humans involved in the actual issue. Still, we are expected to see the big issue? Sure, Andrew was human so I guess his involvement counts for something and it did in the first book, but other than that humans are nowhere near what transpired in these stories. The whole conflict because of this just felt so forced to me, like it never really fit or was missing a chunk of puzzle pieces. And the solution to it all? Makes zero sense to me. The betrayal for no reason (the war was going to happen just as it did no matter what so what was the whole point in what she did?), and then the stars falling and everything is then just solved because of that? It was basically solved because the book told me so without giving a full satisfying conclusion or reason to it. I don’t know, since I never really got behind the conflict the way it was written as it was, maybe it just went over my head.
Overall, I give Transcend three stars. It had its sweet moments, especially seeing every couple it involved. Although, even there it went overboard with list of every character and what they were doing/saying in their own stereotypical demeanor, one after the other. If one was mentioned there was some rule I do not agree with that everyone else also had to be mentioned like a queue. Despite that there were cute moments and I loved the HEA in the relationships. I am as mentioned above not satisfied with the conclusion, but the romance was at least a good bandage for the wounds.
I requested an ARC of this book, and these opinions are my own.
This is the final book in the series, and while I am sad to see it end, I am happy I was able to take this journey with the characters. To me, Sorrow and Envy seem the most real, the closest to actual mortals than the others. Their fears are not without merit, and when they finally realize how they are linked – just like pleasure and pain – it’s a glorious moment.
Seeing the rest of the characters and how they’ve grown throughout the series was a nice bonus, as was learning more about their celestial home – the Peaks.
Overall, another great series, and I look forward to the next one!