Humans are killing fae. I was put in charge of stopping The Experiment before they wipe out our kind, and I’d rather take my chances alone than work alongside Nikolai Sterling. This is not what I signed up for when I stepped into the role of fae leader. Nikolai is arrogant, charming, and a thorough pain in my ass. He knows exactly how to make my heart race, which infuriates me to no end. What … race, which infuriates me to no end. What infuriates me more is how much I secretly like it.
But I can’t cross that line. Can’t let him get close.
Not when the growing attraction I feel for a man who drives me nuts isn’t my biggest problem—The Experiment is. They want the fae dead, and I’ll die to stop that from happening.
Maybe that will keep Nikolai from discovering secrets I need to keep buried.
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So there is something in here that is revealed and damn it shocked me like hell! I did not see it coming at all and it was a total surprise and the pain that came with it when this thing was revealed. It hit me in the feels and the tension when that was discovered along with the war ending damn it was written so good!
The one thing I am gutted about is that we didn’t get to see a reunion from everyone seeing Tristan and Aurora. I really wanted to see that and was gutted when I didn’t see it.
Other than that I really liked the book and I was very excited when I heard there was going to be another book with Jackson who was introduced in this book and I can see it’s just going to be as good as these books!
Full review: https://abookhavenxx.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/twisted-desire-jessi-elliot/
3.5 Stars
Twisted Desire is of novella length and features at its centre, Skylar and Nikolai.
I did enjoy this but also had some slight issues which I will get into shortly, Sky and her take no prisoners attitude is a breath of fresh air and Nikolai I just absolutely adore anyway with his cheeky charmer personality what’s not to love about him.
This follows on from the previous two stories and basically continues the war between the Fae and the experiment.
What I really liked about this was that I felt the connection between these two was ever so easy to believe and I really enjoyed how they both connected together.
The overall dynamic here was fabulous.
We also get to delve deeper into what makes Skylar the Fae she is and when I realised her back story I just got her and the way she behaves around others so much more than I originally did.
Basically its a form of self-preservation and shes really good at it.
This was also really heartfelt and so emotional in places.
So now for my issues, I felt that I jumped into this story midstream and the start of this seemed kind off lopped off.
I am aware of there beginnings here but would have liked to experience it as a spectator rather than just having it told to me as second-hand information as part of Triston and Auroras book.
I felt that Sky and Nik deserved their time in the spotlight also.
It almost felt like a huge chunk of the story was missing.
This was also wrapped up much too swiftly in my opinion.
I also would have liked to see the Fae acting less humane and tolerant of the ignorant humans.
I think that this really needed to be slightly longer with an extended start and finish as the middle here was ever so great.
I also would have liked to have been given an epilogue as well.
This still has plenty to recommend it and is an interesting and imaginative take on the Fae.
There are surprises to be had here: one I wish was explored in more depth.
If I had been Nik I would have wanted more answers than I had got I also thought this was a missed opportunity in terms of story development, I am being deliberately vague here to avoid spoiling this you will realise what I am on about when you read it.
This does need to be read in order as there’s an ongoing story that continues through all three books.
I wanted to read this one because Nikolai is hands down my favourite character out of this entire series.
Still, adore him though I would have liked to experience some of this from his POV also.
What made this for me was the emotional side of things and this had plenty of that.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Twisted Desire.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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