This series gives me purpose.
The moment this baby dropped on my kindle I stopped what I was doing. The television was turned off, I logged out of all social media, ignored my son (he is an adult so don't think less of me), and just grabbed the bottle of wine and sat it down next to me so that I wouldn't have to get up because I KNEW that all real-world or things that needed me to adult would be out the window. I was right for having done this because this book is EVERYTHING.
I had the pleasure of reading a large chunk of this in Beta but that didn't stop me from starting at the beginning and reading it as if it was new. The formating is stunning, and the book was even better than I was expecting even though I had read parts of it. For anyone that has not beta read, I cannot express how hard it is to only get parts at a time. I swear, this author is the devil and I was at the crossroads about to promise her my eternal soul (and my son-- although to be fair he loves her more than he loves me so that was a sacrifice that I was willing to make) for her to give me this book in its entirety. On the plus side of reading this in snippets, it gave me the chance to see how this author goes about the process and to say that I was in awe of her mind would be an understatement of epic proportions.
This powerful couple has a history. I felt for both of them. Kles for his guilt and trying to come to grips with what was slowly taking over him. Meg, for the horrors that she went through and for the betrayal that she felt. There was a lot of crap that they went through due to the actions of others. It made me posit whether if the Gods were in fact real if they would have deserved the reverence that was bestowed on them. It feels like the ones that should have been good were, in fact, bad and that the ones that were considered bad were only that way because of the ministrations of the "good" ones. This is yet, another reason that this author knocks me on my derrière because she makes me think, truly THINK.
From the very first book of this series to this one I have been in awe of the world-building and blending of Gods and Goddesses in the modern world. Time is not how it is felt in the real world. Things are happening that have an almost Butterfly effect. There is a certain pattern or plan that is unfolding and just like every season has a reason so too does the characters in this book. Some of the characters we have seen with books of their own, others, just as side characters who have yet to have their purpose uncovered or planned and some like Kles and Meg that are just now coming into play but that still have such pivotal roles in the future. As I said, I am in awe that this series does what it does. I am not sure if the author had always intended to write the characters of Meg and Kles, or if they were just written to be a part of the Sinister Fairy Tales collection and she manipulated them into the story to kill two birds with one stone. I cannot imagine them NOT being a part of this series now that I have read it but if she just did work them into the timeline then that makes me even more awestruck that I was.
Watching these two characters navigate through everything in order to find their truth, possible redemption, and possible forgiveness/acceptance was raw and believable. The dialogue, banter, hatred, desire, and the connection was intense and worth it. Sweet lord, the anticipation leading up to the character's steamy moments (which were FIRE) made the story even more enticing. Add in suspense, action, mind games from a certain God, and appearances from a few other characters made this another 5 star read. It paved the way for the next book to continue and I cannot wait to see what happens next. I did not want this story to end, not that I ever do, and will leave me thinking of possible theories for months to come as I try and figure out the endgame. Well Done.
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