Six Scorched Roses

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The slower pace in this book allowed me to see our main characters grow as individuals and together as a couple. The author also put more focus on the world building here, which really helped to fill in the gaps about the setting and history of Obitraes. Power hurts. It requires sacrifice. Do you want to change this world, little serpent? Climb the bars until you’re so high no one can catch you." I adored watching them finally put their cards on the table and face each other for real, without masks or secret agendas, and go from enemies to allies to more, again.

The exploration of grief was excellent. The parts where we get to explore Oraya’s very complicated relationship with her father, Vincent, and see her go through the process of grieving and forgiving were beautifully written. The information and answers Oraya discovers about Vincent's past elevated this book for me. Seeing her begin to heal a little more with that knowledge made my heart so happy. The romance was angstyyyy, slow burn-yyy and one that swept me off my feet. Raihn and Oraya are so so good together. The chemistry is off the charts. Like I was giggling, blushing, screaming and all that. The spice was HOT 🥵my forever favorite badass fmc. she so delivered in this book i was so happy she didn't forgive him right away even though i love him but what he did was unforgivable. the way she became the most powerful while dealing with grieve and betrayal. It was a very difficult road, but ultimately, I feel really proud of where this story ended up. I hope you absolutely love it! Raihn. My downfall and my most valuable supporter. My weakness and my strength. My worst enemy and the greatest love I had ever known.' We knew that after what happened at the end of Serpent things would change. Certain people didn’t make it out alive, and that brought a lot of feelings with it. But oh, if it were only sadness.

In case you've read it already, don't care about spoilers and/or about the book in general, welcome to my review. Even young, I knew a wounded pride was better than a wounded body. Better to be ashamed and alive than overconfident and dead. if the 379614 highlights on my kindle say anything, it's that i loved this so much. all the characters were so beautifully fleshed out, and i daresay i loved this even more than book one? the way all the plot lines came together? wonderful. and my fave part of this - the love of my life, Vincent's story. it broke my heart and healed me in ways i cannot explain but i just need his story asapp idc. 😭 The pacing because of the chapter drags from time to time. I truthfully fell more in love with the second half of this one. Oraya is so, so, so angry in this one. Mad at herself for letting someone in and them breaking her trust. Mad at herself for loving people even though they’ve hurt her. And even worse, mad at herself that even though she’s furious, she can’t stop herself from loving these people. It’s agonising to watch and read about. Because although you scream at her to fight, you know you would feel the same. She felt so real, I felt her anger. Her hate. It was insane.The financials of indie publishing are also very different than trad, and they've been very kind to me. Because I take home all of my royalties (after the retailer cut OFC!), I make a comfortable full-time living from my books, and I feel like it would have been a lot harder to do that as a mid-list author if I was trad. Raihn stole all the spotlight and shined so bright that other characters dimmed in comparison; I couldn't bother to care any less. Others weren't interesting, it's not his fault, of course. You and I are the same. There is no one I would rather have ruling this kingdom beside me than you." No one is more upset about this rating than I am, so please don't come for me as I have some explaining to do. Upon finishing a book, I immediately know if I love it or not. Unfortunately, I didn't feel the way I had hoped to about this story. Even though I really liked parts of The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King, my rating reflects my feelings about it as a whole. I hate you because I let you hurt me. I hate you because I grieved you. I hate you because I don’t.

But there’s no room for compassion in the Kejari. War for the House of Night brews, shattering everything that Oraya thought she knew about her home. And Raihn may understand her more than anyone – but their blossoming attraction could be her downfall, in a kingdom where nothing is more deadly than love. Desperate to find a cure, Lilith strikes a bargain with the only thing the gods hate even more than her village: a vampire, Vale. She offers him six roses in exchange for six vials of vampire blood—the one hope for her town’s salvation. I'm in love with Raihn, he is charming, very handsome, protective, stubborn, sweet, and will do whatever it takes to protect Oraya. I loved that even though Raihn acted tough around other people, he was always so sweet and protective of Oraya. Raihn's character development was great, I enjoyed learning about his past through his perspective and watching him as he faced new challenges.Let me touch you,” he rasped. And Goddess, yes, he was begging, every word desperate. “Let me feel you. Even though I don’t deserve you. Please.” Mische still more than has my entire heart. 💘 and with everything that went on in this book, all i'm going to say is - poor Mische. and 👀 i have so many questions with her omg.