ARC Review: These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan

Item: These Twisted Bonds
Rating: 3
Author: Shannon

Posted July 24, 2022 by Shannon in ARC, Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

ARC Review: These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan

These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan
Series: These Hollow Vows, #2, #2
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Published by Clarion Books Publication Date: July 19, 2022
Pages: 496
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Brie finds herself caught between two princes and two destinies while the future of the fae realm hangs in the balance.
After Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making - loving two princes and trusting neither - things are not quite as clear as she once thought.
As civil war wages in the Court of Darkness, Brie finds herself unable to choose a side. How can she know where she stands when she doesn't even know herself anymore? In this darkly romantic thrill ride, the more Faerie is torn apart from the inside, the clearer it becomes that prophecies don't lie and Brie has a role to play in the fate of this magical realm - whether she likes it or not.

Cocktails and Books received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.

When we last were with these characters, Sebastian has given Abriella the potion of life (turning her Fae) after bonding with her and gaining the Unseelie crown. As this second book picks up Abrielle is on the run; from Sebastian, from Finn, from basically everything that she knows.

I get it, she was lied to, used and forced into a life she wouldn’t have chosen for herself. Is she allowed a moment to whine and cry? Yes. But she spends a lot of time putting blame on everyone and wishing for a different outcome, while at the same time saying she wanted to help the Unseelie kingdom regain what it was losing. This is where she starts to lose me. She was such a strong person in the first book, that this whiny person was hard to get behind. She wants to help, but she wants to get away. She hates Sebastian, but she wants to help him. She needed to figure things out, but it felt like it took too long and didn’t give me confidence she’d ever be able to take on the responsibility coming her way.

I wish I could have liked this one more, I had been looking forward to reading this, but in the end this story fell flat for me.

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.