I went back and forth between giving this 2 or 3 stars so many times but I guess the most appropriate rating is 2.5⭐️ and the official rating will be 2… since it’s really not as good as the first book and that for a 3.

This has the same issues as the first book, rushed/bland romance and rushed sex, but without the newness that the first book provided. Really, the ONLY reason to keep reading this series is strictly for the enemy aliens plot. Nothing else is worth it.

I really liked Marie in the first book so I thought I was going to like her book. She’s mouthy and fierce and has a sharp tongue, which I really like, but it felt like her character got watered down by her CONSTANT horniness and immature behavior in the face of a serious situation. I desperately wanted her to just talk to Draggar about her feelings rather than rambling about this in her head and jumping his bones at every opportunity.

The first spicy scene was absolute cringe. The rest were… not much better. I just couldn’t care about them having sex because I didn’t care about their relationship because THEY didn’t care about their relationship.

If you want to read a WELL DONE second love romance, where the male had a mate before meeting the female lead, try book #2 in the Ash Planet Warriors series by V. K. Ludwig. That one is handled beautifully.

I don’t know if I’ll continue this series… maybe one day when I’m not so annoyed with it.

For anyone who wants to read my annotations and notes, do be warned that the later ones may have some spoilers. And I do rant a lot. Probably the most notes I’ve written for a book before just because of how annoyed I was throughout those moments.