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This story has many of my favorite tropes, like all the stories in this extended series, but I especially enjoy the grumpy/sunshine dynamic of our leads. The pace is basically perfect, letting us get to know the characters very well before romance really happens. The romance itself was very gentle and subtle, like if you blinked you’d miss it. This makes for an easy and comfortable read. Some action here and there throughout the book breaks things up nicely and makes sure that we’re actually going somewhere with the story line. Just a wonderful read!

This book is SO CLOSE to perfect.

I love Ella Maven’s writing style, she just pulls me into the world so well and is really able to make a slightly shorter book full of detail and not feel rushed. Reading this reminds me why I was able to get through the other series so fast, everything is just paced so well and makes me want to read more because the characters are written to make me love them AND there is always an overarching plot that I’m invested in.

The spice for this one was delightful, especially the first scene… it was slow and beautiful and very intimate, loved it. Kutzal and Trix banter a lot and it’s adorable, I love it. They’re rougher dynamic also makes their sweet moments that much sweeter.

The dynamic between these two characters is just too much fun for me. They contrast each other very nicely, with Lu being more talkative and social while Axton is a bit of a quiet grump. Axton also starts out “grumpy” but ends up more “golden retriever” by the end, which is a fun transition to watch.

The pacing is done very well, I feel like I know the characters before they have a real romance which makes the romantic moments more believable and heartwarming. I appreciate Lu’s voice, she has a sassy attitude but it doesn’t come off as mean or snarky. She’s very relatable for me.

As usual I just love the author’s writing style, she does a great job at solidifying her characters and making me care about them while also giving us romance and action. Just great stuff.

It’s a fine start to a series, but not the greatest. The fl is annoying… but kind of relatable? I feel like we don’t know enough about her to feel connected to… but her reactions to things are relatable, like flip flopping between which “character” she wanted to play in this situation. The other women seemed more interesting, especially Delyah who was my favorite. One reason I’ll read more is for their stories.

The world building was light and kind of confusing… like they didn’t give enough but also too much? Some things should have remained mysterious while others should be explained sooner. There is enough there that I want to keep reading though because I do find the world interesting.

Our ml is nice, interesting, sexy, but also kind of… dumb? I think it was suppose to represent the “caveman” element of this… but it just got annoying at some points. I guess I just prefer overly intelligent leads over the big kinda dense tough guys. I also prefer my men angrier, especially when it comes to the safety of their women, so his reaction to the women being in danger was tepid.

The first book in a series is hard to get right, I don’t think this really failed in it’s challenge though so 3 ⭐️s is fair in my mind.

I found this book to be better than the first book, a more enjoyable read for me. The main couple has a lot of cute and funny moments… but really quite a bit of spicy scenes. The best thing about the male lead was how at the beginning of the story he seemed to believe that something was missing from his life and that was a common theme of his thought process throughout the whole book… that something was just missing, so when he decided that what was missing was Emilia it was incredibly adorable. Looking forward to the next book.

This is the best one yet! The couple is adorable and the bond between them very deep and emotional. I loved learning more about Dar’ax as he slowly opened up to Heidi. She’s a good fl but she was also a little boring, I wish we learned more about her life… there were a couple snippets here and there but not much. She’s a great woman for Dar’ax though, she has the perfect personality for him.

This was more driven by emotions than actions and I really appreciate that in a book, especially since there was a lot of action in the previous books. I’m looking forward to the next one!

This one was not a favorite of mine… but it wasn’t the worst. 3.7⭐️s for me, rounding up to 4.

It feels like a lot happens in this book but also not very much? It’s hard to explain. There is a ton of spicy scenes between our leads, to the point I thought it was actually hurting the story… and I don’t ever think that. But because quite a few things happened plot wise, I still did enjoy this one in a way. Aurora is a fun lead and I enjoyed following her, but her caveman I was not a big fan of. He seems to have the same issues for me that the first one did… not really taking seriously the value of his woman or the other women in the face of his tribe. He redeems himself, of course, but his lapse in judgement did give me a bad taste in my mouth. With him came an expanse of knowledge about the world and some more skills and a new environment for them so I’ll let go how much I didn’t enjoy him.

Things are getting interesting in regards to the actual plot though, so I’ll be jumping right into the next book in hopes that we keep on that plot train.

This is one of my favorites of the series so far, mainly because I enjoy the intellectual dynamic of the leads as well as the big plot surprise near the end. It does have some pacing issues, as it feels like things aren’t really happening until about 75% into the book. The caveman’s excuse of “I forgot” for the big plot point was dumb, as this particular caveman is shown to be very intelligent and motivated and the “I forgot” excuse doesn’t suit his character at that point. He himself is probably my favorite ml so far though.

Caroline is a fine fl, she talks a lot and is very smart herself, I believe she’s close to Delyah in that respect, she comes up with plans very quickly and handles herself in stressful situations realistically but she’s also able to step up and be brave when it matters. The author puts a note at the beginning that Caroline deals with depression, as someone who has suffered with it for most of my life I was looking forward to seeing how that was handled on this alien planet… and let’s just say I was disappointed. It’s a lot of mentioning it in the past but not really showing the effects it has on Caroline in the moment. The plot needed to move along of course and depression can slow people down so it probably wasn’t conducive to the plot the author was going for.

Good read if you enjoy this series which I do.

If I was going to recommend this series to someone, I would suggest at least getting to this book as this is when things really start to happen in the overall plot. There are hints on the first five books, but this is when things really get going and it feels like a reward for getting to this point.

A great addition to the series! Our knowledge of the dragons has been expanded just a little bit, just enough to keep me interested, and I enjoyed our two leads. Tamara is a wonderful person, intelligent and creative and considerate. She deals with her fear of the dragons and dinosaurs in a very believable way, but she also is able to show bravery when it matters. She’s very compassionate towards Car’rakz and his issues with PTSD. I think that part of his character was explored very well also. He’s a good male lead, a very loyal and honest man, but he is briefly blinded by his loyalty to his tribe. That’s something I’ve complained about in other books, I think it’s just something that the cavemen do a lot. Either way, I did enjoy this story a lot and the romance.