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Edge of Thorns

Steamy BWWM Fantasy Romance

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Edge of Thorns

By: Lexi Johnson
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Enter a realm where desire burns bright, and love is the most dangerous game of all.

Sade Hughes, on the run from a murderous ex, finds sanctuary in her grandmother’s secluded cottage—only to stumble upon a gateway to a world torn from the pages of her childhood dreams. Here, in the realm of fae princes and untold magic, she meets Aranion, a fugitive of royal blood, whose presence is as enchanting as it is dangerous.

Bound by a past marked by betrayal and a future threatened by dark forces, their union sparks a passion both forbidden and undeniable. Aranion, with secrets as deep as the forests of his homeland, finds in Sade a strength he never knew he needed. But as enemies close in, their connection—fierce and tender—may be the very thing that tears them apart.

Now Sade must navigate a world where love carries a price in blood, and trust is forged not in the heat of battle but in the heart of the storm. Can Sade resist the dark seductions of a hidden enemy? And will her bond with Aranion be the key to their salvation or their undoing?

Edge of Thorns is the first volume of a steamy BWWM fantasy romance duet.

Warning: I meant it when I said this book was steamy. Those dark seductions are real. Be prepared.

Note: Edge of Thorns was previously published in two volumes as The Elven King and Birds and Prey. It also incorporates the first three chapters of what was previously titled An Elven Storm. This second edition has gone through significant revisions and edits, though the story is basically the same. African American Fantasy Multicultural Feel-Good
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The storyline seemed to be missing crucial events and backstories. The instant love or soul bond didnt seem to be that much of a bond about halfway through the book.

Choppy

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the title says it all it was SO bad I couldn't listen to the whole story

the narration was terrible. I couldn't finish the story because it was so bad and monotone

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This story feels like a first draft. Aside from passages being duplicated, the audio quality sounds like it was recorded using a toy microphone and the terrible narration it’s hard to give decent feedback. I feel like there’s a good concept forming but nothing is fully developed. There’s no world building or character development. The narrator reads in a monotone but also has a strange cadence with pauses at odd places that don’t seem to be caused by post production edits.
It’s painful to listen to.

Under developed

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I really enjoyed this story, I wish that the virtual voice had a male voice but I still thank it was good overall

interesting story wish there was a male voice

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Where do I even begin?
There are so many things wrong with this book, it’s hard to pick just one. You’ve got a magical world where time moves slower than in the mortal realm, yet somehow the prince met the main character when they were children from another world and now they’re magically the same age? Make it make sense.

The main characters have zero personality, they just exist to hook up. The prince claims he doesn’t hurt animals and living and is a vegetarian because of that, but the second he meets the MC'S ex who he’s never spoken to, and doesn’t even speak the same language, he straight-up kills him. No questions, no hesitation. Just boom, arrow to the throat.

And the MC? She watches this man murder her ex in cold blood, and possibly murder a random woman (he touches her and she faints next to her???) and decides, “Yeah, this seems safe. Let’s go to your world, no questions asked.” Not only that, but she has seggs with him less than 24 hours after watching her ex die horrifically in front of her. I don’t care how toxic that man was, what kind of person is thinking, “You know what I need right now after watching another human bleed to death in front of me? Seggs. 😐

And just when you think it couldn’t get messier, she finds out the prince has a whole fiancée waiting back home. So you’d think that when they get a moment, they'd talk it out, right? Get to know each other. Wrong. They use that precious little time to have seggs again. Because apparently, talking is overrated when you can just trauma-bond through magical orgasms.

The POV switching was a mess. Scenes were literally repeated from one perspective to the other like we didn’t suffer enough the first time. And then somehow, out of nowhere, the MC becomes a seggs pet?? Like… no buildup, no emotional arc, just leash and go.

The whole thing was bizarre, unrewarding, and completely chemistry-free. My shoes have more connection with my feet than these two had with each other.

No offense to the author, I’m sure they’re lovely, but this book sucks. I can't believe it has sequels.

This book makes no sense and is triggering for no reason at all.

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