I went into it with no expectations, yet I'm disappointed. From now on, in my heart, Serpent and Dove is a standalone. The sequels don't actually exist as they did this series so dirty. I've come from loving the first book to just hating both books that we got after.

As a Shelby Mahurin novels devourer, I wish I could say that this is so much better than her previous works aka the the Serpent & Dove trilogy. But to me, this was equally as good man, I don't know. On top of all of this, there are strange murders happening and Jean Luc, the head of the Chasseurs and her fiancé, is keeping secrets from her involving the investigation. It’s during the investigation that Celie meets a mysterious man, and little does she know that small interaction will change her life as she knows it. Part murder mystery, part romance, part journey of self discovery, The Scarlet Veil is a dark dive into the glittering world of seductive monsters-creatures of the night who are equal parts horrifying and thrilling. Of course. I would never actually suggest we force someone to do something against their will. I’m not”—I cast about for the right word, failing to find it—“I’m not evil.”Anyway don’t worry about the whole “you don’t smell human” thing I’m sure it’s that you’re like, secretly a goddess or something and not that you have cancer Coco and Beau's relatioship was better, but because of how much the author decided to focus on the main characters' one, it was underdeveloped. I wanted too see more of them, but no of course we couldn't get more of it when we really need to focus on the two idiots we have as main characters. Let me end thsi section of my review with this. In a good book all relationships are well developed, even when it's between two side characters. Gods and Monsters started weakly. I couldn't put past the first half of the book because the plot drew out into unnecessary parts, or that I believe it could be cut short into the major event. And I am not sure if I recall it correctly, but I can't seem to keep up with the shift in the storyline; from confronting and taking arms with Morgane le Blanc to saving a possessed Lou and helping to remember a memory loss Reid.

When you wake up, the mystery hot guy and his creepy lady cousin have kidnapped you and you’re on a boat I think the only reason as to how I managed to finish this mess was the audiobook. It wasn't a great audiobook by any means, I can't say I liked the narrators (both Lou and Reid had their own narrators) and the performance wasn't the best either. I've listened to quite a few audiobooks at this point and I can see this is close to the bottom of my list from favourites to least favourites. But at least it helped me get through the novel. I usually listened while also reading along, but I have to admit there were times when I just didn't really care enough to bother understanding what I was listening to. A Witch Does What She Has to Do: Lou and Coco prove themselves to be amazing from the start. They begin planning a heist for a magical artifact—Angelica’s ring—and for some reason, we get the feeling this isn’t the first time they’ve done this. The epilogue was the only thing that I actually really loved. It is told from my favourite character's perspective and for the first time in the whole book those scenes actually felt like they were part of the same series as Serpent and Dove. It simply had the same feeling as it. And that chapter was just so wholesome I loved it so much. I started crying while reading it. It was so emotionalIf the whole book was told from their perspective my rating would have been higher no question. It probably wouldn't have made sense for the plot, but I don't care. Nothing made remotely any sense to the plot in this one.

Lou and Reid take up to the masses of making me continuing the series. Even when (sadly) the romance has still not become the focus in the book as it did in Serpent and Dove, I still find myself enjoying seeing the character's arc in both of them; where they feel more like themselves than they did in Blood and Honey. Anyway you go yell at your fiancé because he didn’t tell you this isn’t the only dead body and there are other dead bodies and all your best friends know but no one told you because Reid and Lou were...💜😍💜😍💜😍 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! Their love is so strong it literally defied magic, guys. Even though Reid sacrificed ALL his memories of Lou to save her from her crap of a mother, he fell in love with her all over again despite his returned, deep hatred of witches. Now, that's love. What if you had a fiancé who was SO SUPER MEAN because he wouldn’t share confidential info about his job with you