A Man Wrote This

Honestly the character development was good. The superpowers are interesting. The storyline is unique. But it is clearly written by a man. *Spoiler alert and adult discussion* There is so much description of the female anatomy it detracts from the series. The worst thing the author could think of a woman doing was sleeping around before the relationship? Since when does a woman need forgiveness for that? And if one of the women isn't describing herself as "used goods" then they are a virgin. It's so misogynistic I had a hard time getting into the story. If that's something that triggers you, I would skip this series.

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not even a story

I had such high hopes for this book The last 4 were great They can't all be winners

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Very Good Read

I enjoyed this one. It's sad that it seems he has stopped with this series. It was incredibly enjoyable.

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I liked it.

Liked the book and enjoyed the narrator. I HATE being forced to write a review.

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My favorite series, bar none.

I re-read or re-listen to this series whenever I just want to listen to something I know for sure I will enjoy. My Audible library had over 1,700 books, but I still come back to this series at least once every few months.

The characters are fully dimensional, with very unique personalities and interactions. I think the thing that keeps me coming back is that while each character has power, they all also have flaws. The are no Mary Sue's here. But together, this new family is a powerhouse force to be reckoned with.

I keep hoping that the author comes back to this series soon, and continues the story.

The voice actors are awesome. The narration of Sam, especially some of his inner monolog moments, make him real. The female voices are all unique and absolutely perfect. Rose is adorable, and Eden makes me want to smile so hard it hurts.

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Even worse than book one

Where to even start? There is so much wrong with this series. The author is advertising it as “romance for men” but it’s closer to “romance for boys who don’t have any real world experience”

I’m going to try and ignore all of the misogyny, and focus on the story.
In the first book, the super powers seemed pretty awesome. The writing wasn’t too bad overall. I was hoping that the future books would get better with all of the reasonable criticisms….. They don’t.
In fact, the writing and overall story gets worse. This whole series is super cringe. If you’re a teenage male, who wants to have his ego stroked. Then you’ll enjoy this series. For the majority of us adults it’s just constant cringe. Especially with the “Alpha male” nonsense. Even in nature the alpha male concept has been debunked, so trying to spin it as an animal trait is nonsense. I’m done with this series, and probably the author all together.

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good as always

The entire series is great and I've loved this book so far. I've read the series on book form both the first and the second and they are great as always.

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a great new chapter

I loved this book, as I loved this series.

I do however, have a beef with at least one other review here, in regards to the character of Winter.

One of her plot points was that she was deeply ashamed of her past-- without context, what she was ashamed of can come across as quite shallow, but in context, it tells you a lot about her character, and the heart of it isnt really what the other review would have you believe. there will be minor spoilers from here on.


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as they have already mentioned it, part if the issue was that the character had premarital sex. the problem is not as much the sex, as the reasons she was having it. and the way she used it. addictive behaviors and knowingly placing yourself in bad situations are always unhealthy.

the context of why she was doing it is more important than the what. and while you might not agree with her that it is something to be ashamed of, the fact she believes it is believable and rounds out her character.

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Addicted

Great story, love the plot twist and the slow harem build.
Plus the realistic stress moments.

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Best of the series...so far...

I absolutely love this series. Before I even say a word about the author or story though; proper respect to Christopher and Jessica. Thought they did a superior job with the roles and voices. Most especially the way they interacted with one another. They surely recorded together for the interactive parts, because I thought they were seamless. It speaks well of narrators when you don't need the authors descriptive text to tell you who is speaking anymore.

And while great narrators can elevate anything they put their talents to, they can't make bad stories awesome. Contrary-wise, terrible ones can make a superb story unbearable. Thankfully, in this case the story was a good one to start with, and their considerable talents just made it that much better.

I don't understand all the hubub, in some of the reviews, about the primary plot not progressing in this book. While I can agree that we didn't get much (read: any) in the way of closure on the main plot, I personally thought that there were several new bits and twists added to it. If this ends up being the last book in the series...okay...I'll gripe. But as a "middle book", I thought it was plotted and paced very well.

MINOR SPOILERS (and a very little bit of ranting) AHEAD:
The other thing that the reviews brought up more than once was the "slut-shaming" thing...and how terrible that was. At this point in my life I'm convinced that people just can't be happy if they aren't grumping about something. I've listened to this book twice now, and Winter is my favorite of Sam's wives / girlfriends. I never got the impression (not even once) that the author was beating up his own character about prior sexual experience (regardless of the amount of said experience). To the contrary, the way that Kurtis presented the character made me think she was not in the least bit ashamed of "having had sex", but was devestated that she wanted to Sam to be her one and only...and then her nature happened to her. The horrifying part was the dark place that she went to when she failed her own expectations of faithfulness. It almost made me think of a drug addict's downward spiral. I think Kurtis has a great character in Winter, and I hope to keep seeing (hearing) her get lots of page time.

If there's any complaint I have about the book...and this is truly minor...it's that Sam has enough women in his life now that giving all of them (most especially his original two) some good exposure has become almost forced. For the most part that's been fine with me. Personally, I find his later pairings to be more interesting than the earlier ones...and again...Winter is an incredibly solid (and personal favorite) addition to the mix.

So, okay. This series is not War and Peace folks. I mean, Kurtis is good...but let's have some realistic expectations here. There's a slow burn (and thus far interesting) overarching story, a lot of hooking up, and some fun "the family you choose" interactivity. If you don't like your described sex in man on woman (and a little woman on woman in the wings) form, pick a different series to invest your time in. But to label the author as misogynistic...when Sam literally accepts all of his women (rough patches and all) as they are...seems a bit irrational.

This has been a fun series, and easy series to get into. Hope Kurtis keeps up the great work. Would love to see a couple of these books drop yearly. Enjoy!

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