So if that asshole comes out with a bad attitude, you can tell him to shove it so far up his ass that he chokes on it!” Nothing, even when I really freaking wanted to. Keeping my secrets, not loathing me for my gift, and sharing his food with me even when I’ve eaten enough already not to warrant it? He might be it for me. He rolls his eyes and hands them to me without uttering a word, and I decide that I’m keeping him forever. I take a breath and remind my bond that men ain’t shit. Kieran: “You’re in so far over your head, she’s going to eat you all alive and I’m going to enjoy the show.” A sign that maybe Oli was worrying for nothing. She has now completed one bond, and the world hasn't ended. And while it sucks that Oli's bond took control and completed the bond with Gryphon, it worked out for the best. Because there is obviously something different about them. There is an animalistic nature to the bonds - the touch them and die possession, the protective nature, the comfort of her bonds scents, and the rage another woman's scent provokes - that I am not sure is typical of all gifted people, or just Oli and her bonds. Spoiler warning ahead, but it seems clear in this book that for Oli, North and Nox, their gifts are like separate entities living within them, which, I assume, is not the norm. The readers are left to assume a lot - the politics, and the whole bonded system among the gifted - and it can get a little confusing. My only complaint about the series so far, is that I feel like the world could be developed a little more. Oli isn't jumping into bed with them all and we get 300+ pages of sex, but we get to see Oli actually get to know her bonds. It's a slow burn one, and I think that is the trick.

she is doing a great job writing a good reverse harem.

I find that it's really hard for authors to write a reverse harem without it coming across as just smut, or cheesy, but I got to hand it to J. I swear, I'm surprised I'm enjoying this series as much as I am.

The Butcher of the Bay by J. Bree