It seemed unrealistic to me that she would garner that attention twice in her life. But, in a nutshell, instead of creating something new and interesting, we find Shiloh in a similar situation as what happened in her past. Again, this is something that I think needs to be read to be understood completely.

The ending of the book was interesting, but it also left me a little disappointed. (If you read the book, you’ll understand my thoughts on this). While I’m sure there is reasoning behind her uncle’s actions, I felt like he should have either stuck around with Shiloh or the author should have made Shiloh emancipated and removed him altogether. It confused me, as having read the book, I know what Shiloh has been through and how damaged she is as a character. There was one character whose presence confused me and that was of Shiloh’s uncle. His character is more difficult but when he lets his guard down around her, the consequences are beneficial to both parties. Her bonds with Knox were the slowest to form. Her bonds with Keelan were slower but no less rewarding to watch. Their presence seemed to be a necessity to allow Shiloh to reconnect with life. The bonds between Colt and Creed formed quickly. I think for Shiloh’s character to flourish, things need to be slowed down. There was not a lot of smut in this book and while that might have annoyed me in a different book and different setting, it made perfect sense to play it out that way with these characters.

Something I particularly liked about this book was that the characters took their time. She has PTSD and is still healing through her ordeal, but she is also strong, fierce, vulnerable, courageous, sweet, and innocent. The MC is called Shiloh and understandably carries A LOT of trauma. I had hoped since the series is called the “WITSEC” series that it would have a good plotline and I wasn’t wrong. This book has both well thought out characters and a sturdy plot. There are some spicy books I haven’t even bothered to review because reading them was so abysmal.

Sometimes the characters don’t fit the plot, or the plot doesn’t fit the characters. Sometimes there is a plot, but the characters are underdeveloped. Sometimes there is no plot, you’re just reading erotic porn. I have found with these reverse harem books that getting a good plot is a lucky dip. It’s a never-ending circle of elements that complement each other. A good plot can do wonders for the characters. In my exploration of reverse harem books, I’ve talked a lot about plot versus smut. It covers unsavoury topics that may be triggering to some, for example, violence, murder, assault, etc. Went to bed at 00:15am when I finished the book… Was only going to read a couple of chapters before going to bed.

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