Emoji Review by Rebecca Dixon
I finished reading Wrath and Rain Series Book 1, 2, AND 3 by Nikki St Crowe and it was a GREAT ๐คฉ, LEAN, MODERN, & STEAMY ๐ฅ Enemies-to-lovers, PNR! (FYI, Iโm not affiliated with the author, not in the book biz, reading is just a HOBBY, and Iโm just a regular reader that is super passionate ๐ about spreading the word on GREAT books!) There are NO spoilers ๐๐ป!
So the FIRST ๐๐ป thing to mention hereโฆ that EVERYONE always asks ๐ โฆ is it a COMPLETED series?! Why YES, yes it is ๐๐ป! Iโve been reading A LOT of Nikki St. Crowe books lately and I have to tell you, this lady KNOWS how to HOOK ๐ช you (no PUN intended for her other series, The Never King ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐) โฆ so yeah, she HOOK’s ๐ช you from the beginning and gives you a FAST-PACED ๐ story that is detailed enough to have you book BINGE, but LEAN enough (and short enough!) that it isnโt a major commitment of time ๐ฐ ! You literally can knock out ๐๐ป ANY of her books or series on either a Sunday afternoon โ๏ธ or a weekend ๐ด ! And for someone who is a software engineer by day and have BLURRY ๐ตโ๐ซ eyes by night ๐ , this is EXACTLY ๐๐ป the type of books I prefer! So if you LOVE โค๏ธ to page-turn a fabulous, STEAMY ๐ฅ paranormal romance and donโt want to commit WEEKS-ON-END ๐ฉ to a MASSIVE series, her books are IDEAL ๐๐ป (Chefโs kiss ๐ ๐๐!)
OK โ ! So THIS series ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป!! It kicks ๐ฆต off in a world ๐ like ours where The Demon King ๐น has made his presence known in a pretty DRAMATIC ๐ญ way (by kicking the g0vernmentโs HINEY ๐ฎ๐ !) So it starts with our girl, Rain ๐ง (yep her Momโs name is Sunny โ๏ธ๐ ,) who is JUST trying to make ends meet in life & has gone OUT OF HER WAY to IGNORE ๐ everything on TV/Instagram/TikTok/F-B (you name it!) about this HOT ๐ฅต, SEX-A-FALISH ๐ Demon King! She will NOT be just one of the thousands of DROOLING ๐คค fans, DANGNAMMIT ๐ฉ๐! Which is all FINE & DANDY until one day she runs ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ into him in an alley and finds out that even though SHE may NOT want to be one of the thousandsโฆ she canโt do a DANG thing about being the ONLY one in the THOUSANDS that HE pays attention toโฆ. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
RIGHT! So SERIOUSLY, off the bat I was hooked!!! This is a GREAT ๐๐ป story set in the modern world and itโs super COOL ๐ that the cat ๐ฑ is out of the bag (i.e., everyone knows about The Demon King ๐คด!) I love that it has MODERN ๐ฑ technology and has a SUPER neat, unique plotline that I havenโt read anything really similar to (which is saying A LOT with how much THIS ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ girl reads ๐!)
This IS an enemies-to-lovers trope ๐ฅท โ ๐! And oh boy, itโs just the RIGHT amount of YUMMY ๐ ! Wrath is a VILLIAN, but we pretty much immediately LOVE โค๏ธโ๐ฅ this guy from the get-go & instead, want to SMACK ๐ค๐ป the you-know-what out of Rain on occasion ๐ ! But hey, KEEP READING if you feel the same way I did because TRUST ME ๐๐ป, it doesnโt take long for situations to COME TOGETHER ๐ฅต & for the pretty great STEAM ๐ฅ that Nikki is famous forโฆ to KICK-IN ๐ฆต ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป!!
This author KNOWS ๐ก how to write โ๏ธ that romantic ANGST โค๏ธโ๐ฅ leading up to some pretty HOT ๐ฅ STEAM and she DOESNโT disappoint in this series ๐๐ป! If you LOVE โค๏ธโ๐ฅ Bran in Hot Vampire Next Door ๐ฉธ or Peter Pan/The Lost Boys in The Never King ๐งโโ๏ธ โฆ your gonna LEGIT LOVE Wrath!!!! ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป He is HOT ๐ฅต HOT ๐ฅต HOT ๐ฅต! All possessive, controlling, but likeโฆ a SWEETHEART ๐ underneath it all! Heโs got some MAD game in the bedroom ๐ department (or shall I say rooftop ๐ department?!) ๐๐๐ And donโt get me started on his sub-dimensional travellingโฆ I FREAKING love BADA$S ๐คบ POWERFUL ๐ฅ MMCs that basically show up WHENEVER and WHEREVER the HELL they want for THEIR girl! Every time this guy found Rain, I was likeโฆ. yesssssss ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป here we go ๐๐ป!!! Annnnd I love โค๏ธ, love โค๏ธ, love โค๏ธ a FMC that is likeโฆ oh yeah?!? You plan to keep me here ๐ ?! Ummm.. thatโs a big fat Hellllllll NO buddy!!!โฆ soโฆ C-YA ๐๐ป! (meanwhile our guyโs standing there with a deer-in-the-headlights look ๐ณ while our girl is peacing out โฎ๏ธ by outwitting him with her escape ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐๐๐!)
The other thing that I really LOVED ๐ฅฐ about this seriesโฆ that I donโt usually get to talk about in reviews (since they are usually just for a SINGLE book ๐ and not the WHOLE series ๐ )โฆ is this series actually had a GREAT ๐ message underneath it all! Really EMPOWERING ๐ช๐ป and there are definitely some PARALLELS to how HEALTHY, real-world romantic relationships SHOULD function. Which, is a pretty IMPRESSIVE ๐ฎ feat since this is an enemies-to-lovers trope! Seriously! You get to the end and your likeโฆ OK that was a really FUN ๐คฉ ride, with GREAT steam ๐ฅ, a HOT ๐ฅต MMC, a COOL ๐ storyโฆ but likeโฆ a really FANTASTIC message ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป! I DIDNโT see that coming actually and at one point I was likeโฆ ughhhh NOOOOOO why did that happen to our boy ๐ ๐ฉโฆ. But just hang on โฆ it will ALL MAKE SENSE ๐กโฆ and it was WELL WORTH IT! Really FREAKING cool! ๐๐ป
I usually write reviews once I finish a single book, but with this series, I just read book after book after book! (thank you ๐๐ป thank you ๐๐ป thank you ๐๐ป Nikki for writing a series that I could literally digest over a weekend โ๏ธ and binge the heck out of!) There were great CLIFFHANGERS ๐ชจ that just kept me page-turning right into the NEXT ๐๐ป book! And I kept thinking Iโll write that review later, because likeโฆ I need to read the next book NOW! ๐๐๐
And nowโฆ for my SHAMELSS ๐ BEGGING ๐๐ป moment to the author (the AMAZING ๐คฉ & FABULOUS ๐ Nikki St. Crowe!)โฆ GIRL! You KNOW you LEFT the ending of Book 3 a PERFECT ๐๐ป combo of a satisfying HEA and at the same timeโฆ the PERFECT ๐๐ป SEGWAY to 3 MORE books, right !?! ๐๐๐ We NEED more Wrath & Reign (ooopsโฆtypo ๐ โฆ RAIN ๐ง !) and Iโm salivating at what could happen in the next realm ๐ (errrrโฆ I mean book ๐ ๐๐!)
So if you LOVE a series you can knock out ๐ค๐ป quickly, that is LEAN & MODERN ๐ฑ , has HOT STEAM ๐ฅ and a HOT ๐ฅต HOT ๐ฅต HOT ๐ฅต MMC, is enemies-to-lovers with a cool ๐ & unique story, and has a GREAT ๐ฅฐ message at the endโฆ this is Free on KU! Give it a shot! You never know, it may be just the series to add a little bit of sunshine โ๏ธ to your REIGNy ๐ง weekend!