"Before I met you, I thought Nightmares were creatures of pain and darkness. Why, then, are you constantly seeking freedom and light?"
Fortuna's entire life has changed.
She has no idea how to balance her new responsibilities and who she used to be. There are hundreds of faeries in her head, her brother seems to have lost touch with reality, and a werewolf won’t leave her side. Maybe the utter lack of control is why her abilities seem to be changing, as well.
Then there’s Collith. Enigmatic, beautiful, and infuriating. Not only a king of the faeries she despises so much, but also her mate. His gentle pursuit causes confusion in her normally unwavering relationship with Oliver.
As a result of it all, Fortuna now finds herself surrounded by new enemies and ones from the past. The question isn’t whether she is strong enough to make change in such a corrupt court.
It’s whether she will survive long enough to do it.
Faced with so many threats against her and her brother Damon, Fortuna decides that it's time to get away from the Unseelie Court and return home... at least for a while. It's also the perfect opportunity to find the pack of that werewolf who is so faithful to her and never separates from her side, so he can finally reunite with his own. However, all her plans crumble at every new obstacle in her path. Fortuna must face terrible creatures, from fae and werewolves, to a very angry witch, while trying to decipher the depth of her power that drags her more and more into the darkness.
I had a love/hate relationship with Fortuna in this book. On the one hand, I loved her strength and courage, I loved her power and the creativity that it created, the way it grew and transformed into something really dark. But on the other hand, I didn't like that her impulsive nature got her into so many problems, in addition to her distrust and incessant indecision when it came to trusting Collith. It's just that Collith was so beautiful in this book. He was so patient, so kind and understanding. He had some really beautiful and very sweet gestures, and also he's learning to trust, revealing some of his secrets that broke my heart and allowed us to know him much better.
I also liked Laurie much more in this sequel. In fact, I think he was my favorite character. He becomes much more open, more daring and playful. His carefree and funny personality made me love him and of course I loved his spicy interactions with Fortuna. And with Collith. His constant attempts to cause chaos and discord created really funny scenes that left me smiling. And then we have Oliver in his most vulnerable and desperate phase, since Fortuna is forgetting him. The perfect and sweet boy finally shows his most sensitive and... human side. My heart broke for Ollie, thinking of all the suffering he was going through. But at the same time, all that pain led him to overcome himself, creating stunning dream landscapes. The settings represented through Fortuna's dreams were so beautiful and creative, so unique and full of imagination. They were amazing and blew my mind.
Finally, we have Finn the werewolf, who is very mysterious and I feel that he has a lot of secrets. I love his loyalty to Fortuna and I'm very curious about him. The truth is there are a lot of new characters in this book, a great diversity in personalities, powers and type of beings, all of them very interesting. The display of supernatural creatures was impressive, I loved their gifts and that creepy touch that each of them had. We learn much more about werewolves, their customs and their nature, the dynamics of a pack. All this was so intriguing and at the same time really creepy because of the cruelty they showed.
The plot of this book was so interesting and it caught me in the story from beginning to end. I love the subject of this book and how everything complicates more and more with each page. There was so much action and adrenaline with epic battles, lots of adventure and fantasy in an impressive display of magic. It also had that dark and spooky touch that I love so much. In addition to new secrets being revealed and generating really good twists and turns. I loved that new things happened all the time, the creativity in this series is amazing and it hooked me in a really addictive reading. And the end destroyed me. It had such an impressive battle, the last pages of this book were amazing. I felt too many emotions with this story, it made me cry a lot and completely destroyed me. But I loved it too. However, that ending was so open and it left me like a crazy person dying to read the next book, absolutely obsessed with this story and its characters. I LOVED it!