Thank you to Skye Warren, Amelia Wilde and the team at Dangerous Press for the advance reader copy of Natural Disaster, the second story in the Deserted Island series.
Omg after the ending of the first book, Force of Nature, I needed the second book yesterday! The premise for this series is intriguing but it is just not fully satisfying me yet.
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Carter Morelli had a plan when he left London: deliver the wildlife photographer and then complete his secret mission. Except a lethal enemy has watched their every move. They tampered with the plane, leaving them stranded on a deserted island.
And they kidnapped June Porter, the innocent photographer.
In order to save her, Carter must confront the mysterious man in the jungle.
Who is he? Savior or betrayer?
He has no choice but to face the greatest enemy of all: the powerful feelings that draw him toward both June and the man in the jungle. Those feelings might kill them all.
Welcome to the Midnight Dynasty… The warring Morelli and Constantine families have enough bad blood to fill an ocean, and their brand new stories will be told by your favorite dangerous romance authors.
WARNING: This book is intended for readers eighteen years old and over. It contains material that some readers could find disturbing. Enter at your own risk…
Check out my more detailed thoughts below…
- Characters: We got points of view from Carter, June, and Theo in this instalment. We are finally getting more of Theo’s backstory, damn he had a messed up childhood. You begin to understand why he latches onto the island and why he struggles to trust June and especially Carter. Speaking of Carter, this sequel really grew his character. He is opening up, and being more honest. It is nice to see how different he is from the other Morellis, and that this book embraces being so different from other Dangerous Press books. I really found that June’s voice gets a bit lost in this instalment. There was lots of room given to Theo’s and Carter’s development, which took away much of the air in the room, leaving basically none for June.
- Setting: This series is set on a deserted island, and this instalment takes us off this island to nearby land. I am excited to see where this book takes us in the future though as I was not as excited by this smaller populated area.
- Pacing: This book is incredibly fast-paced with our characters on the run. It ran by and I found it a bit short. Due to the pacing, the character interactions also felt a bit rushed. I buy into their lust for each other, but not as much as their love just yet. I am really hopeful the third book makes me change my mind.
- Romance: This book pushed the envelope even more in romantic scenes. Damn, there were some hot scenes in this book. I am enjoying that this story challenges the characters as they are forced to reckon with the enormity of their lust for each other. Especially for a character like Theo, it is quite a jump to see him decry these acts as sinful, but he too cannot help but fall victim to the behaviour himself. This book was better than the first instalment, I felt overall more invested in the characters than I had while reading the first book. It has a very promising ending and I am eager to see the trajectory of this throuple’s relationship in Tropical Storm, releasing in February.
Natural Disaster receives three out of five stars.
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Thank you again to Skye, Amelia and the Dangerous Press team for the review opportunity. Thank you for reading and supporting my blog!
