The Ashes of Thezmarr

I love a spin-off series and Legends of Thezmarr is GOD TIER for me, so I was excited to continue the journey with Wren and Torj!

Overall, I loved it. Just not as much as Legends. I think because we KNOW from last series (which you need to read first, by the way) that the main characters are infatuated with each other. So, right out of the gates, no slow burn, no build up. I love slow burn and build up.

The cinnamon roll, green flag MMC's just do it for me as much. I OBVIOUSLY like a little asshole vibes with my MMC's (those who know my husband know this 😆). Torj just comes across as a big dumb brute, not smart enough for Wren, who is a brilliant alchemist.

I'm 70% through book 2/3 in this series and while I'm in the same boat as Jamie - I don't love it as much as Legends of Thezmarr (also one of my all time GOD TIER Romantasy series), I still LOVE it. This is what I'll say so far (and will do an update when I'm done, done:

Book 1: the flirting dialogue was freaking top tier for me. We did know they already had a major thing for each other coming out of Legends so we DEF are missing the slow burn/yearning/tension side of things, but Helen really got me with the flirting banter in book 1. I really enjoyed it. I was smirking a lot.

Moving into the rest of the series: man, the feels of the back and forth of Wren and Torj…..it gets me. I don't know, I just feel so deeply for the characters and I was feeling the pit in my stomach for Wren so many times. SO. MANY. TIMES. It's good. I love emotional damage and when a big, tough MMC is only soft for 1 lady. That's my thang. TBD on how I feel when I wrap it up!