Rating: 5
Steam: 3
PoV: dual, 1st person
Series: Damned Connections #4
Genre: paranormal romance, MM
Tropes / tags: friends to lovers, hurt / comfort, wolf shifters
I kissed his neck just below his ear before forcing myself to sit up. “I won’t leave, Riley. Even if you push me away, I’m not going anywhere. And as for your heart?”
I laid my hand on his chest, meeting his wide eyes solemnly. “It’ll be safe with me, princess. It always has been, and always will be.”
I had so much fun reading Riley and Danny’s story! These two idiots were completely oblivious to their own feelings, and their story was hilarious, frustrating and heart wrenching – in all the best ways.
I’ve had a soft spot for Danny ever since Ferry and Leo’s story, so I was thrilled that he finally got his own book. He’d always seemed very happy and easy going, but there was a lot more to his character than that, and learning about his past was devastating. I loved all the support and love Danny had from Riley, but also the other supes and their little found family, even if no one knew the full story of Danny’s grief and loss.
Danny and Riley truly belonged together, and I was overjoyed when they figured that out – even if it took them ages to get there. Both of them had been through a lot, and it was easy to feel invested and root for them. They were the biggest dummies when it came to their feelings, and it took some intervening from faith for them to finally see what the others had been seeing for years.
Their aversion to commitment made sense, but I didn’t exactly love the choices either of them made in order to avoid it, especially the whole anonymous hookup thing. It was easy to see the motivations and thought processes behind their decisions though, and I was relieved when they started to communicate properly instead of running away and hiding. I was totally ready to help Riley burn down Danny’s house for a while there…
Humility was a sweet and emotional read, and I loved the entertaining journey that these two took me on! There was enough angst to make me cry several times (just Lark doing Lark things), but also an incredibly sweet happily ever after to balance things out. I can’t say that I’m the biggest fan of Danny’s clan after everything that happened, but I have to admit that I’m very excited about Finlay’s story and the spin-off series!
I grabbed him around the back of his neck and licked up his throat. I nipped at his skin, my chest swelling at how he trembled. “Tell me to stop, Riley, or I’m going to put you on your knees and show you exactly who I’m hard for.”
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