March 2024
Kindle edition
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Better than I expected. I thought Peace was going to get dragged away from his family for his own adventure. Nice to see that wasn't the case and the family didn't become cameos. essentially, it was a straight continuation from the circle with everyone expecting divided loyalties from Peace/Peacekeeper.

Candy sucked, but the in between was interesting with Other Luke. The family continues to get bigger with their own relationships going steady. Felt sorry for Luke's loved ones though. Nightmares for all, and maybe a halloween joke as a dullahan. Might be too soon. It was more fun than expected with things just as close as always. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.Show full review4 s lisa oneal47

Why let a story be read with no ending?

This was a good story until there was no ending. Basically in the middle of a thought the story ends. 1 Laurie Anne836 18

Having never listened or read a Maggie Lilly book I didn't know what to expect, especially after finding out this is a spin off with most of the characters from another series.
I really enjoyed this first book and although it was a little hard to follow in the beginning I was able to keep up mid way through.
Maggie built an intricate world with a plethora of characters that I want more of!

Luke is the main male character, with Ciara as the female lead. There are a ton of supporting characters that felt more a team of main characters because they were so integral to this book. It reminded me of a supernatural Avengers!

Neill Thorne has quickly become my favorite new narrator and I'm loving that he narrated this solo.
At no point did I feel I was missing a female narrator. He's magical with his ability to use inflection and tone as well as pitch and accents to voice all these characters. Very impressive because most narrators can't do that!

I hope he's narrating the rest of this series.
I'm going to need to hoard my credits for these books!!

All in all, Im happy I've found another new to me author thanks to wanting more of Neill's narration! Donna1,335 1 follower

Lucas is the featured brother, although everyone else in their circle makes an appearance at one time or another. Lots of action in this book.

Jen is an enigma for me as she obviously is a very high ranking supernatural being of some sort yet worked for the Trellis family for years before outing herself. We found out in an earlier volume that she intended to wipe them out but the love they share had her changing her mind. They welcome her back into the fold without reservation.

Why is Ellie’s grandfather part of the animal adjacent council yet Ellie is scorned? Jen shows up there also. That gal gets around...

I feel sorry for Luke the way I did for Sam. They both are forced into positions that they may not want to be in. It seems Sam has adjusted but I still don’t the method used. It’s being thrown into the water and told to sink or swim. They have to learn as they go which I find unfair. Kelly2

Have been waiting for this book since I finished the first 6 and it did not disappoint. Husband went to bed at 1130 last night, but I was not tired so I started Ransom. Devoured it in one sitting and was done at 3am. LOVED it. Maggie Lily's books are great and continue to get even better. The readability is excellent - written at a level that is easy to understand, yet still feels it's for an adult (I.e. not dumbed-down language).
The only thing that threw me a little was the switch between narrators at the end; the other books have had this too, but this one was all Luke's POV until the very very last chapters so it caught me off guard and I had to check the chapter titles to make sure I knew whose "voice" I was reading. (That struggle was ly due to me being awake so late! Lol).
Highly recommend this book. Could be read as a standalone but benefits greatly if you start with the Circle books. 1 comment Starfire1,064 28

I really d many of the concepts in this first instalment of the Building the Circle spin-off, but there were also elements of the way it's written that just didn't work for me.

For example, I'd forgotten that the way the Trellis brothers sometimes treat each other really rubs me the wrong way. I know we're supposed to see it as them joking around with each other, but I often find that it lands more bullying and borderline abusive behaviour that just isn't OK for me. And while I loved Sam as a character in the first couple of BtC books, I haven't enjoyed him nearly as much since he had his own story.

Still, I the worldbuilding around shifter (sorry, beast affinity) society, and I suspect I'm going to enjoy Luke and Sianna turning it on its head. And it was exactly the kind of lighthearted read I'm drawn to right now, so I'm happy to go straight onto Book 2 and see where it develops from here.7-5-10 paranormal-romance psychics-up-the-wazoo ...more Barbara Marie Warner1,024 2

Ransom: A Psychic Shifter Paranormal Romance (Peacekeeper's Harmony Book
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