By Mattie Lugar; Photo Credits to Mattie Lugar
A few months ago, I reviewed the first book in this duology, “The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy,” with apt anticipation waiting for the second and final book to release. When I finally got my hands on a copy, I amunashamed to admit that I flew through this book in an entire day and could not put it down.
While the first book has more wit and banter to it, this book had yearning off the charts and it made the conclusion all the more rewarding. The plot of this book picks up almost immediately where the first book left off, with Osric and Aurienne continuing their deal of healing under the full moon and searching for a cure to this deadly pox.
The tension between the two is palpable,you could very easily cut it with a knife, and I am even willing to admit that this is both enemies-to-lovers and slow burn done correctly, as the reward of the two getting together was so worth the wait. These two hated and loathed each other all through the first book, but that tension turned into a different direction here.
While healing Osric under the full moon has actually started to produce results, the two learn of a new and frightening development on the pox; it may be the work of one of the deadliest Orders, and they now must race against time and the monarchies surrounding them if they have any intention of stopping it.
The pox storyline sort of takes a slight backseat in this book to make room for the budding romance, and my only wish was that there was more of it because I found it to be extremely interesting.
I will also admit that one of my favorite characters in this book was a cat. Acts of Warranted Brutality (yes that’s the cat’s actual name) provided great comical relief simply for just being a cat. Honestly most, if not all, of the side characters brought their own sense of humor and wit to this book, and I had to once again put the book down a few times simply because I was laughing too much.
If you enjoy dry humor and witty banter, I cannot recommend this duology enough to anyone, and I look forward to what Brigitte Knightley has to offer next.