The two novellas in this book take place after the first book in The Guardian World Series. If you can get the first book (The Lycan Hunter), it would probably be helpful to read it first. The world is complex and it was a bit hard to follow at first without having the background of the world or an introduction to the characters. Overall I thought the first novella was quite good, but the second was too focused on the sex. ( )

This book continued the story of Omar and Anise, that was briefly touched on towards the end of the previous novel (The Lycan Hunter) in the series in addition to introducing the mysterious, brooding and seriously bada$$ Tyson, his love interest Harmony and one of my new favorite characters, Trent. Lykil, Torin and Ronin also made appearances, more so in the second novella than the first, however they were on hand to snuggle babies and readily provide pithy comments and comedic smack-downs.
The book was separated into two novellas with the first one focusing primarily on Omar and Anise, and the second on Tyson and Harmony. Honestly, this novel “read” a bit awkward especially compared to the first novel. There was very little introduction to Omar and Anise’s story with the action beginning almost immediately. You could tell there had been some sort of communication between the two characters that led up to where the novel actually began, however the actually details (when/where/why, etc) were omitted from the storyline. The first novella just felt a bit “rushed”, like you didn’t get a chance to really immerse yourself in the story and/or the characters before it ended. Also, the epilogue for the first novella was years after where the second novella began. I realize this is just my OCD and that it was placed to provide an “end” of sorts for Omar and Anise’s story however the timeline in both novellas appeared to overlap and may have made the novel feel less “rushed” if they had been told concurrently. I enjoyed the second novella more than the first as the “storyline” transitioned a bit better and felt less “rushed” than it did in the first novella.
That being said, I continue to truly enjoy all of the characters created by Kelsey. They are unique and novel, which is refreshing considering lately no matter what you read you feel like you've read it already (and it wasn’t that great the first time) and the characters names have just been changed... I look forward to the next novel in her series. ( )