Broken Dove (Fantasyland, #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Apr 13, 2013 Mariya rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, magic-users, possessive-hero, hot-sex, time-travel

Update 6/30/2015:
So I totally did a re-read b/c I have nothing better to do than start up again the KA books I had to DNF and I did finish it this time. And totally went much better this time around, made me bump it up a star.

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I may attempt to cry. I'm just kidding, no really! I know that all Kristen Ashley's books don't work out for me. I guess it's just the luck of the draw. My issue's with BROKEN DOVE was that it was s ...more

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Jan 25, 2019 Thenia rated it it was ok

Shelves: r-ab, reviewed, 2019, series, romance, fantasy, magic

I don't know if it's the dreadful reading slump's fault or the book's fault or a combination of the two, but I had a hard time finishing this one.

It's the very long story of Ilsa and Apollo, who, like the other couples of the series, come from two different worlds, but unlike the other couples, they were both married to their twins in their own worlds. Apollo was happily married and devastated to have lost his beloved wife, while Ilsa is on the run from her awful, abusive husband.

Apollo saves Il I don't know if it's the dreadful reading slump's fault or the book's fault or a combination of the two, but I had a hard time finishing this one.

It's the very long story of Ilsa and Apollo, who, like the other couples of the series, come from two different worlds, but unlike the other couples, they were both married to their twins in their own worlds. Apollo was happily married and devastated to have lost his beloved wife, while Ilsa is on the run from her awful, abusive husband.

Apollo saves Ilsa and transports her to his world, where he basically dumps her to the care of his men when he realizes she really isn't his wife. When Ilsa finally joins him, he realizes he made a mistake and decides he wants her after all, and after some token resistance from her, the two fall into bed and start a relationship. And that's where my first issue comes in.

They supposedly look exactly like their twins, yet somehow both of them manage to overcome this fact and get into a relationship with each other, despite how unhealthy that is. I just couldn't ship them and found myself either shipping (view spoiler), or afterwards when Apollo was too much of an asshole, (view spoiler). Also, where was the groveling? He needed to do a lot more groveling to get the forgiveness she so easily gave him and it just didn't do it for me.

I won't even mention the war backstory, which I don't think I could have cared less about if I'd tried. The fact that (view spoiler), only succeeded in making me roll my eyes that much harder.

In the end everyone is happy, quite fertile, and living their own happily ever after.
I just didn't particularly care.

The series continues with Noc and surprisingly, Franca's story next in Midnight Soul.

Previous book reviews:
✦ Fantastical (Fantasyland, #3)
✦ The Golden Dynasty (Fantasyland, #2)
✦ Wildest Dreams (Fantasyland, #1) ...more

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Sep 04, 2016 Susan Jackson rated it liked it

This is more 3.5 stars than 4. What happens when your parallel universe twin dies and her husband decides to bring the twin back to his world? This book. Maddie is an abused spouse on the run from her husband Pol. His twin Apollo lost his wife (Maddie's twin) and still grieves. Apollo pays Valentine the witch to bring Maddie to his world. And you get the story of how they fall in love - with all the associated pitfalls/issues. There's a lot of emotional baggage in this story. Maddie has to find ...more

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Mar 18, 2015 Cc rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook, 2015

Maddie and Lo

This couple's angst was less than the previous three couples in this Fantasyland Series. They had their moments but both Maddie and Lo seemed more mature in how they related to each other.

Maddie was the "broken dove" that needed Lo's love to heal from her terrible past. And Lo was the typical Alpha but with a softer side; unlike most other Ashley Alpha Heroes Lo had known true love before and knew what it would take to gain Maddie's love. He made a few mistakes along the way but he ...more

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Jul 11, 2017 Purple rated it liked it

Shelves: badass-boys, romance, magicians, series, end-of-the-world, mixed-feelings

I was looking for something to take me out of the book slumped I was in so naturally I turned to.Kristen Ashley.
I hurriedly finished this book as some parts of it was irritating me. Madeleine is the most unremarkable heroine among the women of this series. Ordinary. But there were parts that made me cry as a mother, some that made me roll my eyes as a woman, and some I find tiring as all of her books has this tiresome thing that is repetitive in her books. I don't know what that thing is but it ...more

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Apr 29, 2014 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: humorous, fantasy, in-series-or-trilogy, romance-humor, erotic, audio, romance, witches

I love KA, and I enjoyed this book. It was sexier than the others in this series, plus more emotional. I found myself in tears or almost a lot of the time.

Why then didn't I give it 5 stars? I am sick of the men screwing up, and instead of them making things right, someone talks the heroine into doing it instead. That in this book, considering what Ilsa/Maddie had already been through in her life, was worth a star deduction from the overall story.

Still, I would definitely recommend this book (r ...more

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