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More than a Phoenix (Phoenix Brothers, 2)

Ashlyn Chase

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Oct 11, 2018 Ann rated it really liked it

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The Fierro family returns to ignite this light-hearted shape-shifting romance featuring two overlapping romances and a high-stakes adventure.

Mallory is cursed. Luckily, she finds her perfect white knight in Dane Fierro, who’s had a crush on Mallory since their high school days. As a phoenix shape-shifter, he’s the perfect person to help her learn to cope with her new abilities – or at least help her enough that she can keep from changing into a monkey whenever she’s stressed! Meanwhile, Dante’s The Fierro family returns to ignite this light-hearted shape-shifting romance featuring two overlapping romances and a high-stakes adventure.

Mallory is cursed. Luckily, she finds her perfect white knight in Dane Fierro, who’s had a crush on Mallory since their high school days. As a phoenix shape-shifter, he’s the perfect person to help her learn to cope with her new abilities – or at least help her enough that she can keep from changing into a monkey whenever she’s stressed! Meanwhile, Dante’s brother Noah finds himself entranced by a very special woman as well. Her name is Kizzy and she’s a witch. She’s also hip-deep in a dangerous situation involving some very special magical books. With dedication – and a little help from the entire Fierro family – a curse may be broken, enemies may be defeated and, fingers crossed, true love may be found.

I loved the sprawling, easy-handed, creative world-building in the book, adored all the characters in the story, and really wished I loved the story as much as I wanted to. Unfortunately, the book didn’t quite meet my taste in the end because of how very light-hearted it was. While I’m absolutely sure that there are a lot of readers out there who would love the way life rolls along for the Fierros and their woman, I wanted a bit more emotional depth to the story, and felt like sometimes the characters’ just ‘going along with’ things that happened – including major revelations – seemed a bit hard to believe.

That all said, fitting two romances into a single novel is a challenge, but it’s one that Ms. Chase pulls off wonderfully here. I felt like I got to know enough about the two heroines that I could empathize with both, and there were enough distinct differences that it wasn’t possible to confuse the couples or what was going on with who. The Fierro brothers – the entire Fierro family – come alive in the book, and their unique shape-shifting abilities are fun and different. While this was my first Fierro-related story, I’m sure that including all the other family members is even more rewarding for readers who have read other books in this series. The action plot itself was well-done too – not too heavy, not too light, so it fit in the book without taking over or disappearing. Ms. Chase has put together a distinctly light, fun adventure, and it’s one I’d definitely recommend if such books are up your alley. ...more

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Jun 24, 2018 namericanwordcat marked it as purchased-to-read

Shelves: brothers, pnr, witches, unusual-shifter, phinoex, arc-netgalley, talks-to-dead, doctor

Nov 11, 2018 Marisa marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: next-in-series, biblioteca, part-of-a-series, romance-paranormal, romance, ebook

Jun 12, 2019 Christina (AKA Babbling) marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: tbr-own, part-of-a-series, kindle

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