Reviewed by Donna
TITLE: Adam
SERIES: Whispers from a Hidden World #2
AUTHOR: TN Tarrant
PUBLISHER: MLR Press
LENGTH: 267 Pages
RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2019
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Adam Darcy might be a star, but he’s not immune to a cheating lover. He kicks his lover out and buries himself in work for months until his best friend drags him out to go dancing. Dylan and Simon Rosetai are finally rejoining the scene after a sexual assault on Simon nearly ends both their lives. What affects one lifemate affects the other, after all. But they survived and are determined to go back into the world and enjoy their lives. When they meet Adam, a romance begins, but is threatened by an enemy from Adam’s past.
REVIEW:
I loved the first book in this series but this one lost some of the magic for me. Not that I disliked this story, but it was the world that the author created that made the first book so special, and this sequel was predominantly set in our regular world.
Our main characters here are Adam, a movie star, and Dylan and Simon, fated lifemates who all originate from the “hidden world” that is introduced in the first book. This matriarchal society of somewhat magical people, who are descendants of aliens, coexist alongside humans though they have their own island nation off the coast of Africa. That sounds complicated right? But it was actually interesting to discover and very well done by the author. However, to really understand how that society works you need to start this series with the first book. Only a few scattered scenes in Adam are set on the island and those don’t really go into the way the society functions.
The plot was over the top and filled with drama and twists, but as I’ve said in previous reviews, I expect that from this author and look forward to it. I was a little uncertain of the dynamics of the threesome to begin with, actually I was a little confused about Simon and Dylan’s relationship, and I think that delayed my getting into the story. I loved the characters individually, the dynamics between them all took some warming up to. In the beginning it often felt like Dylan was in two separate relationships with Simon and Adam, rather than all three of them immediately coming together.
While I don’t have anything bad to say about this book, there was nothing that overly excited me about it either. I really hope that if this series continues the author chooses to spend more time back on the island with some of the characters from the original story.
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