Week 24 Review: Hunt on Dark Waters

From Goodreads:

Sail the magical high seas with this first book in a new sexy fantasy romance series from Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods.

Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she steals from her vampire ex and falls through a portal to another realm, she's fished out of the waters by a band of seafarers and their telekinetic captain. She's immediately given a choice—join their group or die.

Bowen has no memory of his life before he became one of the Cŵn Annwn. He and his pirate crew are bound by vow to patrol through Threshold, the magical sea in between realms, keeping the portals to other worlds safe. When he rescues Evelyn, he doesn't expect to be attracted to the unflappably brassy pickpocket. The longer he spends in her presence, the more he begins to question if his heart is the next thing she’ll steal.

But as tension heats up between Bowen and Evelyn, danger escalates as well. Because Evelyn has no intention of keeping her vows to the Cŵn Annwn, and if she betrays the crew, both she and Bowen will pay the ultimate price....

My Review:
I loved reading this book so much! The Bloodline Vampire series was so great, and this is featuring the ex of Lizzie, Wolf's sister, and Lizzie herself is one of the leads in book 2. Since that series is also connected to the A Deal With a Demon series, this book also starts to get into more with portals and different realms-and here, the Threshold, with links to many places.

These two were both such fantastic characters! Evelyn is pretty chaotic, and Bowen is a leader who is so very tired. They had such a great dynamic-that she has to agree to be a part of the crew or be tossed back over, because of the very strict rules. Which causes a lot of drama, because she's not a good rule-follower. But oh, the chemistry between them! 

Watching them fall in love, when it was honestly against their better judgement, and it made a complicated situation even worse-especially when Lizzie comes into the picture-yeah, I couldn't get enough of the pair of them! 

The Cŵn Annwn were so interestign! With their mandate, and the social structure and politics. And how firm they are with the rules, when maybe, things are a little more complicated then black and white. It'll be interesting to see what developments will occur over the course of the series! 

This was a fantastic read and I can't wait for more! 

Author: Katee Robert
Series: Crimson Sails #1
Read: June 10th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded fantastic, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley 
Expected Publication: November 7th 2023

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