I’m pro recycling, but not in books.

This book is extremely similar to her book Highland Beast, I guess she wrote this one first and then tried it again with her newest. That’s unfortunate but I guess you can’t plagiarize yourself. This one was tighter, less boring and had better action overall, but something about this author’s plotting never quite wows me. This was a good, mindless listen because the narrator is amazing, but without him I think I’d be underwhelmed.

Notes on the similarities between this book and Highland Beast
1. Both heroes are the bringers of death or executioner for their clans.
2. Both were forced into the role by their fathers and are tortured by it.
3. Both heroines are healers; this one on the way to deliver a baby, the other one a midwife
4. Both heroes wear a scary mask when bringing the death(tm)
5. The heroine is the only woman not afraid of the hero because she doesn’t know who he is.
6. He keeps a cabin on the outskirts of the keep because the entire clan is terrified of him.
7. The meet cute involves a wolf attack and the heroine up a tree.

I’m actually glad I read this one after the newest one, because that was an arc and I would have had to trash it rather than just not loving it. I remember thinking the idea so original, ha! Please authors, find new ideas and keep track of your previous books. It’s great to have a consistent style, but recycling plots, characters and themes this closely is annoying to loyal readers.