Review: Cornelius by Taylor Rylan
SYNOPSIS:
Fate knows what they’re doing, right?
Warlock Cornelius is almost three hundred and is tired of being alone. When help is needed at a wolf pack out west, he’s quick to go—hopeful he will find his One there.
Matthew is in awe about being in the human realm. Things are so very different than the fae realm he’s from. He was sent to Timber Valley, being told his mate was there, and he’s excited to meet his own sexy shifter. Only his mate isn’t a shifter…
Warlocks and Fae don’t mate with each other. They have an ongoing feud that dates back well over a millennium; to the original warlock and fae. Did fate mix things up?
Cornelius is the first book in the Warlocks of Amherst series. Each book will focus on a different couple and can be read as standalones but previous couples will make appearances in future books. This book is intended for adults only as it contains a fated mate pair and plenty of magical sexy times that leads to male pregnancy as this is an MPREG story.
REVIEW:
This was my first Taylor Rylan book and I think it will be my last. I didn’t hate it but there was just no substance to the story. Within the first several pages, about 10 different characters are name dropped and I spend the first several chapters confused as to who is who. And while they say the book can be read as a stand-alone, this series is apparently part of several other series that are all interconnected with overlapping characters. TBH that knowledge and the background of those characters seemed rather important.
We meet Cornelius who is obsessed with finding his One, but has absolutely no idea about how things actually work once you apparently meeting said One. Then there is sweet, naive, innocent Matthew who has essentially lived inside a Fae bubble for his 24 years of existence. These two go from literal strangers, to instantaneously in love in a matter of pages. There was no real progression to their relationship, nor any real chemistry between the two. As the story progresses and in theory their relationship, they never really develop any chemistry or deeper connection.
Past this ‘romance’ the story had two other branched plot lines that hinted at a deeper narrative but never really addressed. First in the early half of the story, the neighbor Mrs. Page is mentioned numerous times for essentially spying on Cornelius and the residents of the house but nothing ever comes of it. If this woman isn’t malicious or anything there was no point in mentioning her stalker ways since it didn’t contribute anything to the story line. Secondly, there is the Balthazar thing, who is described as basically being a loner. Over the story he becomes close with Cornelius and Matthew but we never learn anything more about this elusive man.
Overall, I think the main issue was I was bored. The story needed something to carry it outside the romance because Cornelius and Matthew had zero chemistry. Just a whole lot of meh and welp I just wasted my time to read that.
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