DNF

I struggled to get into this book. The author usually has such vast and epic worldbuilding, but I felt a little lost starting this book.

Possessive alpha males and kinda doe eyed females. Nope.

This one picks up closely to where we left off. Eve is still trying to move past the death of her best friend and it's not easy. She blames herself for being so preoccupied with the sexy Asher. She tries to stay away from him but it doesn't work and in between her being kidnaped and all the crap going on with Lucifer and his minions, she's falling harder for Asher and he's falling back. Though that's forbidden, so what will become of them?

While I still think I prefer the fist one over this one, the quality in this one is much better. The writing has taken a step up and so has the pacing, it's moving at a much better pace now. I found myself flying through it.

The ending though... it kind of ripped my heart out and then just ran off with it. If you pick up this series make sure you have them all ready as you'll want to binge this, the cliffhangers will kill you otherwise.

I love this world more than anything, there is every kind of supernatural creature in here and I'm loving it. The characters are all well developed and I love them.

So if you're looking for a NA paranormal romance, then look no further because this series is for you!

I got this book in exchange of an honest review and I was super excited to read the second part of Ash and Eve's story!

I was not disappointed in this book at all, it met all my expectations! It has sexy intense scenes, violent thrilling moments and we get to see our favourite characters again, and yes that includes the amazing Gargoyles, that everyone wishes could be their protectors.

Especially Asher, he is still this brooding and dark character, but in this book we get to see him unravel a bit, he is finding harder and harder to fight his attraction to Eve and she is not going to be the one to stop him.

Reading about their struggle was so painful, they are undoubtedly perfect for each other, but the rules of this ancient world are against them and they need to be smart or they will end up apart or even worse dead.

We get to see Asher open up to her, he is giving her his heart without any second thought and that could be deadly but at he same time it's perfection.
The way in which he goes crazy when he is near her filled my stomach with butterflies. The author succeed in conveying through the pages the need he felt and how their souls called to one another.

Eve is getting stronger but she is faced with yet another challenge she is not sure she can survive.

I can't wait for the next book! I need it now!

'Restraint' - like 'Revelation' before it - walks a fine line between YA paranormal romance and NA romance with a paranormal story wrapped around it. Make no mistake, this series has some steamy scenes, despite the main characters' attempt at restraint, in an effort to avoid others separating them if they cannot control themselves.

The supernatural story wrapped around these steamy scenes between human daughter of Heaven Eve Collins and Gargoyle Prince Asher St. Michael focuses on Eve discovering her heritage and training to fight and defend herself. In between the stolen kisses and romantic teasing, Eve learns more about gargoyle abilities and the various supernatural beings that will fight with them or against them in the upcoming war between Heaven and Hell.

Though the paranormal aspect and Eve's clear need for training and protection do scream 'YA,' the vivid descriptions of physical desire and contact make this series more suitable to mature audiences.