Chasing Starlight

First off. There is an issue with this file on netgalleys end. I ended up contacting the author through FB who forwarded me the pdf they sent Netgalley to compare it to (the actual email forwarded to me so I know it is legit) . On the orginal file - the chapters have a beautiful drop case letter, centered page breaks and the chapters start on their own page. It looks really nice. The netgalley file for some reason runs contuinal, ignores the dropcase putting a single letter on its own line and left aligns all the page breaks. I can only imagine this has something to do with how netgalley process the file, because I also checked it out on KU and it looks great. So I am going to ignore that issue in this review.

I really loved this story, it was a perfect afternoon read and I read it in one sitting.

Characters: I loved Sirona, I liked how she used sign language to communicate and introduced us to some of the issues and isolation someone can face. The things that happened to her with Luke and her old Alpha were awful. She is a strong character but not undamaged by the cruel things she has faced. There is one moment in the book where my heart broke for her, I was swept away in a wave of emotion as the pain of a one-sided connection was detailed. I actually hurt for her. Liam made me chuckle, some of his lines were brilliant, and there is one point where he expresses himself to Sirona as she sleeps that just caused my heart to melt. I've never read more perfect words.
I have read Hel to Pay, so I loved seeing the return of characters from those books and seeing how they have changed. I really hope we get more character stories.

In summary, the characters were unique, engaging, and developed. I couldn't help but become invested in them, whether I was screaming in frustration, or relishing in sentiment

Plot: sirona has been on the run since she was 14 and years later ended up in the care of the timberland pack where she was reunited with her mate Luke. Awful man, I wanted to throttle him and the bitch brigade. The closer she comes to 21 the more danger she is in, from Luke and others, so in order to save herself she decides to run, unaware she is putting herself in worse danger as he past returns to haunt her.
I found the plot gripping and it moved at a good pace flowing well. I have to admit, the sex scenes really got my pulse racing, there was so much passion there, both between characters and in the writing itself.

Overall. I think I have found a new author addiction. I have loved both both books I have picked up from Emily Stormbrook. I find her writing style engaging, smooth and gripping. I love getting to know the characters, and how they're unique, flawed, with all their own issues. I will definitely be recommending this book to my friends. The file from netgalley was disappointing, but I have seen for myself it is not what was sent so I can't hold the author accountable that. Definitely a must read. I have actually gone and purchased this from Amazon as it will be a read again title for me.

I honestly really liked this story. Some of the other reviews didn't make this book look promising. But since I'm a sucker for shifter romance - especially erotic ones. I took the chance on reading it, and I'm so glad I did!

Sirona is hiding a secret, because of this, she and her family have been on the run since she was 14 and saved her mate's life. Being on the run, she has been moving from place to place she's never had a home where she can relax. She's changed schools every time her parents thought they might be exposed. At those schools, she takes a lot of abuse for being a submissive mute siren. Since she's a submissive, anyone can mark her and make her theirs. However, these marks don't last long so it's a weekly game the males play. This causes her to be humiliated and degraded week after week.

After a traumatic event happens, she goes to live with the pack of her true-mate. Here she isn't treated with kindness and respect. She's treated like trash or a slave.

This book has quite a few triggers: abuse/neglect, assault, humiliation and degradation, and the threat and attempt of rape.

Overall, Sirona and Liam's story is one filled with heartbreak, loss, and sadness; however, there is also light, love, and growth. I really did love their development and how the story played out.

Since I did receive an uncorrected proof there were typos and confusing sentences that were worded out of order, while it did make reading a little harder, that is to be expected. I still loved this book so much that I already bought a physical copy that will arrive next week!

Thank you Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the advanced copy to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was excited to return to world after reading the first book by the author. Though it's an old trope (paranormal-romance), I liked that the author created a world in which it wasn't just werewolves or Fae. She created a world where all supernatural brings and shifters existed in hierarchical clustered packs with alphas, betas, and omegas. The driving force like in any society is power. In this world, it's the submissives that get taken advantage of must watch out if they have a lot of in spiritual power.

This story is a stand-alone but it has crossover characters from "Hel to Pay", so it was nice seeing the berserker, Liam, on his journey to love and others from his pack have his back. I really hope there is more to come because I've been enjoying these books.

** Thank to the author and publishers for providing me with a copy of the book through NetGalley in return for my honest opinion **

Even though it is book 2, there were no issues for me reading it without knowing about book 1.
The main couple is a different one, Sirona and Liam, and the introduction to the world was well written and you don't need any pre-knowledge.
I had the feeling that the author managed it super well :)

Please do read the trigger warnings - this is not for everyone.

The story itself was an emotional rollercoaster! Hell, I was feeling all the emotions Sirona went through and it was just hard. She had to suffer so much and then Liam, this stubborn, hot beta. Yeah, it took them a while to figure it out what was going on but the in the end, all was well.

I did very much like the writing style, it was captivating and the book had everything I want from a good romantasy-read! It also made me long for book 1 and fully understand how everything started :)

*****
Obwohl es Buch 2 in der Reihe ist, kann man es getrost lesen. Die Autorin hat das super geschrieben, sodass man in die Welt eingeführt wird, ohne Vorkenntnisse haben zu müssen. Sirona und Liam haben es einem auch leicht gemacht. Auch wenn die beiden es nicht leicht hatten.
Bitte hier auch unbedingt die Triggerwarnung lesen - das ist nicht jedermans Sache.

Allgemein war die Story so, wie ich mir das von einer Romantasy-Geschichte erwarte. Aber Sirona hat vieles mitzumachen und ich hab echt mit ihr mitgelitten. Das war nicht einfach. Und Liam, ja, der sture, heiße Beta ;) Manchmal, sehr oft, hab ich den Kindle echt schütteln wollen, dass er mal nachdenkt und joa :)

Am Ende war es ein tolles Buch und ich hab echt Lust auch Band 1 zu lesen, und die Vorgeschichte zu erfahren bzw. wie alles begann :)

I thoroughly enjoyed Sirona and Liam's story. They are soulmates but only Sirona knows it after rescuing him from an accident. There are dark forces working to keep them apart. Sirona has lots of things in her past to work through in order to trust Liam and their future together. I thought this was a great read but also would have enjoyed Liam's troublesome twin Luke getting his ass kicked.

I really enjoyed this book! Wonderful writing. Its been awhile since I have read a book of this genre. I think ill be getting back into them now!! It took me 2 days to get through this novel and I was interested the entire time. I like how action packed it was and the characters were fine as well. I do think the characters could have been a little more round and there could be more in the book on their personalities as to me they seemed kind of flat. I am looking forward to reading more books by this author!!

This is the first time I have read anything by Emily Stormbrook. And I am interested to read more. I really like the premise of this book. I enjoy the whole soulmate storyline and choosing our own paths. Sirona And Liam are great together. It was fun to watch them grow and see all of the obstacles they overcame to become the people they wanted to be and to be with who they want to be with.

This book was well written. I enjoyed the character development and the unexpected twists and turns of the storyline. Brilliant job by this author.

Definitely a must read. I honestly really liked this story. Some of the other reviews didn't make this book look promising. But since I'm a sucker for shifter romance - especially erotic ones. I took the chance on reading it, and I'm so glad I did!