Megan & Chandelle have outdone themselves! Can I just say that I cried through several chapters. Megan & Chandelle you guys can't do that to us. All kidding aside I love a good book that makes me feel emotions! And this book has it. I enjoyed Constantine but this book makes me really love him. I challenge Megan & Chandelle to write his soulmate. You know he will be hard to do! I always loved the dark brooding Mateo. This explains so much of his behavior in the past. I mean you can't deny that as many of his siblings that have soulmates it was going to happen for all of them. I can't imagine being in his shoes. You would feel like you were cheating on your soulmate. At least for other people who don't know it would make sense for them to keep dating after all not everyone has a soulmate. Mateo has always been charming & dressed to the nines. I may have just shown my age there. I imagine little toddler Mateo as soon as he could speak voicing his preferences over his clothing.
Lexington who is the president of Preston Tech, the only tech that works on Megelle Island, offers a promotion to Collette. Keep in mind everyone loves her & she has worked in almost every department in the company. She thinks outside the box. Mateo signed off on her resume even. When Lexington offers her the position she is thrilled. This is her dream job. She has always wanted to travel. Her mom however, never wanted to leave the Island. In fact she didn't go into town. She had a small cottage on the edge of town in a wooded area. She has no electricity or tech. They live off the land. Imagine what that was like for Collette who started sneaking tech home in high school. Because her mom is 900 years old her friends are old as well. Collette loves them & especially book club. You will love the shenanigans her golden girls as she affectionately calls them pull. Wait till you meet the famous member. I'm going to let that one be a surprise. Naturally Collette is a introvert. She has something wrong with her Fae wings & can't fly. Because of this she sees herself as a failure. I think it's why she throws herself into her work so hard. When she starts this job with Mateo she has to go through a two week probation period. That is to make sure they get along okay. The first day she starts she is brimming with excitement. Unfortunately, one look at her has Mateo treating her like the gum under her shoe. And they aren't traveling anywhere until her one task is done. It's a monumental task because he expects her to find his soulmate. Something he has tried to do for a year unsuccessfully. Yet, she only has two weeks. Not to mention using the company for personal gain is a gross misuse of her skills & unethical. Instead of telling anyone that could help her out of the situation she excepts the challenge.
Collette uses the Spooky season help her in her search for Mateo's soulmate. Each way more out of the box. I love that through this process she gains friends her age who are willing to help her with any task. Of course, through all this Mateo can't even say a nice thing to her. No compliments on her ideas & he didn't even tell her what had already been tried. it's no wonder his last executive assistant had retired to the other side of the Island! One thing I do love is their banter back & forth. It gets quite intense.
As time goes on Mateo hates himself for the way he is talking to Collette & treating her. Quite frankly he's attracted to her & if it wasn't for the soulmate mark he would have asked her out. That would be another company line he would have crossed. When they finally go to Peggy Bow to try magic they get their first look at her face. Collette snaps a picture of her. The problem is after going around to the older supernaturals of the Island no one has seen a dark green haired fae. Mateo finally comes to the conclusion that she is in Third Realm. When Mateo & Collette decide to call a truce over Mateo spiraling over boxes of craft supplies he was told to assemble things heat up. First it's moving her so she doesn't get squashed by a hippos butt. To grabbing her arm to keep her from falling in the forest. Then they are without a chaperone in the forest and the next thing you know they are locking lips & some tongue is involved. Collette ever the strong woman that she is pulls away. It wasn't fair to his soulmate or her to entertain the idea. Mateo couldn't imagine loving anyone more & was conflicted. Collette ran away because she knew if she stayed she wouldn't be able to keep her lips to herself. For the record this was the chapter I started crying in & it lasted for several more chapters. I will tell you by the end Collette ended up with so many new family members & friends. And a new job position. I will let you read the ending for yourself. I never like to ruin the ending because I am not the type to skip to the end and see
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