Ignite: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance

Hosting Gods Series, Book 2

By: Lena Mae Hill

Narrated by: Brandon Utah, Stephanie Wyles

Gwen's barely gotten a taste of normal when her resident god shows up with an assignment. The bridge between the human world and the world of the gods is weakening, and the nine hosts of Heimdall must find each other if they hope to fix it. One small problem - Gwen and the Keens must travel to another world to find Heimdall's remaining hosts.

Gwen has always relied on books for her education, but no amount of reading can prepare her for what waits outside the human world. The people are different. The rules are different. She's different. As Gwen struggles with her growing attraction to her step-siblings, loyalties are tested and sacrifices made. But when the giant-infested Joaquin threatens to come between them, how much will she sacrifice to unify the group?

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Lena Mae Hill (P)2019 Tantor

unbelievably horney

the lead character is too horney, half of this book is about her horniness. She's always lusting over them its disgusting! Im just curious of how the story plays that's why Im putting up with it.

It's okay

The story runs through some worlds of Nordic mythology, but it is something very superficial. The plot is centered on the conflicting relationship between the brothers. It is a tiring book, which only gets a little better at the end.

the characters

There's too much third person in the main character. not all the charater speak in the chapters on how they feel.I understand that the extensive use of third-person perspective might be impacting your reading experience. It's true that different perspectives can offer varied insights into a story. Perhaps exploring the thoughts and feelings of other characters could create a more engaging dynamic. Balancing the narrative voices might lead to a richer understanding of the characters' motivations and relationships. Ultimately, a variety of perspectives often contributes to a more immersive and satisfying reading experience.

the first was not that bad but

this book is not worth listening to the first one is a pretty good start but this one lost me fairly quick it was awful and they still haven't gotten rid of the awful guy narrating the male parts

DNF and I’ll tell you why.

Largely, it’s due to MFC, Gwen.

Gwen has way too many character flaws for me to be invested in her “happily ever after”.

*I do understand that this series is probably geared toward a younger audience due to the age of the main characters. But, given that it advertised as a reverse harem in the synopsis and the spice that subject matter that that title implies, I thought it would at least be a little more mature than juvenile.

*Our main character Gwen, is understandably unaware of how to conduct herself around people due to the fact that she has had little to no social interactions in her upbringing. But, we are to believe that she has had to conduct herself with an adults mindset from a young age; due to years of having to care for her mother, whom is written to appear to have mental health issues. This alone would lead one to believe she has had to mature mentally ahead of other youth of that age.

*Gwen bases her decisions on how to present herself to others based off of things she has read in books. Instead of being truthful about who she is, she has inclinations to present herself as someone she is not, to fit in, I found this thinking to be deceitful and off putting.


*Some of the interactions Gwen has are extremely cringe worthy. Gwen is jealous and dishonest about her thoughts and feelings, due to a fear of getting hurt, or her feelings not being reciprocated.
Misunderstandings due to lack of communication or miscommunication is annoying and not a desirable genre for me. Gwen also lashes out at those she cares for when she is embarrassed.

*The character building as far as presenting a believable “reverse harem” relationship, is almost non existent. This is book two and I have yet to see any evidence of this being a reverse harem. But rather only a series of intimate interactions between Gwen and which ever male she is with at the time, which presents yet again, as Gwen being a juvenile, confused and immature girl who doesn’t know what she wants or how to communicate it.

*The thing that put the proverbial nail in the coffin… Gwen intentionally inflicted harm upon someone she claimed to love. She did this as a “low key” way to show her discontent with what she was being forced to do, further driving home the immaturity of her character.

This incident was brought about by her discontent due to having to ride a mode of transportation that scared her, Mind you, it was the only way; there was no other option available and she aaa told as much. So, she admittedly in her own inner monologue decided to take out her anger out on someone who did not deserve her abuse. So with that, you lost me. I won’t continue with this series.

Physically harming another in anger is never the answer and unacceptable, I don’t care who you are, and much less to someone you claim to love, no matter how slight you may convince yourself that harm may be. If the roles were reversed and one of the males had purposefully gouged their fingernails in their love interests flesh - to the point of breaking skin! Readers would be outraged and vocalizing their dislike and aversion to her furthering a relationship with that male. How is it acceptable for a female to be physically violent with her partner and it not be characterized as abuse? Double standards are insane. Gwen’s character needs some serious work.

way to explicit for a ya novel

for a y a novel this was way too explicit. I didn't finish it. the first book was ok.

That author needs to decide what genre she wants to write. YA is too advanced for her. Bad narrators.

The narration is so bad the female is worse than current virtual voice, the male narrator wouldn’t know a Boston or Massachusetts…especially not a Cape Cod dialect if they spoke to anyone from those regions. One can always tell a narrator has done no research into what they are reading when the dialect arrives after reading a sentence with the name of the dialect in it. One can tell the male narrator is bad because all of his dialects are some painful version of New York meets a very bad, 5th hand, drunken Southie dialect…very heavy on botched Boroughs. His nasal dialect for the quiet artist is nails on a chalkboard/violence triggering.

It’s tolerable at the fastest speed to get through, with hopes the writing will evolve. The book will fail the conservative library inclusion test, while also failing the target audience.

This HAS to be self published…